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Domestic violence: Why talking about it can only help

Domestic violence: Why talking about it can only help.

  Kate Barrett is a Trustee at UK SAYS NO MORE partner organisation The Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence. Founded in 2005, The Corporate Alliance are the only charitable organisation working on a business-to-business platform to advise companies in addressing and mitigating the risk domestic violence poses to their company and employees. When I became a Trustee

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The importance of partnerships

The importance of partnerships

UK SAYS NO MORE launched in May 2016 with the core idea behind the campaign being that only together can we end domestic violence and sexual assault. UK SAYS NO MORE itself is a partnership between London charity Hestia, and the NO MORE campaign in the US. Lyndsey Dearlove, VAWG (violence against women and girls)

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Blooming Strong – celebrating women in the community

The 25th November marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism – a time to invigorate action to end violence against women and girls. Nicole Jacobs, CEO at Standing Together, one of UK SAYS NO MORE’s partner organisations, explains the Blooming Strong initiative which runs each year on the 25th November. Find out more below

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#GivingTuesday Join UK SAYS NO MORE

We’re so pleased to welcome #GivingTuesday as a partner of the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign. As the 2016 #GivingTuesday falls on November 29th, the #GivingTuesday team are doing some brilliant work to encourage both organisations and individuals to do good stuff for good causes. Find out more about them: What is #GivingTuesday? #GivingTuesday is the

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Join us during 16 Days of Activism!

Join us during 16 Days of Activism and say NO MORE to domestic violence and sexual assault. What is 16 Days of Activism? 16 Days of Activism is an international time between 25th November and the 10th December to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The 16 Days begin on

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Reminis Studios & UK SAYS NO MORE

Reminis Studios & UK SAYS NO MORE

We’ve been so fortunate to have Reminis Studios join the campaign as a corporate partner and offer their skills up for the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign since its launch back in May 2016. Reminis Studios are an exciting new Portrait Studio located in Shepherds Lane in the beautiful town of Beaconsfield. The studio has a friendly

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Safer Together consortium join UK SAYS NO MORE

During November 2016, The UK SAYS NO MORE team travelled across North England to visit a number of organisations doing fantastic work. We were fortunate enough to meet the team at Safer Preston, part of the Safer Together consortium, a group of specialist domestic abuse services that collectively have 150 support workers across the county of

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Safer Poole join the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign!

We’re so happy to have Safer Poole on board as a partner of UK SAYS NO MORE! Safer Poole is a group of organisations working to make Poole one of the safest towns in the country. Find out more from them: “Hello from the Safer Poole Partnership! In the past, keeping our streets safe used

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UK Says No More urges victims to make use of Safe Spaces as incidents are expected to rise during Euros.

UK Says No More has joined together with high street banks and pharmacies to urge anyone at risk to access support via designated Safe Spaces found on high streets across the UK.

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NatWest marks ‘No More Week’ by opening Safe Spaces for economic and domestic abuse victims

6 March 2024 NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches across the UK including NatWest, Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.  Safe Spaces, part of Hestia’s UK Says No More campaign, are designated locations which anyone ...

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Nationwide – the UK’s biggest branch network – joins Hestia’s Safe Spaces

Nationwide – the largest branch network of any UK banking brand -– will offer Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme to people experiencing domestic abuse across more than 400 branches across the UK. A recent poll by Nationwide shows almost half (48%) the population have experienced, or know someone who has experienced domestic abuse, with almost one ...

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