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Domestic abuse work recognised in New Year’s Honours

Celebrating New Year in London

Several people have been rewarded for their efforts in tackling domestic abuse in the New Year’s Honours list. They include: Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, chairwoman of Refuge: CBE. She is co-founder of the Joanna Simpson Foundation with Diana Parkes, who also becomes a CBE. They set up the charity to raise awareness of domestic abuse and domestic […]

Clothing stolen twice from DA charity shop

A basket of selected clothes for donating to a Charity shop on the bed. Reuse, second hand

A burglar has twice taken clothes donated to Dawn’s New Horizon shop in Sprowston on the northern outskirts of Norwich. “How could somebody do this?” the charity’s founder Lorraine Curston was quoted as saying by the Norwich Evening News. “We help so many people who flee domestic abuse. We feel let down and upset. It […]

DA victims turn to civil courts because of police failings – law firm

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965987095{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Survivors of domestic abuse are increasingly turning to civil courts for protection because police are failing to enforce the coercive control law introduced three years ago, according to a legal practice.   More than 4,200 complaints were made to constabularies last year across England and Wales, […]

Just 15 couples use UC split payments

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965757337{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fifteen households were using the split payment option under Universal Credit (UC) as of June.   The system has existed for more than a year and UC is paid to over a million people.   The figures were made public by the Daily Mirror which reported […]

Early demand for scheme to help DA victims

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965511939{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fifteen survivors of domestic abuse have sought help in the first weeks of a ground-breaking initiative by West Dunbartonshire Council.   Since June, victims are given tenancy rights to a shared home should they wish to remain in the property. The person responsible for the abuse […]

Petition launched in support of emergency refuge

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965378327{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Strong Foundations has started a petition to win backing for its planned women’s refuge in Bradford after the proposal ran into local opposition.   The not-for-profit organisation has asked for planning permission to convert a former beauty clinic in the Great Horton area of the city […]

Smart devices: a new tool for DA

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537964918051{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Internet-connected devices are increasingly being used by domestic abusers to spy on partners and control them at home, according to victim support charities.   So far this year Refuge has helped 920 survivors of technological abuse, such as online harassment, stolen online identities, hacking, spoofing, revenge […]

Leicestershire Police

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521815392944{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]*Names and addresses have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals.*   Hi All,   Just wanted to let you know about the fantastic response I received regarding a recent referral made to the NCDV (National Centre for Domestic Violence). I know a lot […]

Why do I work for NCDV?

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1519716359282{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For me working for NCDV is a vocation rather than a job. I feel privileged to work for NCDV, an organisation that provides a free service to obtain emergency civil injunctions for domestic abuse survivors. Particularly for me, I am delighted when we obtain injunctions for […]