Vulnerable women who are victims of domestic abuse, sexual exploitation or suffer with mental health problems could be given additional support after a near £50 million lottery pledge. The Big
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Undergraduates at a North East university have formed an innovative and unique collaboration with Northumbria Police to help promote awareness of domestic violence in the region. First year media students
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The country’s first safe house for domestic violence victims over the age of 45 has opened. Eva Women’s Aid, based in Redcar, Teesside – which has worked with victims aged
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The Scottish Institute for Policing Research has published a research summary of a project by researchers from the The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). Oona Brooks and Deborah Kyle,
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Doctors should ask men with mental health problems whether they have experienced or carried out domestic violence, researchers have said. A study found male patients visiting their GP with anxiety
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Equally safe is a consultation on proposals including to create specific offences concerning domestic abuse and the introduction of statutory jury directions in sexual offence cases. The Scottish Government is
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Counci (NISCC) is hosting a lunchtime seminar entitled “Tackling Domestic Abuse – Working inside and out of Criminal Justice/Early Intervention” presented by Kerry Malone of
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A consultation on proposals to create specific offences concerning domestic abuse and the non-consensual sharing of private, intimate images, the introduction of statutory jury directions in sexual offence cases, the
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Proposals to help victims of Domestic Abuse and Sexual offences have been announced in a consultation by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Speaking at the Scottish Women’s Aid conference in Edinburgh
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A new approach to supporting the hidden victims of domestic abuse in Scotland has received a cash boost of £869,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. Sacro will roll out the
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