Social Issues
Help for Homeless?
Following news that the number of homeless people in Portsmouth has trebled, Holly Wells finds out why – and who is out there to help. A homeless man is sat in a doorway in Southsea. [… read more ]
domestic violence
Social Issues
Stalking: Do You Know What To Do About It?
In the second of a series of posts that appeared on their website for National Stalking Awareness Week, local charity Aurora New Dawn’s Independent Stalking Advocate takes us through what stalking is and how to [… read more ]
Social Issues
A Day in the Life of Hampshire’s Independent Stalking Advocate
Our Editor in Chief, Sarah Cheverton is the Writer in Residence for local charity Aurora New Dawn, which runs Hampshire’s Stalking Advocacy Service. In the first of a series of posts – originally featured on [… read more ]
News
Sisters Uncut: Portsmouth Tories Should ‘Stop and Listen’ to Opponents, Not Smear Them
Following yesterday’s breaking news on S&C of a Tory plan to ‘smear’ opponents to council cuts, local charity Aurora New Dawn and campaign group Sisters Uncut respond. Hampshire charity Aurora New Dawn revealed today that [… read more ]
News
Portsmouth Tory Smear Plans Exposed
A leaked email from Cllr Scott Harris to all Conservative councillors – including the Leader and the Lord Mayor – calls for the Conservatives to ‘play dirty’ against a local resident, a charity, a city [… read more ]
News
A Matter of Truth and Trust: Charity Responds to Portsmouth Council Leader
Shonagh Dillon, CEO of Aurora New Dawn, responds to allegations from Council Leader Donna Jones that the charity is implicated in an alleged ‘hate campaign’ against her. In a recent News article, the Leader of [… read more ]
Politics
What Politicians Say and What They Mean: Part I
Sources: Portsmouth News: Tory boss rejects claim of ‘financial incompetence’ Portsmouth City Council: Current children’s centre provision (9 centres and 16 satellite sites) Portsmouth City Council: Proposed new structure (6 hubs and 9 satellite sites) [… read more ]
News
An Open Letter to Councillors on Domestic Violence Cuts
Shonagh Dillon, Chief Executive of Hampshire-based charity Aurora New Dawn, responds to personal criticism of her by local councillors in a recent article in The News about proposed cuts to domestic violence services in Portsmouth. I [… read more ]
Events
CUTS KILL – Save Portsmouth Domestic Violence Services
This week Star and Crescent will be running a social media campaign on our Facebook and Twitter pages to support local charity Aurora New Dawn’s ongoing action to stop planned cuts to domestic violence support [… read more ]
News
‘No Straight Answers’ To Domestic Violence Service Cuts, Says Charity
Sarah Cheverton talks to Shonagh Dillon, Chief Executive of Aurora New Dawn, about their campaign against the proposed cuts to the Council’s domestic violence support service, the Early Intervention Project, in 2017/18. Can you tell [… read more ]