This weekend marked the start of ‘16 Days of Activism’ – an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
Santander UK has announced that it is the latest high-street presence to join Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme, where anyone experiencing domestic abuse can access support in the bank’s network of 445 branches.
When it comes to working and supporting adult victims of domestic abuse there are certain tools that have been created to help practitioners identify who’s at high risk of harm and who should be referred onwards.
UK SAYS NO MORE is supporting Superdrug’s new campaign ‘You Before Yes’ campaign to tackle the important issue of sexual consent. The You Before Yes Campaign provides information, education and support to improve people’s understanding about consent and help develop more positive consent behaviours. It delves into the crucial, but too often overlooked world, …
Data gathered by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Guardian has revealed that more than 35,000 incidents of sexual misconduct or sexual violence – ranging from derogatory remarks to rape – were recorded on NHS premises in England between 2017 and 2022. Most incidents – 58% – involved patients abusing staff. Sarah D’Angelis, UK …
Alima Dimonekene is an FGM activist and leading voice in the sector. Here she explains what FGM is and who and how activists in the UK plan to end it.
Coercive control is the most prevalent form of domestic abuse but little is known about it. Simran Dhillon talks us through its manifestations.
UK SAYS NO MORE’s Safe Spaces are open in pharmacies and banks across the UK for anyone experiencing domestic abuse.
UK Says No More’s Safe Spaces expands as TSB becomes the first high street bank to offer scheme and joins 5,300 pharmacies in providing Safe Spaces for victims.
Mayor of London candidate Sadiq Khan has visited a UK SAYS NO MORE Safe Space in a Superdrug pharmacy to learn more about how the scheme supports victims of domestic abuse. Sadiq Khan was joined by Chief Executive of Hestia Patrick Ryan, Hestia’s Director of Communications and Fundraising Jo Tilley-Riley and Superdrug key workers at the Upton …
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.
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 ...
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