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Onus Finalist In Ballymena Borough Business Excellence Awards 2011

20 Oct 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onus Finalist in Innovation Award

Colette Stewart, Onus Business Manager was delighted that Onus was selected as a finalist in the Innovation Award Category in the Ballymena Borough Business Excellence Awards 2011.

The Innovation Award celebrates the efforts of businesses that overcome the challenges presented when developing new products and services and competing internationally.

 

  • 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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