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Check out the most recent posts from the UK SAYS NO MORE blog, featuring the latest news, opinion pieces and partnership announcements.

Hollyoaks produce sexual consent documentary

Hollyoaks produce sexual consent documentary

Info via Channel4.com. Hollyoaks have produced a short film – “Hollyoaks: What is consent?” following the broadcast of a special consent Hollyoaks episode. The special single-strand consent episode is set across 24 hours during Freshers Week. The consequent documentary features two groups of young male and female students, in both mixed and single sex groups, discussing ideas around

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The Jam Network joins as Partner In The Arts

Creative collective The JAM Network have joined UK SAYS NO MORE as a partner in the arts! About The JAM Network The JAM Network is a collective of creatives, academics, businesses and NGOs working to end modern slavery and human trafficking. See how these people are affecting change, and how you can join the Network by following

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The Corporate Alliance and UK SAYS NO MORE

The Corporate Alliance and UK SAYS NO MORE

We at UK SAYS NO MORE are so happy to have The Corporate Alliance on board as a UK SAYS NO MORE partner. The Corporate Alliance work to make the workplace the safest environment it can be, working with the country’s largest employers and their staff. This Peace Day, (September 21st 2016), Executive Director of The

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UK SAYS NO MORE partner with Peace One Day

We’re so happy to have Peace One Day join as a UK SAYS NO MORE campaign partner. Each year on September 21st, Peace One Day work to make the day one of worldwide peace awareness and unity. What is Peace One Day? Find out from them: Peace One Day’s objective is to institutionalise Peace Day 21

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Faith Regen Foundation partner with UK SAYS NO MORE

Faith Regen Foundation have joined UK SAYS NO MORE as a campaign partner! Find out about FRF’s work making positive change to support those in need, working closely with a diverse range of communities in an array of fields, providing faith and culturally sensitive provisions. Who We Are FRF is a multi faith charity with a strong track record of achieving

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Housing For Women Join UK SAYS NO MORE Campaign

Housing For Women Join UK SAYS NO MORE Campaign

We are so happy to have Housing for Women join UK SAYS NO MORE as a campaign partner! Housing for Women are a charity and housing association providing homes for London’s women, for over 80 years. Find out more from them below: Our Mission We work to empower women through providing good homes and services

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Half of women in the UK have been sexually harassed at work

Half of women in the UK have been sexually harassed at work

Reported in The Guardian on 10/08/16. It seems sexual harassment in the workplace is not yet a thing of the past – a new study from the Trades Union Congress and the Everyday Sexism Project found that more than half of women have been sexually harassed at work. The study polled 1,553 women, 52% of whom said

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Merton Council’s UK SAYS NO MORE Launch Event

Merton Council's UK SAYS NO MORE Launch Event

On Monday 12th September Merton Council became one of the first London boroughs to pledge their support to UK SAYS NO MORE. The event took place in the Mayors’ Chambers Room where DCI Nicola Church, Cllr Katy Neep, Yvette Stanley – Director for Children Schools and Families, and Hestia’s VAWG Partnership Manager Lyndsey Dearlove signaled the

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Merton Council Partner with UK SAYS NO MORE

Merton Council Join UK SAYS NO MORE  Merton has become one of the first London boroughs to join a national campaign against domestic violence and sexual assault.   Merton’s One Stop Shop The Safer Merton partnership set up the One Stop Shop in 2010 after identifying the need for one venue to support victims of

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Advance say NO MORE to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

We have  another partner announcement – Advance have joined out ever growing family saying NO MORE to domestic violence and sexual assault. Our Services    Our services are available for women aged 13+, living in Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster. A&E and maternity-related domestic violence services are available to women in Brent also. If you are

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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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Hestia and UK Says No More respond to national domestic abuse ‘flee fund’

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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