DAFNI and MissBeez partner with Hestia to host event with survivors of domestic abuse With International Women’s Day (8th March) just around the corner, we were so excited to be part of a day bringing together some of Hestia’s service users in an event all about Celebrating YOU: Strength, Beauty and Survival. Attendees on the …
On Tuesday 6th June, Hestia and London Metropolitan University hosted an event featuring two representatives from leading domestic abuse prevention organisations in the United States, looking at the lessons learned from Community Coordinated Response (CCR) and perpetrator programmes. CCR to domestic abuse originated in the early 1980s in Duluth, Minnesota with the twin aims of centering victim …
UK SAYS NO MORE partner Mankind Counselling and Ingenious Purpose present Groomed – a bold and provocative theatre, telling gripping stories with a complexity of emotions. Groomed tackles the subject of abuse through the stories of a betrayed schoolboy, a Japanese schoolboy, and the inventor of the saxophone in a revealing and profoundly human narrative. Now …
Exploring the values of the family unit after a violent and broken marriage, Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind makes a striking and powerful return to stage. Director James Hillier takes the audience into the 1980’s American mid-west as Beth (Alexandra Dowling) returns to her family in secluded Montana to recover from a violent attack …
On the 12th of August 2017, Free Your Mind’s team of Ambassadors and supporters will be taking on a sponsored 5K walk through the City of London. The walk, starting at City Hall, is to raise awareness of Childhood Domestic Violence – walking in memory of those we have lost to the violence and also …
Safer Poole Partnership mark International Women’s Day with a conference on coercive control and domestic abuse This year, the Safer Poole Partnership in association with Bournemouth University, and supported by AFC Bournemouth will mark International Women’s Day with a conference on the theme of coercive control and domestic abuse. Conference details: The conference will take place on …
Solace Women’s Aid annual flagship music event, Rock Against Violence, is back for its 5th year with a night of fun, entertainment and charity. We are pleased to announce that Rock Against Violence 2016 is back for a 5th year! The concert will take place on 10 November at the O2 Academy in Islington and …
Our campaign partner Mankind Initiative are holding this year’s National Conference on male victims of domestic abuse, on November 16th in Walsall, Birmingham. Find out more from them: ‘Surviving Domestic Abuse: Experiences, Services and Solutions’ | 16 November 2016 (Walsall Football Club, Birmingham) One in every six men in Britain will suffer from domestic abuse in their …
Women Rise is a community project that gives local women the chance to debate and learn about the issue of safety of women in Haringey through exciting Women Rise events that will involve actors, theatre and debate. The new project from our campaign partner Jacksons Lane gives women in Haringey increased confidence. Local service providers for women will …
Comic Relief are running a very exciting research project around the role of technology in domestic abuse, to see where technology could help and for examples of what is already out there. The event is for people who have experienced domestic violence and are also interested in hearing from …
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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