Self-reflective poem, using found images as a way to reflect on, express and understand my own thoughts and feelings. Reflective journaling gives me a space to understand my inner self, my life experiences, and my emotions. Faces Your face it speaks a thousand words. Your face it talks to me. So many feelings split the […]
This was done at a time of deep distress and I was very withdrawn and frightened to go out. Afraid I am afraid to leave my home I feel so aloneName calling won’t stop! I feel I’m going to popI feel so unsafe as I feel like bait, I have this heavy weightWhy make
‘Castle’ was inspired by the picture with the poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. I identified with the picture, as The Lady of Shalott is trapped in a tower and I felt trapped in a tower, but for me, the tower was my own head. It’s where I went when I dissociated as
New research reveals need for flexible, tailored support for domestic abuse survivors A four-year evaluation led by academics at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), in partnership with Bangor University, the University of East London and Manchester Metropolitan University, has revealed the need for flexible domestic violence and abuse services that are more tailored
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Women’s Aid respond to the whole life sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid said: “Today Wayne Couzens was rightly sentenced to whole life imprisonment for the murder of Sarah Everard. He was a serving Metropolitan police officer who abused his
#SaySabinasName: Women’s Aid call for justice “The death of Sabina Nessa is devastating and it is appalling that she was yet another woman who could not safely walk home. Women should be safe wherever they are, at home and in public, and this requires a whole system approach by the UK Government to address the
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Women’s Aid responds to behaviours shown on Married at First Sight UK Last night, we became increasingly concerned about displays of controlling and coercive behaviour in Channel 4’s Married at First Sight. We have received complaints that the relationship shown on screen between contestants, Franky and Marilyse, is both shocking and disturbing. Viewers saw
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Women’s Aid respond to new report by HMICFRS A new report by HMICFRS (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services) has said that fundamental cross-system change is urgently needed to tackle an epidemic of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and that the issue must be given much higher priority. Although
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All survivors Deserve To Be Heard Women’s Aid launch new mental health campaign to ensure the mental health needs of survivors are listened to and responded to effectively. Join the campaign. Farah Nazeer, CEO at Women’s Aid, said: “Melanie Brown, survivor and Women’s Aid patron, experienced long-term coercive control during her ten-year marriage. Even years on,
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Women’s Aid launches national campaign Deserve To Be Heard to highlight impact of domestic abuse on mental health of women and their children Nearly half of women in refuges say they experience poor mental health as a result of abuse – charity believes many more too fearful to speak out. Charity urges government to commit to sufficient funding for both refuge spaces and community domestic abuse services, to ensure
