Fascinating evening listening to the laconic, wise, brilliant #PercivalEverett talking about and reading from his new work retelling Huckleberry Finn, James. Having devoured The Trees and Erasure, am looking forward to having this on my summer pile Foyles Bookshop

As part of our special report on the rise in numbers seeking help because of domestic abuse during and since lockdown - I spoke to female and male survivors, to a perpetrator about his behaviour, and to child victims. See our full report on BBC News (UK) at Ten

Domestic abuse services are struggling to meet need since the pandemic and the cost of living crisis.

We must quit lurching from crisis to crisis and establish sustainable funding through the Victims Bill.

Thank you Reeta Chakrabarti for this important story on lifesaving services.

Did you know that if you are experiencing homelessness, you can still vote?

⌛️ If you’re not registered, there’s still time. But the deadline is coming soon.

🗳️ Register to vote now, before 16 April – it only takes 5 minutes: shltr.org.uk/tflbO

Steeling myself to watch - baffling that #DerekDraper did not qualify for NHS Continuing Care. So important to keep talking about unpaid carers, those they support & how we pay for #socialcare
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Zoomed into Women's Aid Annual Audit launch in their 50th anniversary year - looking forward to seeing the findings and getting an understanding of the current state of specialist services #domesticabuse #EndAbuseTogether

Come and work with us! #maternitycover #director #finance #operations

🎥ICYMI - Rosa's CEO, Rebecca Gill, on BBC London talking about women's & girls’ orgs:
“They're invisible, they're silenced & they're massively underfunded. It takes the murder of a woman time and time again for there to be fundraising and that is not a sustainable model.”

Joining Lee Webster to big up my colleague Justine Dodds 🙌🏾🙌🏾

With 57 other VAWG orgs and academics, we have written to James Cleverly🇬🇧 Home Office to express our opposition to the harmful changes to support provisions for migrant victim-survivors.

Full text 👇🏾. 1/2
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Tom Pursglove MP Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson MP Laura Farris MP

We are delighted to announce that Make a Change Newcastle is now open 🎉

In partnership with Harbour and Respect, we are now delivering integrated support for partners and ex-partners across Newcastle. The service focuses on those who are concerned about their behaviour…

Please pass this on/repost. Children and young people hurting their parents and carers is such a hidden issue. We're pushing for more support for both the children/young people and the parents/carers and we'd like to hear from as wide a range of people as possible #CAPVA