How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In the second of a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Aurora New Dawn’s CEO, Shonagh Dillon. In part two, Shonagh talks about the financial [… read more ]
Local charity Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling (PARCS) has launched a new photography competition for young people to raise awareness of sexual abuse in our communities, the ‘Elephant in the Room.’ Sarah Cheverton reports. The [… read more ]
Shortly after the lockdown began, Portsmouth-based charity Aurora New Dawn launched a 24/7 helpline for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse and stalking. Here the Aurora team share their helpline data on how [… read more ]
This week – from 4th to 10th February – is Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week and Portsmouth student and S&C reporter Maia Cook interviewed Gemma Green from PARCS (Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Services) [… read more ]
Community reporter and S&C reviewer Paul Valentine attended the book launch for Clare Best’s new memoir The Missing List and finds a masterfully written and powerful reflection on abuse. I’ve read a lot of memoirs [… read more ]
S&C reviewer and reporter Emily Priest launches a new series of vlogs reviewing some of her most and least favoured books. In this first of the series she looks at the controversial novel The Incest [… read more ]
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