Category: Domestic Abuse

What is Domestic Abuse

The Government definition of Domestic Violence and Abuse (as of 31 March 2013) is: Any incident,...

DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS RAISING EVENT 2015 Safer Colchester Partnership, working in partnership...

Domestic abuse or violence is a crime and should be reported to the Police. If it is an emergency,...

What is a Sanctuary Scheme? The Sanctuary Scheme makes it possible for victims of domestic...

Anyone can experience domestic abuse Domestic abuse happens in all social, racial and ethnic...

Colchester & Tendring Women's Refuge Colchester and Tendring Women’s Refuge offers you...

When someone has been killed as a result of domestic violence and abuse a Domestic Homicide Review...

Information for Women Colchester and Tendring Women's Refuge Providing emergency...

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June

15
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
All day
15/06/18
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) happens each year on June 15th. It was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 66/127,December 2011, following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), who first established the commemoration in June 2006. It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations.
26
Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
All day
26/06/18
The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade. It is observed annually on 26 June, since 1988, a date chosen to commemorate Lin Zexu‘s dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong, just before the First Opium War in China. The observance was instituted by General Assembly Resolution of 7 December 1987.

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