Launch of the Black Country Stalking Support Service
Event Information
Description
The Black Country Stalking Support Service is a new specialist service supporting women and girls affected by stalking across the Black Country. Support is offered to all victims, whether or not they knew their stalker or have been in a relationship with them, and is the first regional service to offer support both inside and outside the context of domestic abuse.
The service is a project of Black Country Women’s Aid, and will also include a range of training, support and partnership working to help agencies and professionals recognise stalking and work with victims.
The launch event will include a range of speakers including:
- Stalking: the Human Cost: Nick Gazzard of the Hollie Gazzard Trust. Nick is the father of Hollie Gazzard, who was murdered in 2014 after being stalked by an ex-partner. Her family established the Trust to raise awareness of stalking and domestic abuse.
- Civil Law Options for Victims of Stalking: Karen Payne, National Centre for Domestic Violence
- The Black Country Stalking Support Service: Nikki Penniston, Black Country Women's Aid
- The Survivors’ Voice
Watch the trailer for the service here.
The Black Country Stalking Support Service is supported with funding from the Tampon Tax.
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Organiser Black Country Women's Aid
Organiser of Launch of the Black Country Stalking Support Service
Black Country Women’s Aid (formerly known as Sandwell Women’s Aid) is an independent charity which has supported survivors of abuse and exploitation in the West Midlands for 30 years.
Our sensitive and holistic support helps over 8000 victims of abuse each year to escape from violence, cope with trauma and rebuild their lives. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear of violence and abuse. We listen, we support, we care.
BCWA won Investors in People’s One to Watch Award and the Black Country Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year in 2015. BCWA was nominated for a Human Trafficking Foundation Award in 2017 for our outstanding contribution to the fight against modern slavery.
