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Aurora’s Christmas Fundraising Appeal
At Christmas and New Year, the number of domestic and sexual violence incidents goes up. Unfortunately, funding for the services that help victims doesn’t. Aurora New Dawn is a charity that will be working hard for victims and survivors throughout the holidays. If you’d like to help us do this, there are a number of…
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An open letter to Nigella Lawson
Dear Nigella, We wanted to send you this open letter to express our support and admiration for you at the end of a difficult week. We also want to let victims and survivors know that no one has to go through the experience of violence or abuse alone. We have no way of knowing the…
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ACTION: “Rape cannot be monetised”
Following the recent awarding of a contract to run Sexual Assault Referral Centres in the West Midlands to private sector giant G4S, Aurora New Dawn have launched a petition to highlight the danger to victims and survivors of privatising specialist support services. Chief Executive of Aurora New Dawn, Shonagh Dillon, released the following statement: “It…
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Aurora’s Butterfly Ball raises £7,000
Approximately 200 people flocked to Portsmouth Football Club for a night of eating, drinking, dancing and merry-making – all in the fantastic cause of raising money to support victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. A range of games throughout the evening raised awareness of the complex reality of violence against women and girls…
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Portsmouth lap-dancing club licensing UPDATE
We are delighted to report that the Leader of Portsmouth City Council has contacted us following yesterday’s news reports and our letter to the Cabinet to reassure us that the nil cap on SEVs will not be overturned. Cllr Vernon-Jackson said: “I’m sorry that there has been a misunderstanding of this. In the budget we…
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Listening to victims may save lives
Aurora New Dawn are currently working with police to explore how information sharing about extremely dangerous perpetrators could protect the public, as well as protecting victims of domestic and sexual violence. Two cases have hit the headlines in recent years where the behaviour of the perpetrator in his relationships provided key indicators of the high…
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Reclaim the Night 2012
For one night in Portsmouth, we came, we chanted and we made the streets safe for women. And what a night it was. This year’s march saw over 250 women, men and children taking to the streets, carrying some of the best banners we’ve seen so far and without doubt, the best dancing. Special mention…
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Aurora welcomes new patron Joe Wells
Joe Wells becomes an Aurora patron We are delighted to welcome the fantastic, funny and fabulous Mr Joe Wells as our new patron. After working with Joe last year at the White Ribbon Comedy Night, we’ve been looking for a way to get him involved with Aurora New Dawn ever since – and now we…
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Reclaim the Night Portsmouth 2012
It’s that time of year again, when hundreds of Portsmouth men, women and children are taking to the streets to end domestic and sexual violence as the city gears up for its 3rd annual Reclaim the Night march on 23rd November, which kicks off at 7pm at the Spinnaker Tower. This year’s march is going…
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BBC Woman’s Hour and the invisible perpetrator
This article appeared originally on Women’s Views on News. I listened with a howling sense of pain-wracked frustration to the otherwise fabulous Jane Garvey interviewing domestic abuse survivor Tina Nash on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour yesterday morning (interview begins 1 minute in). I’m used to victim-blaming and its ugly companion, the invisible perpetrator, in…
