Safer For Women Conference 2016: Tackling Misogyny
The Safer for Women summit took place at Nottingham Conference Centre this week, and involved discussion about the importance of tackling misogyny and sexual harassment, and outlined the encouraging progress in Nottingham so far with plans to continue to make...
Fundraising: How You Can Get Involved
Equation have got an amazing month of fundraising planned. We’ve already had people jumping out of planes for us and we’ve still got marathon runners, lunching ladies and wild warriors to come. Not to mention some incredibly talented women performing for us! And it's...
Equation is Recruiting
Roles available in Fundraising and Support Work with Men We currently have two roles available, both closing at 12pm, Friday 16th September 2016: A Trusts and Community Fundraiser working within our busy fundraising team. You will be responsible for managing our...
Male abuse happens too
Every person has the right to live a life free from abuse - whatever your gender. Although women are more likely to experience repeated and severe forms of abuse, including sexual violence and serious injury or death, many men do experience violence and abuse also....
Volunteer With Us!
We are very proud of our volunteers at Equation – their dedication, hard work and commitment help to keep our organisation going and mean that survivors of abuse get the help and support they vitally need. Our volunteers carry out a range of different roles, from...
100 Days of May
It has been just over a month now since Theresa May became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Since then, Women's Aid, the Women's Equality Party, Women for Refugee Women and IC Change have joined forces to launch the #100daysofMay campaign. As part of the campaign,...
Financial Abuse: What to Look Out For
There are several different ways that an abuser may try to control someone. Although violence (or the threat of it) is the type of abuse most people think of, an abuser may try to gain power through emotional or sexual abuse, through coercive control, or through...
Misogyny as a Hate Crime: A Step Forward
After the launch of the Nottingham Citizens ‘No Place for Hate’ report, a hate crime research project in 2014, Nottinghamshire Police has been working with Nottingham Women’s Centre to tackle misogynistic abuse of women. We witnessed the first incredible result of...
Change That Lasts: A New Approach to Domestic Abuse for Nottinghamshire
After much review and discussion with survivors of domestic abuse Women’s Aid - the national domestic abuse charity - and SafeLives are piloting a new dynamic approach towards tackling domestic abuse. The scheme is call ‘Change that lasts’ and is being piloted in 3...
Summer Holidays: Help for Survivors
Summer holidays are almost upon us, and talk of escape to hotter climes is all around, but for survivors of abuse the holidays can be a very difficult time, with increased levels of threats, intimidation and violence. Forced marriage also increases at this time of...
Why Fundraising Matters
Charity fundraising is an important part of raising money for a good cause. Like most charities, we are thankful to our funders and to the fundraising donations we receive in order to carry out some of the charitable projects that we have planned. Without these,...
National Day of Memory
Thursday 14th July would have been the 30th birthday of Shafilea Ahmed. Murdered by her parents in 2003 when she was 17, Shafilea was a British Pakistani girl who wanted to dress and behave like her friends, and to study to become a lawyer. Her dreams were cut short...
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