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Aurora New Dawn has raised an impressive £4,350 thanks to its annual Sea Swim for Survivors. The chilly winter sea swim took place on Sunday 22 January, after being rescheduled twice due to unsafe sea conditions, with approximately 12 supporters joining swimmers from our team. The swimmers took to the water at Southsea Beach with…

While collaboration is key for protecting women and girls from male violence, Aurora New Dawn has an important message for organisations charged with keeping us safe: in order to truly help, they need to get better at policing themselves. It’s a notion we feel strongly about – however, with this year’s worrying release of a…

Supporting victims of stalking and harassment has always been a major part of our mission at Aurora New Dawn. Here we explain what stalking is and how, alongside organisations like the police, we support people who have been (or are still being) subjected to stalking. Stalking is a serious criminal offence – and yet it…

As we continue to raise awareness of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women, we wanted to shine a light and reflect on one of Aurora’s most influential partnerships: our DVA Cars™ in collaboration with Hampshire Constabulary. In 2015, Aurora New Dawn launched DVA Cars™ – a service whereby every…

As the only charity providing domestic abuse support to the British Army, Aurora New Dawn has built strong unions with the armed forces. Here we share our experience and how our advocates support women and girls with a safe route out. Domestic abuse within the armed forces is a widespread and frightening problem. Research from…

This year’s theme for the International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and the 16 days of action is UNITE! Here we share the importance of working with partners to effectively, safely and continuously support victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. For 31 years, the United Nations has spearheaded the…

In October, we were very proud to receive an award from Hampshire Constabulary for our work supporting the force’s Workplace Domestic Abuse service. The service was launched earlier this year after police officers and staff highlighted barriers to reporting domestic abuse, and feedback showed that some had felt unsupported in reporting domestic abuse or violence…

Rosie I am one of the Independent Stalking Advocacy Caseworkers at Aurora New Dawn. In my spare time I enjoy watching documentaries and listening to music and podcasts. I love quizzes and general knowledge, my best categories being history and geography! I started at Aurora New Dawn as a placement student in 2020, and felt…

In my role as an Outreach worker, I see many of the pattern’s perpetrators use to exert power and control, for example, isolation techniques, gaslighting behaviours, and full denial of responsibility to name a few. Most recently, I have witnessed more victims being faced with another abusive tactic that fits under the ‘post-separation abuse’ umbrella.…