16th September 2020
A Coordinated Response to Risk: Scottish Marac Operation
Jenny Smith is SafeLives' Marac Development Officer for Scotland. In this blog, she looks at the development of Marac in Scotland.
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5th March 2020
SafeLives staff celebrate the women who inspired them
At SafeLives we celebrate women every day, among our colleagues, in the public eye, and among the survivors we interact with.
This International Women's Day, we asked SafeLives staff "Who is inspiring to you?"
31st January 2020
5 reasons why 2020 should be the year you sign up to do a 10k for SafeLives
If you’re someone who has always wanted to try running but has never had a reason to do so, this is the blog post for you. As someone who still breaks out in a cold sweat if I think about P.E bleep tests, I really understand if you couldn’t imagine anything worse.
To try and convince you, here are 5 reasons why 2020 should be the year you sign up to do a 10k for SafeLives. Let’s go through these together:
12th December 2019
The story of Sistah Space
Ngozi Fulani is Head of Service at Sistah Space, and an Idva. In this blog, she explains where Sistah Space began and the unique service they offer.
Sistah Space was founded after the brutal murder of Valerie Forde and her baby daughter. We attended the trial and learned that Valerie had, in fact, reported a threat to kill to the police which was recorded as a threat to property.
11th December 2019
Helping survivors get back on their feet through Shared Lives
Ali Miller is the Development Officer at Shared Lives, working on the Domestic Abuse and Modern Slavery projects. In this blog Ali, as well as Sally Steadman-South from SafeLives, and Amy*, a survivor of abuse who has been housed through the scheme, share their reflections on the Shared Lives model of accommodation for survivors.