Links

Regional Domestic Violence Forum (NI):

http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk [250 clicks]

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Women’s Aid ABCL&N:

http://www.womens-aid.org.uk [231 clicks]

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Workplace Charter on Domestic Violence:

http://www.itisaworkplaceissue.co.uk [31 clicks]

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Campaigns

End Violence Against Women Coalition:

http://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk [274 clicks]

National coalition of individuals and organisations calling on government, public bodies and others to take concerted action to end violence against women.
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Fawcett Society:

http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk [249 clicks]

Campaigns for equality between women and men: women’s representation in politics and public life; pay, pensions and poverty; valuing caring work; and the treatment of women in the justice system.
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Disability

Disability Action:

http://www.disabilityaction.org [238 clicks]

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Ethnic Minorities

Southall Black Sisters:

http://www.southallblacksisters.org.uk/ [215 clicks]

Domestic violence resource centre for Asian, African, Afro-Caribbean women
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Hot Peach Pages:

http://www.hotpeachpages.net/ [241 clicks]

Hot Peach Pages has a directory of domestic abuse agencies world-wide
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Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities :

http://www.nicem.org.uk [267 clicks]

Provides services and support to ethnic minorities living and working in the north of Ireland
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Learning Disability

Association for Real Change (ARC):

http://www.arcuk.org.uk [233 clicks]

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Mencap:

http://www.mencap.org uk [201 clicks]

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Positive Futures:

http://www.positive-futures.net [247 clicks]

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Mental Health

Action Mental Health:

http://www.actionmentalhealth.org.uk [249 clicks]

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Alzheimer’s Society :

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk [229 clicks]

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Praxis Care:

http://www.praxiscare.org.uk [311 clicks]

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Rethink:

http://www.rethink.org [235 clicks]

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Older People

Help The Aged:

http://www.helptheaged.org.uk [207 clicks]

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Action on Elder Abuse:

http://www.elderabuse.org.uk [262 clicks]

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Age Concern:

http://www.ageconcernni.org [275 clicks]

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Research organisations

Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit:

http://www.cwasu.org [227 clicks]

Centre for independent research, evaluation, training, consultancy and networking from a feminist perspective
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Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence :

http://www.corporateallianceuk.com [305 clicks]

The Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence is a group of progressive companies and organisations working individually and collectively to address the impact of domestic violence in the workplace.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation:

http://www.jrf.org.uk [214 clicks]

Research organisation and publishers of social studies
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School for Policy Studies:

http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/research/fpcw/projects.shtml [219 clicks]

Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare current research
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Every minute in the UK, the Police receive a call from the public for assistance for domestic violence. This leads to police receiving an estimated 1,300 calls each day or over 570,000 each year. (Stanko, 2000).
On average, two women are killed every week by a current or former male partner
One incident of domestic abuse is reported to the police every minute
British Crime Survey - an estimated 12.9 million incidents of domestic violence acts (that constituted non-sexual threats or force) against women and 2.5 million against men in England and Wales in the year preceding interview (Walby & Allen, 2004)
According to the British Crime Survey, only 40.2% of actual domestic violence crime is reported to the Police (Dodd et al, July 2004)

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