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Statement from The Board of Trustees
The following statement is from the Board of Trustees, Aurora New Dawn: The last few days have been extremely difficult for Aurora New Dawn, our CEO and our staff. We have had to read, and hear, a number of ridiculous and outrageously negative things about the organisation, none of which are true. We find it impossible to…
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Open Letter to The Portsmouth News on Domestic Violence Cuts
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to an article published in the Portsmouth News (Charity hits out at council’s domestic violence surgeries) concerning the councillor-led domestic abuse surgeries run by cross party members. It may be helpful to review how the critique of the domestic violence surgeries came about – a critique that came…
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Devastating Cuts to Portsmouth Domestic Abuse services
Aurora New Dawn CEO deputation to Portsmouth City Council – Full Budget Meeting 08/12/15 The council budget savings report proposes to cut the specialist in-house domestic abuse service, the Early Intervention Project, from 13 members of staff to 5. Aurora New Dawn absolutely opposes these cuts, and here are just some of the reasons why:…
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An Open Letter to Spotted Portsmouth
Dear Spotted Portsmouth, I hadn’t come across your page until yesterday when a colleague introduced me to the ‘unique’ Spotted Portsmouth approach to celebrating our beautiful city. Ironically, as it happens we were travelling back to Portsmouth from a meeting on a national roll-out of training for Stalking Awareness and Cyber Crime at the time.…
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Stalking Awareness Week
What is Stalking Awareness Week? National Stalking Awareness week is a time every year in which attention is drawn to the serious issues caused by stalker behaviour throughout the UK. In brief, stalking affects hundreds of thousands of men and women, therefore this week is used to put the spotlight on the damage done. 10…
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Job Vacancies
JOB VACANCY Aurora New Dawn DVA Cars™ Aurora New Dawn is pleased to announce two new posts for our innovative Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) car project. FEMALE[1] Aurora New Dawn DVA car Advocate – AURORA NEW DAWN DVA CARS™ Hours: Part-Time: 17 Hours per week (to include some weekend and evening work) Salary:…
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Aurora Awarded Big Lottery Funding
Aurora New Dawn are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded funding from the Big Lottery to deliver our DVA Car service across South-East Hampshire over the next 3 years. Working alongside Hampshire Constabulary, specialist workers from Aurora New Dawn will respond with officers to incidents of domestic abuse as they happen, offering emotional support to survivors, completing risk assessments,…
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Aurora New Dawn awarded national accreditation
Aurora New Dawn have become the first voluntary sector organisation in Hampshire to be awarded Leading Lights accreditation by the national agency Co-Ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA) for work with victims and survivors of domestic abuse. What is the award? The award recognises the contribution of Aurora’s Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (known as IDVAs),…
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Hot Coals Fundraiser
UPDATE: We raised just over £7K for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. Aurora would like to extend our thanks to all who walked, donated and raised awareness on the night. Victims of domestic abuse walk on hot coals every day in fear of aggression and violence from perpetrators. On November…
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Not for Sale – Council rejects lap-dancing club application in Portsmouth
Aurora New Dawn was proud to be among a group of 7 deputations made to Portsmouth City Council concerning the relocation of lap-dancing club Elegance to a property on Albert Road. The Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously to reject the application from local lap-dancing club owner, Paul Ojla. We have a number of reasons why…
