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22 June 2010West Yorkshire Police Campaign against Domestic Violence.
During the last world cup in June 2006 incidents of domestic violence rose by around 30 percent in West Yorkshire. This equates to 285 more victims over the four week period and an extra 270 people were arrested for domestic violence related offences.
This is why West Yorkshire Police has teamed up with West Yorkshire Probation Trust and other partner agencies to raise awareness of domestic violence, where people can go for help and advice to both victims and perpetrators.
The campaign called “Don’t let the World Cup leave its mark on you” comprises of posters being displayed and leaflets being handed out across the county. Radio advertisements will also be playing throughout the tournament.
To see full details of the campaign, follow this link to the West Yorkshire Police website.
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Cheshire West and Chester Council awarded White Ribbon Partnership Award
COUNCIL AWARDED WHITE RIBBON PARTNERSHIP AWARD
A press release from Cheshire West and Cheshire Council reads:
Cheshire West and Chester Council has been awarded the nationally recognised White Ribbon Partnership Award from the White Ribbon Campaign UK for its multi-agency partnership approach to tackling domestic abuse.
Working in partnership with public, private, community, voluntary and faith sectors the award was granted to the authority’s Cheshire West Together project for its approach to increasing awareness of domestic abuse and support to families affected by domestic abuse. In the spirit of embracing new technologies, a new development is that you can now Pledge by text. To do so, Text wrc to 78866Pledges now accepted via text messaging!
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70% of incidents of domestic violence in the UK result in injury, (compared with 50% of incidents of acquaintance violence, 48% of stranger violence and 29% of mugging).
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