Understanding Consent

There are no grey areas when it comes to consent.

The legal definition of consent is when we agree by choice and when someone has the freedom and capacity to make that choice. If your body froze, unable to move or speak, you did not give consent.

If you said ‘Yes’ to an act or activity because you feared for yours or your loved ones life or safety, you did not give consent.

Someone cannot give their consent when they are:

Asleep
Under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Coerced
Scared

Watch Thames Valley Police explain consent in this short video.

Responding to Sexual Violence

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 ...

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

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

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