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Border Women’s Aid becomes a member of the YouthBorders Network!
We are delighted at the news that our application for Full Membership of both YouthBorders and Youth Scotland has been approved. YouthBorders is the network of voluntary and community-based youth organisations in the Scottish Borders, supporting and promoting good quality youth work. Joining the network gives Border Women’s Aid instant access to peer support, networking events and opportunities, high quality training, and membership support services.
Police Scotland launches new domestic abuse campaign
A new campaign, launched today, calls on men to reflect, take action and stop domestic abuse before it starts.
‘Is That Me?’ Police Scotland’s latest domestic abuse campaign targets young men, aged 18 – 25 years, and highlights behaviours that in new relationships are abusive and might be indicative of future, escalating abuse.
Launching the new campaign Assistant Chief Constable, Bex Smith, Police Scotland said: “Stopping your new partner seeing friends, checking their phone, demeaning them, is neither caring nor romantic. These are controlling, abusive behaviours.
Making a difference
Earlston High School’s Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) has raised a £3,000 grant which it is giving to Border Women’s Aid. This money will make a huge difference to BWA.
Amazing to win this sum at any time but especially during the #16Days campaign to raise our profile amongst younger women. It’s great to see young people taking an active interest in tackling violence against women and girls.
Queen Consort condemns “global pandemic” of violence against women
At a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the annual United Nations 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence, the Queen Consort said that two of the most powerful ways to make a difference were “to remember and to listen.”
We must keep alive “the names and memories of those women who have lost their lives at the hands of a stranger, or the person who should have loved them best.”
These women can no longer speak for themselves, so we must listen to those who can.
MSP meets the team
On Monday, Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, dropped in on Border Women’s Aid to meet the team and find out more about our work.
After the visit, she posted on social media her congratulations on our latest funding success from the National Lottery, and that our “work is making a real difference to the lives of women in the Borders who have been subjected to domestic abuse.”
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