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Asking Angela and Clare – Making Leeds Safer For Women

Domestic violence remains a prevalent issue. A total of 599,549 recorded offences in England and Wales were flagged as domestic abuse-related in the year ending March 2018 – this equates to 12% of all reported offences.[i]   It is therefore important that people continue to create as much publicity as possible regarding this and highlight…

27% Rise in Child Abuse Cases Reported During First Lockdown

285 serious incident notifications of child abuse cases were received by the Child Safeguarding Review Panel, according to recently published figures.   Compared to the same period in the year prior, this is a 27% increase. Unfortunately, this comes after a fall in numbers between 2018/19 and 2019/20, specifically being recorded after the country entered…

Elder Abuse Awareness Day – 15th June

Elder abuse is a global social issue which affects the health and human rights of millions of older persons around the world. The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 66/127, designated June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition…

Domestic Abuse Incidents Rise In UK

As the UK continues to lie low during the Coronavirus outbreak, Greater Manchester’s Deputy Mayor Beverley Hughes has stated that reports are rolling in of domestic violence incidents, with preparations being made for more severe ones ahead.   Charities and police had been warned of possible rises in domestic incidents, as the same thing happened…

Shirts for Jordan

The footballing world rallies following the tragic loss of former Huddersfield Town midfielder, with ‘Shirts For Jordan‘. Jordan Sinnott was found unconscious in Nottingham at around 2am on Saturday 25th January. The 25-year-old midfielder sustained a fractured skull and later died in hospital. Police say that they attended a ‘large-scale fight’ involving 8 men and…

102 Devon Christmas Crimes

A Freedom of Information request was made to Devon and Cornwall Police, requesting full details of the total number of crimes committed containing the word ‘Christmas’ in the list of offences recorded in 2018. As required by law, the police force duly obliged and it transpired that 102 such offences were committed during this time.…

Female Sexual Violence – The Continuing Epidemic

Domestic abuse in the UK rose by nearly a quarter in the year ending March 2019, while referrals of cases from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service fell by 11%.   746,219 domestic abuse-related crimes were recorded in total, an increase of 24% when compared to the previous year.[i] The statistics recorded for domestic…

Family of Grace Millane Denied CICA Compensation

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has once again come under scrutiny. This time, the Government’s compensation scheme has been criticised for the way it handles families of British people murdered outside of the UK and European Union.   This follows the news that the family of backpacker Grace Millane were informed that they would…

6.2 Million Child Abuse Victims in England and Wales – Statistics

While the majority of the time TV soaps involve themselves in storylines that are wacky or outlandish, they also have the ability to draw people’s attention towards more serious and relevant issues. Long-running TV soap Emmerdale is no different and is currently the process of going through a child abuse storyline. In this, a character…

Survivors of abuse are being denied compensation due to their past criminal convictions

Many of the brave individuals who are reporting their historical abuse to the police and, subsequently bringing a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), are being denied remuneration due to their previous convictions.   The CICA was set up as a way to compensate those blameless victims of violent crime who have no…