domestic violence

Sadiq Khan visits Superdrug to learn about Safe Spaces scheme

Sadiq Khan Hestia Safe Space

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

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‘in the absence of silence’: empowering, inspiring & emotional

“…a powerfully delicate piece. A thoroughly relevant and important show.” Last week, we were thrilled to be invited along to the Chickenshed Theatre in Cockfosters for a preview of in the absence of silence, a play based on the real stories of women who are survivors of domestic violence. With a script crafted using real

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2017: A Landmark Year in the Fight Against Sexual Violence

2017 was the year that the conversation started. As disheartening as it may be, it’s unfortunately not a massive shock that in 2017 we’re still having to tell people that sexual violence is not OK. That sexual assault is not OK. Sexual harassment is not OK. Stalking is not OK. Rape is not OK. It

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

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.

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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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