April 20, 2021
Trauma bonding makes you psychologically addicted to your abuser. This explains why trying to stop contact feels like you are coming off a drug.
Survivors and perpetrators of domestic abuse will often form trauma bonds ...
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December 11, 2020
Karma Nirvana is an award-winning National charity supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage. Honour crimes are not determined by age, faith, gender or sexuality, and Karma Nirvana support and work wit...
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December 10, 2020
Talking about abuse and domestic violence can be a difficult task for anyone. It can be painful, confusing and make you feel ashamed, inadequate and isolated.
And it can be incredibly challenging when you are a man be...
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December 9, 2020
Galop has provided advice, support, research and lobbying around the issues of LGBT+ policing for over 30 years. They support all LGBT+ people who've experienced hate crime, domestic abuse or sexual violence.
LGBT+ ex...
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December 6, 2020
“Wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade”. – Emma Goldman
What is financial abuse?
Financial abuse involves controlling a person’s ability ...
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December 4, 2020
One of our Outreach Officer, Sandra, goes through what coercive control is and how you can spot it - whether it may be happening to you or someone you know. It could be friend, family member or even a colleague.
Domes...
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December 3, 2020
Victoria Charleston, Strategy and Development Manager at The Alice Ruggles Trust, has worked within the stalking sector for four years.
Victoria now focuses on raising awareness amongst young people of stalking an...
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December 2, 2020
Coercive control can be defined as an act or pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish or frighten. Coercive and controlling behaviour has been a criminal offence in thi...
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December 1, 2020
On International Day of Older Persons, we’re focusing on the often-hidden issue of domestic abuse of older women. Domestic abuse is often wrongly considered to be a younger person’s problem, with many support service...
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November 27, 2020
Children and Young Person’s Therapist at Broxtowe Women's Project (BWP), Georgina Rolfe, talks us through the affects domestic abuse has on children.
We can all imagine the image that comes to mind, when we think ab...
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Survivors of domestic abuse will regularly suffer trauma. Discover the steps to recovery in this new blog.
