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.
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’s Safe Spaces scheme with pharmacies across the UK has won a high commendation for the Third Sector Awards.
R’s Story – Hearing sounds of domestic violence coming from a neighbour’s home, and making the decision to call 999.
Kat Araniello is the Founder and chairwoman of the #Metoo forum for women working in the city and a UK SAYS NO MORE Ambassador.
This post was written by All of the No. Below, going into honest details, she takes us through the various ways in which her ex-partner subjected her to an abusive relationship. Until now I’ve been a little vague of what happened and how it affected me. I think I was still hiding. So here it …
Hannah Moss, Founder and Artistic Director of On The Run theatre, shares the inspiration and motivation behind her piece, Everything I Didn’t Say, exploring coercive control and abuse, in an exclusive blog for UK SAYS NO MORE: Everything I Didn’t Say is a one-woman theatre piece that explores coercive control. It follows lead character Meadow …
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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