Celebrating and Saluting Black Sisters
This year’s Black history Month theme is all about recognising the amazing contributions, achievements, and unwavering strength of Black women throughout history and today....
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We must safeguard children and young people – not criminalise them
Like many others we read the ‘Child Q’ practice review in horror and disbelief. The report described the traumatic dehumanisation of a 15-year-old Black girl. Many organisations have already made their statements on this ‘story’. You may wonder why we have waited until now to make ours. In truth we were angry and deeply upset. We have chosen to reflect, rather than react....
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#16daysofaction: Safer London VIP workshop
At Safer London so many of the Londoners we work with have had experiences of domestic abuse and violence. To show our stand on the 16 days of action against domestic violence we wanted to have the Safer London young Londoner VIP’s learn about, as well as review and evaluate, one of our services which supports Londoners affected by domestic violence and abuse....
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Bringing knowledge of trauma and its impacts into the mainstream
Last week we attended the launch of the ‘Young people and the future: Violent crime, risk and opportunity in uncertain times’ report. Commissioned by Co-op and led by Dr Emmeline Taylor, the report looks at violence and abuse towards shop workers, and the links between young people and social deprivation and inequality....
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