Strangulation is a high-risk indicator of escalating harm.
Our latest IFAS report highlights variation in how offences are recorded across England and Wales.
As Dr Zoe Callon notes, this “limits our ability to build a clear and consistent picture.”
Read more: ifas.org.uk/strangulatio...
We are so excited to welcome Dame Nicole Jacobs to our conference on 18th November to hear her speak. Her support over the last 3 years has been invaluable!
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Ticket cost: Standard rate: £180, Charity rate: £130.
Have you signed up to our conference yet?
Children and Young People: Could Strangulation Be ‘Choking’ Future Generations?
This is a valuable event for anyone working with children and young people affected by abuse, violence, or trauma.
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Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?
Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips
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Listen to our podcast with Sex Education Forum ahead of their session at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?
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Attend the FREE online interactive session developed with IFAS and explore new guidance on confidentiality and information sharing when treating adult strangulation patients.
Tuesday 14 Oct 2025, 17:30 — 18:30
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Please share our conference with any professionals working with young people/ children
We want as many professionals in the room as possible as we discuss how we can come together to address risks around strangulation.
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View our updated agenda!
In November we will come together to explore the impact of strangulation on children/ young people, ask urgent questions, share bold ideas & imagine a future where children are safe, heard & protected.
We hope to see you there! Make sure you have booked your place!
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We will be hearing about the criminal justice response to strangulation & those impacted by strangulation.
Exploring how porn shapes young peoples perceptions & role of educators.
Launching EXCLUSIVE data on UK prevalence of strangulation in sex.
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Have you booked your place? More than just a conference. It is a chance to create dialogue with those affected by strangulation, supporting victims/ survivors & those working with future generations to educate on risks of strangulation.
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We are excited to announce we will be releasing a monthly #podcast. Over the last four years IFAS have published numerous reports on strangulation within sexual/ domestic violence & sex.This expertise can now be accessed through podcasts! Sign up to our newsletter to get an alert shorturl.at/Hvj5C
Our conference programme is published!
More additions to be added in due course... 👀
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- #Healthcare
- #Frontline support services
- Wider response to addressing #violence against women and girls #VAWG
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@womensaidni.bsky.social
@womensinstitute.bsky.social
@womened.bsky.social
@rightsofwomen.bsky.social
@dahalliance.bsky.social
@domesticworkers.bsky.social
@ciarabergman.bsky.social
@gmrapecrisis.bsky.social
This conference will be valuable for anyone working with #children and/or #young people across:
- #Education
- #Healthcare
- #Frontline support services
- Wider response to addressing #violence against women and girls #VAWG
#Strangulation #RHSE
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Sign up now to access the early bird rate: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
Our conference will explore how you can use your role to address and prevent the risks around strangulation, understand the different contexts strangulation is taking place amongst young people and network with other professionals to share best practice.
Research by Refuge looking at domestic abuse amongst young women & girls.
- 49% said perp threatened to harm them.
- 35% said perp threatened to kill them.
-62% of 16-25yr olds surveyed who reported physical violence, half said they were strangled or suffocated.
news.sky.com/story/distur...
Thank you for sharing @auroranewdawn.bsky.social!
These Guidelines are great also used alongside our victim information leaflet: ifas.org.uk/information-...
Thank you for sharing! These Guidelines are great also used alongside our victim information leaflet: ifas.org.uk/information-...
Research suggests that only ~50% of people who are strangled will have any visible injury to the neck or head.
Our updated information leaflet breaks down the signs and symptoms of strangulation, in the long term and short term, and dispels common myths.
📑 ifas.org.uk/information-...
#nonfatalstrangulation laws work: significant causal drop in #intimatepartnerhomicide in US. NFS is edge of homicide, increases odds of being murdered 7-fold; this law stops perps in their tracks. @scottishgov.bsky.social, still debating, take note! @institutefas.bsky.social tinyurl.com/37dazh2h
Did you know that we currently have an early bird rate for our conference? 🐤🦆
This conference will be valuable for anyone working with children and/or young people across:
- education
- healthcare
- front line support services
- wider responses to addressing VAWG
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Thank you to @pegsupport.bsky.social for featuring us on their service shoutout this month!
For those who don't know about PEGS, they are an organisation supporting parents and professionals in relation to child to parent abuse.
💻https://www.pegsupport.co.uk/
There's still time to sign up to the last webinar in our summer series, focused on our Guidelines for clinical management of non-fatal strangulation in acute and emergency care services.
📅Tuesday 29th July
⏰1pm-2pm
🔗fflm.ac.uk/event/ifas-clinical-guid...
Thank you so much for the shout out and for raising awareness of the work of IFAS and the risks around strangulation.
Don't miss out on our early bird rate. Available only for a few weeks! This conference will be valuable for anyone working with young people within:
- education
- healthcare
- front line support services
- wider response to addressing violence against women and girls
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Congratulations to @drivepartnership.bsky.social on this investment to continue and expand they work they are doing to intervene in high-risk, high-harm, and serial domestic abuse perpetration.
We look forward to continuing to work with Drive going forwards!
