Sarah Cheverton interviews Rebecca Robertson from Cantando FVC Choir about their ongoing fundraiser to support victims and survivors of domestic violence. Sarah Cheverton: When we reported on Cantando FVC Choir, you’d recorded one video with [… 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 is National Stalking Awareness Week and in this personal account, Rebecca shares her experience of being stalked, from the beginning right through to the court case, and highlights how she couldn’t have done [… read more ]
Shonagh Dillon, CEO of Portsmouth-based charity Aurora New Dawn, talks to Sarah Cheverton about how the virus is increasing danger for victims, and how already under-funded organisations like Aurora are changing the way they work [… read more ]
CEO of charity Aurora New Dawn, Shonagh Dillon, writes about the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for victims of domestic abuse and asks: what will happen to the workers of the sector once the pandemic [… read more ]
Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after a video was published last week showing the MP physically removing a climate change protester from a dinner function. S&C’s Editor in Chief, Sarah [… read more ]
The CEO of Portsmouth-based charity Aurora New Dawn has signed an open letter from academics, activists and charities working to end sexual abuse, rejecting funding offered by Tommy Robinson as part of his European Election [… read more ]
S&C is proud to share Portsmouth City Council’s Stories from the City project, which aims to ‘celebrate the people behind Portsmouth’s vibrant voluntary and community sector – one story at a time.’ Duncan Paterson, Non-Executive [… read more ]
Portsmouth is celebrating International Women’s Day with a week of events around the city. Get the dates in your diary, get your tickets and get involved! Tuesday 6th March, 7:30pm, FREE, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill [… read more ]
This Saturday, 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), which marks the start of 16 Days of activism to end violence against women and girls. CEO of Hampshire [… read more ]
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