Euro 2016: Give Domestic Abuse the Red Card
The rise in incidents of domestic abuse during and after football matches is well documented. Refuge state that every minute police in the UK receive a domestic assistance call. Police figures say that during football matches this increases by 38% if the perpetrator's...
The Encompass Project
The Encompass Project Nottinghamshire was set up in September 2014 with a pilot scheme and rolled out across the county in May 2015. Its purpose is to alert schools when one of their pupils may have witnessed or been involved in an incident of domestic abuse. The...
The UK Says ‘No More’ to Abuse
The 20th May saw the launch of a new campaign speaking out against domestic abuse in the UK. It’s the product of a partnership between London-based charity Hestia, who provide support to children and adults in crisis, and the US anti-violence initiative NO MORE. The...
The Hashtag Shining a Light on Psychological Abuse
Early in May, the hashtag #maybehedoesnthityou began trending on Twitter. Weeks later, and it’s still going strong, with thousands of users actively engaging with the idea. The sheer number of tweets, all detailing different aspects on non-physical abuse, is a...
Governmental Inquiry Into Sexual Assault and Harassment in Schools
The Government are launching a new inquiry into the scale and impact of sexual harassment and violence in schools. This issue originally came about because of the Fixers report whereby 300 students took part in numerous workshops across the UK. The results of the...
TSB Charity Partnership
From 9th – 22nd May, TSB is running a nomination process for its Charity Partners for each branch and Equation is appealing to all our supporters to help us get selected. Could you take 60 seconds to nominate us? Using the details below, fill in the online form. If...
Financial Abuse: the Facts
For most of us, money is a central concern in our lives. The money we have available to us governs where we live, what we eat, where we go and what we buy. Controlling someone’s access to money is a powerful method of controlling them– and many perpetrators of...
Sexual Violence in Schools
Last week, the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee launched an enquiry into sexual harassment and sexual violence in UK schools. The enquiry aims to: Establish the scale of the problem. Understand the impact of sexual harassment in schools. Consider what...
Voter Registration
If you’re working with survivors and want to support them getting registered to vote in upcoming elections, or you would like to vote while keeping your address information safe, then below is the information you'll need. Ordinary Registration Online through...
What is Psychological Abuse?
When many people think of domestic abuse, they call to mind images of physical violence– bruises and other visible signs of physical trauma. Domestic violence accounts for 16% of all violent crime in England and Wales (Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report)....
The Project Holding Perpetrators of Violence to Account
To reduce the number of domestic abuse victims, perpetrators must be challenged to change their behaviour, say charities Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance, and three leading Police and Crime Commissioners. In a pioneering project, called the Drive project, the...
85% of Young Women in UK Sexually Harassed in Public
Published this month, the results of a YouGov survey (commissioned by a national coalition of women’s organisations) have shown that the vast majority of women aged under 25 have been sexually harassed, and that two thirds of all women have experienced sexual...
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