So excited to be a part of this!!

SafeLives post promoting the Labour Party Conference panel: "Victims in their own right? How to better protect babies, children and young victims affected by domestic abuse", highlighting panelists from SafeLives, NSPCC, Coram and The For Baby's Sake Trust.

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📢 SafeLives at #LabourPartyConference 📢

Our CEO, Ellen Miller, will be chairing a vital panel discussion: “Victims in their own right? How to better protect babies, children and young victims affected by domestic abuse.”

🗓 Sunday 28 September
⏰ 17:45
📍 Theatre 2, Youth Zone & Skills Hub

Suicide statistics are sobering, but there is hope.

74% of people with had suicidal thoughts say these were interrupted by a friend, loved one or even a stranger. Find out more @samaritans.bsky.social #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 👇 samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/world-suicide-prevention-day

A group of people chatting and smiling with a graphic of a SafeLives blue and pink ribbon with text that reads "Our Strategy 2025 - 2028. Find what works. Help it happen."

📢 Today, we’re launching our new strategy for 2025–2028: #FindWhatWorksHelpItHappen

Follow along as we spotlight the scale of the problem, our clear vision of how things should be and the action we’re taking to end domestic abuse for everyone, for good.

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Middle classes continue to dominate arts workforce and audiences – report A report from the Creative PEC has warned of "widening" class inequality in the UK's culture sector that it says "should be of concern to policymakers"

Significantly fewer people from working-class backgrounds attend the theatre than those in white-collar jobs, according to a report from the Creative PEC that lays bare a “concerning” increase in socio-economic inequality in the arts 👇

Prince Andrew should never be allowed to return to public life | Polly Hudson The death of Virginia Giuffre - who accused the Duke of York of sexual assault - surely makes his desire to resume royal duties out of the question, writes Polly Hudson

Prince Andrew should never be allowed to return to public life | Polly Hudson

I witnessed US cruelty as a Guantánamo lawyer. Trump’s deportations are disturbingly familiar | Mark Denbeaux The government’s claims against detainees were paper-thin and the process was riddled with errors. Now history is repeating itself

I witnessed US cruelty as a Guantánamo lawyer. Trump’s deportations are disturbingly familiar | Mark Denbeaux

‘Oh, you’re a woman!’ Why are more than 90% of pilots still men – and can anything narrow the gender gap? Get on a plane on either side of the Atlantic and you’re vastly more likely to find a man at the controls. Is it because of prejudice, the problems the job poses for family life – or something else?

‘Oh, you’re a woman!’ Why are more than 90% of pilots still men – and can anything narrow the gender gap?

Morning-after pill to be offered without charge at pharmacies in England Government announces move in effort to reduce ‘postcode lottery’ of free access to emergency contraception The morning-after pill will be available without charge on the NHS at pharmacies in England, the government has announced in an effort to reduce the “postcode lottery” of free access to the emergency contraception. The morning-after pill is one of two forms of emergency contraception that women can use after having unprotected sex, or where other forms of contraception have failed. The sooner that emergency contraception is used, the more effective it is. Continue reading...

Morning-after pill to be offered without charge at pharmacies in England

Are you still processing 2020? Us too. How has it been five years since lockdown? We spoke to the experts to find out why we feel so lost right now, and what to do about it.

‘By the time lockdown lifted, it was like emerging from under a rock. Even getting in contact with old friends, their lives had changed so much.’ Read more from Ella as she bravely shares her story about being trapped with her abuser during Lockdown.

www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

What do teens think about stop and search?

Our Children, violence and vulnerability report shows:
➡️ 68% support stop and search powers.
➡️ But only 56% believe they’re used fairly.
➡️ Perceptions of fairness vary by ethnicity.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/4fed3HV

Grooming gangs commit two sex offences a day, first figures reveal Data from all forces in England and Wales find 572 child ‘grooming’ crimes in first nine months of 2024

Data from all forces in England and Wales find 572 child ‘grooming’ crimes in first nine months of 2024

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Labour MP Dan Carden has become the first to break ranks & call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs & has asked the prime minister to ‘use the full power of the state to deliver justice’