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NSAW2024 – Danna
For National Stalking Awareness Week 2024, the National Stalking Consortium theme, led by our partners at The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is, “Join Forces Against Stalking”. Effective multi-agency working is crucial for ensuring victims of stalking are supported from their point of disclosure right through until a conviction and beyond. This year, we are calling for…
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New Support Service for Navy Personnel and Families
Aurora New Dawn has launched a new support service providing help and advice for people experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence or stalking in the Royal Navy, which can be used by Royal Navy personnel or their families and is available wherever in the world the person may be posted. Dr Shonagh Dillon, CEO at Aurora…
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Vote for Us!
Aurora New Dawn Needs Your Support in the Discount Promo Codes Charity Poll this December (2023). In the run up to Christmas we are keen to be able to support the women in our female only groups with some Christmas presents if that is possible, and we need your help to win a donation of…
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Domestic abuse and the cost-of-living crisis
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis spreads far and wide; we recently shared a blog about the ripple effects on the charity sector, with enormous changes felt across the industry. But that’s only part of the problem and we must also talk about the significant impact that the cost-of-living is having on victims and survivors…
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Running for Aurora
Aurora and Adam It was lap dancing that brought Shonagh, the CEO of Aurora New Dawn, and me together. At least, that’s how we would joke about it in the years that followed. In 2019, a lap dancing club was reopening near where I lived and I was unhappy about what this would mean for…
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How the cost of living crisis is impacting charities
Discussions about the cost of living have become as commonplace as COVID-19 only a short time ago, with an enormous impact rippling out far and wide. Here at Aurora, we have seen huge repercussions for our service users as well as a shift in the support they require from charities like ours. However, another major…
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Aurora New Dawn marks Armed Forces Day as funding to support army victims is renewed
Aurora New Dawn is celebrating its ongoing partnership with the Army for Armed Forces Day. As the main charity providing this type of specialist support to the British Army, Aurora New Dawn has recently been funded to deliver its advocacy support for another three years thanks to the Army Central Fund. An independent charity, the…
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Stalking Services – Statement #NSAW2023
Aurora has been very privileged to run stalking services since 2013 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We were an organisation of only two years old when we were first approached by an amazing advocate for stalking victims in Hampshire Constabulary, DS Linda Dawson, who was instrumental in changing legislation for stalking victims via…
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Aurora New Dawn wins top UK health award
Aurora New Dawn wins £40,000 award from The King’s Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards Aurora New Dawn are incredibly proud to share that we have recently won a major national award for our work supporting survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking based in Hampshire and working across England and for the Armed forces…
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Can you help Aurora New Dawn enhance our DVA cars and helpline services?
If you have any experience using Aurora New Dawn’s DVA cars service or calling our helpline, you can share your thoughts and feedback in our anonymous survey. Find out more and take part in the survey here. Aurora New Dawn has commissioned an independent study and evaluation of its helpline and DVA cars service. The…