Training

Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Hestia hosts Conference at London Met Uni

Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Hestia hosts Conference at London Met Uni

On Tuesday 6th June, Hestia and London Metropolitan University hosted an event featuring two representatives from leading domestic abuse prevention organisations in the United States, looking at the lessons learned from Community Coordinated Response (CCR) and perpetrator programmes. CCR to domestic abuse originated in the early 1980s in Duluth, Minnesota with the twin aims of centering victim

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Hestia and UK SAYS NO MORE Deliver #NFLOnAndOff Camp

Hestia & UK SAYS NO MORE Deliver NFL Camp

On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July, Hestia and UK SAYS NO MORE delivered awareness training around domestic violence and sexual assault to over 130 young men aged 13-24 at Royal Holloway University. The aim of the weekend was to raise awareness and to enable the younger generation feel comfortable to talk about these issues. Lyndsey

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AVA’s Training Programme for Practitioners

AVA Training

Are you a practitioner working with people affected by Violence Against Women and Girls? Our campaign partner AVA has a training programme including one day courses,  longer OCN accredited courses, seminars and conferences. Upcoming training: 22nd July 2016 | Community Groups Programme (3-day training) Development House, London Community Group programmes are for children, young people & their mothers

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NatWest marks ‘No More Week’ by opening Safe Spaces for economic and domestic abuse victims

6 March 2024 NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches across the UK including NatWest, Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.  Safe Spaces, part of Hestia’s UK Says No More campaign, are designated locations which anyone ...

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Nationwide – the UK’s biggest branch network – joins Hestia’s Safe Spaces

Nationwide – the largest branch network of any UK banking brand -– will offer Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme to people experiencing domestic abuse across more than 400 branches across the UK. A recent poll by Nationwide shows almost half (48%) the population have experienced, or know someone who has experienced domestic abuse, with almost one ...

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Hestia and UK Says No More respond to national domestic abuse ‘flee fund’

The Home Office has announced that from 31 January 2024, victims of domestic abuse who do not have the financial means to leave their abusers will be able to apply for a one-off payment of up to £500 for essential items to help them and their children flee to safety. For the first time, victims ...

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