Volunteering Opportunities
05 July 2022
Recruitment window still open. Visit our Get Involved and/or our Vacancies pages for more details.
Victims Commissioner’s third annual report
28 June 2022
Dame Vera Baird QC has just published her Victims Commissioner's third annual report. She highlights the ever-growing court backlog for gender-based violence, continuing the wait for survivor justice. Dame Vera disagrees with the explanations for this backlog were a result of the pandemic, but instead due to a shortage of criminal barristers and part-time judges. The Report also reflected on the Draft Victims Bill which anticipates a substantial improvement for the victims of serious crime including Violence Against Women and Girls and Domestic and Sexual Abuse.
Stalking and Harassment Statistics for Norfolk
28 June 2022
In Norfolk, there were 755 recorded crimes of stalking and harassment between 2013-2019 (Norfolk Constabulary, 2019).
School Diversity Week : 20th-24th June, 2022
20 June 2022
What is School Diversity Week?....... The UK-wide celebration of LGBT+ equality in primary and secondary schools. Read more at : https://www.justlikeus.org/home/get-involved/school-diversity-week/
Strut Safe
20 June 2022
Strut Safe is a great new charity offering a free phone service on 0333 335 0026 between Friday - Sunday, 7 p.m. - 3 a.m. This service will stay on the phone with you whilst you're walking home.
Carrie’s Outreach & HARP, Southend
14 June 2022
Imogen, one of our Women's Specialist Practitioners, visited two projects in Southend, each supporting vulnerable women. Carrie's Outreach, who are instrumental in the safeguarding forum and other multi-agency meetings for women who sell sex in Southend, working collaboratively to ensure that women get the support in a way that is suitable to their needs. "Thank you so much for having me. I loved having a look around your service, the relationships built between staff and clients was so lovely to see. You are doing such incredible work and it was truly inspiring!" & HARP, the local charity aiming to End Rough Sleeping in Southend-on-Sea, helping local people overcome homelessness for good. "Thank you for having me! I really appreciate the insight you gave me into HARP. Your focus on clients is so evident and everyone I met was so helpful and clearly cared so much for their service users." Imogen Sagon, Doorway Women's Service
Norfolk’s Sexual Violence Strategy
13 June 2022
Nicola Jepson, of Norfolk Community Safety Partnership, visited this morning to outline Norfolk's domestic abuse & sexual violence strategies; "Norfolk is committed to working in partnership to ensure a coordinated approach to prevent and respond to sexual violence, abuse, and harm." Frontline practitioners, from both our adult & young people's services, were present to discuss their experiences & those of our vulnerable service-users.
141 Challenge : Photos from our coastal walk
09 June 2022
It's not too late to support us : whether by joining us on walks, cheering us on in-person or online, helping to raise awareness of both our organisation and our cause, or by donating to http://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20141216 Thank you!
141 Challenge : Photos from our coastal walk
09 June 2022
141 Challenge : Photos from our coastal walk
09 June 2022