Top Lad or Toxic Stereotype? The Hits and Misses of Hollywood’s Male Role Models
In the run-up to International Men’s Day, where men are encouraged to come forth and discuss their gender, relationship dynamics, and talk about what it means to be a man in 2018, looking backward -- and forward -- at what masculinity means in Hollywood is a useful...
Equation Receives £9k of Funding to Reach More Male Survivors
Equation have been awarded £9852 of National Lottery funding for a campaign that will encourage local men experiencing domestic abuse to seek support. The charity, which runs the local domestic abuse helpline for men, hopes that the campaign will help break down...
Nottingham’s First RSE day | 28th June 2018
Earlier this year the Department for Education set out their plans to make Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) compulsory in all schools from 2019. Primary schools will need to ensure they offer relationships education to their pupils and secondary schools will be...
#PressforProgress: Iconic Women Who Shaped the World
From Nottingham to New Zealand, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world every year on 8th March. This joint push for gender equality is an important reminder that a society that equally respects women, men and all genders is crucial to ending domestic...
16 Days of Activism to end Gender-Based Violence Against Women
You may have noticed that at Equation we’ve been getting very excited about an upcoming campaign called #16days. That being the case we wanted to tell you a little more about #16days and tell you why it’s so important to us and our work for everyone to have equal...
The Dangerous Link Between the Media, Gender Stereotypes and Domestic Abuse
In Nottingham, domestic abuse accounts for about 40% of all violent crime. 1 in 4 women in their lifetime will experience abuse, with young women aged 16-24 at the highest level of risk. The local 24-hour Women’s Aid helpline (0808 800 0340) receives up to 10,000...
What is Vicarious Trauma?
Equation delivers training around domestic and sexual abuse to professionals from a breadth of different sectors of work. Professionals in the sector are often the crucial link between survivors and their access to specialist support across Nottingham and...
Raising Awareness of FGM & Forced Marriage
Sadly, this time of year always sees an increase in incidences of Female Genital Mutilation and forced marriage, as families of young female UK residents are often taken abroad during their Summer holidays. Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or more of...
Small Charity Week
All this week ( 19th – 24th June 2017) is Small Charity Week, and as a small charity ourselves we couldn’t miss the opportunity to acknowledge the work Equation – and countless other small charities – do. Small Charity Week celebrates and raises awareness of...
Men’s Health Week & Equation’s Services for Men
This week is Men’s Health Week (12th – 18th June 2017), an annual initiative to raise awareness of key issues surrounding men’s health. This year’s theme is belly fat, and the dangers associated with having excess belly fat as a man. However, the campaign aims to...
A Celebration of Local Services
The day after a General Election it’s hard to think of anything other than political outcomes and results. But regardless of how you voted yesterday, and of what the results will mean for services such as ours, Nottingham has a huge amount to be proud of, particularly...
Volunteer’s week : Thank You!
It’s a very special week for Equation, National Volunteer’s Week. We are a small charity and the support of our volunteers makes such a huge difference to the impact of the work we do. To mark the start of volunteer’s week we want to spread our thanks far and wide by...
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