By Lyndsey Dearlove, VAWG Partnership Manager at Hestia. The UK SAYS NO MORE campaign was launched in partnership between the NO MORE campaign in the US and London charity Hestia. As a London charity working to provide support to adults and children in crisis, Hestia benefits greatly from the support it receives from members of …
Written by Jordan Ayres. I lost my mum to an abusive relationship recently, she took her own life. I can’t really describe how that feels. A huge part of me is now missing, so many loose ends I can’t pull together. The relationship we had wasn’t always perfect, we had communication problems, I was the …
Lyndsey Dearlove, VAWG Partnership Manager at Hestia, discusses the topic of mental health as it intertwines with domestic violence. Organisations across the third sector share the same goal: to provide the best possible support for our services users. In challenging times of ever-growing referrals and tighter financial constraints, it is important that new approaches are …
A personal story behind the vanishing point symbol for NO MORE, written by Christine Mau. My name is Christine and I survived a childhood of domestic and sexual abuse and because this is all I knew, I ended up in a relationship with an abusive partner as a young adult. While there were many signs …
We’re so pleased to have discovered the inspiring work done by LawBot and to welcome them as a campaign partner! Find out more from them: Introducing the UK’s Premier Legal Chatbot The law is often difficult to understand. At LawBot we are committed to helping you understand and learn about legally complex problems quickly and accurately. …
1st December 2016. Hestia | UK SAYS NO MORE join Amol Rajan on BBC Asian Network to discuss online abuse. Pamela Zaballa, Head of Women and Children’s Services – Policy and Abid Gangat, Media and Communications Manager at Hestia were joined by Amina Ahmad from volunteer-run global tech project Chayn on BBC Asian Network, to discuss …
We are so happy to welcome Gentoo as a partner of the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign! Gentoo is a housing association that owns and manages more than 28,000 homes, and are one of the largest employers in Sunderland and landlords in the North East. Gentoo is a brilliant addition to our growing network of …
“Reversing the spread of HIV therefore demands that women’s rights are realized and that women are empowered in all spheres of life.” UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS, 2001 Out of all the people living with HIV in the world today half of them are women and girls. Although women are more likely to contract a …
Imagine this: you’re scared of the dark and you remain scared of the dark until adulthood. Why? Because bad things happen when the lights go out. It took me a while to acknowledge and accept this, to underpin and address why I was fearful of the dark even as an adult. It led me to …
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) …
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 ...
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 ...
The Home Office has announced that from 31 January 2024, victims of domestic abuse who do not have the financial means to leave their abusers will be able to apply for a one-off payment of up to £500 for essential items to help them and their children flee to safety. For the first time, victims ...
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