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We held our Candle Lit Vigils in South Glos, Bristol and North Somerset to honour all victims and survivors who have been harmed by male violence, and to remember the incredible Ellen Malos and everything she did to support women and girls.

Thanks to The Green House Bristol for joining our vigil and pledging your support.

Thank you to North Somerset Green Party for supporting our vigil and pledging to continue to call out inappropriate behaviour.

Soroptimists join our vigil today. Thanks for your ongoing support, raising funds and awareness and advocating for survivors of domestic abuse.

Victim Support join our vigil. Thanks so much for your pledges and your ongoing support.

Thanks to Crown Prosecution Service South West for joining our vigil. They pledge to listen to the voice of survivors and victims.

Voices pledge to support survivors of domestic abuse in their recovery journey. Thanks for joining our vigil.

Abigail Jane Coaching joins our vigil. Thanks for pledging to empower women.

Thanks to Bristol Womens Voice for joining our vigil.

Today our vigil is joined by Avon & Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner and the team. Thank you for pledging your ongoing support to victim survivors

Today, we are joined by BDP – Bristol Drugs Project.

SARSA join our vigil today, thanks for pledging your support for all survivors of gender based violence.

Thanks to Refugee Women of Bristol for adding their support to end gender based violence.

1625 Independent People join our vigil to EndVAWG

South Glos Council have joined us to say enough – there are no excuses when it comes to gender based violence

First up, we have the Domestic and Sexual Violence Team at Bristol City Council. Thanks so much for joining our vigil and pledging support!

Virtual Vigil – A pledge for action!

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Virtual Vigil – A pledge for action!

Residents of some of our safe houses were very kindly invited out for the day by Forest School, they had an amazing time out exploring, enjoying nature and taking in some fresh air taking part in lots of fun activities. A great day out was had by all! Thanks so much for having us!

We are very excited to be nominated for two Lime Culture awards alongside other amazing organisations supporting survivors. We’re super proud of being recognised for our work around innovation and of our ISVA Maisie, who has been nominated for her work supporting children and young people.

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We are still feeling overwhelmed by all the support we received over the Easter period this year to ensure all children had chocolate eggs to open and egg hunts to get involved in

Eid Mubarak! Wishing everyone celebrating a very happy and peaceful Eid.

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At Safe Link we were honoured and delighted to be awarded the Angela Yeoman Award from Avon and Somerset Police Chief Constable for our commitment to making real and meaningful change as part of Operation Soteria Bluestone

We marked the end of the 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls by holding our candle lit vigil in North Somerset, remembering all those affected by domestic and sexual abuse.

Our annual Candle Lit Vigil to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls was a great success, and has launched our social media vigil over the next 16 days.

Thank you to all those who came along to support, to the survivors who read out their inspirational poetry, and to Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, Deputy PCC Claire Hiscott and Cllr Rachael Hunt for speaking at the event.

We warmly welcomed Cllr Asher Craig, PCC Mark Shelford and Deputy PCC Claire Hiscott, where they learnt about our Respite Rooms project, a joint partnership with St Mungos, and heard from the women we have supported.

Children in Next Link loved decorating crescent moons to represent Ramadan and talking about the significance of the moon in Islam.

Thank you to all those who donated Easter Eggs for the families in Next Link Safe Houses and women living in Missing Link’s Supported Housing. A fantastic celebration was had by all!

We were delighted to be successfully accredited by Limeculture for our Safe Link Adult and Children’s ISVA services, and Advice Quality Standards for our Next Link services! External accreditations like this ensure the services we deliver are of the highest standards.

We had great fun celebrating International Women’s Day at work and also at the City Hall event! Here are some photos of the occasion, and an interview with Ujima Radio on why IWD is an important day for staff and the women we support.

We had a wonderful time celebrating Diwali across all our services and in our houses.

Thank you to everyone who joined our candlelit vigil to honour and remember the women that are killed – on average 1 every 3 days – by male violence.

The time is now. We must all stand together to end violence against women and girls. Thank you for supporting 16 days of Activism 2021.

Staff and service users met with PCC Mark Shelford to talk about the criminal justice response to survivors of violence against women and girls

After months of virtual collaboration, the ISVA team were delighted to meet with colleagues from Project Bluestone to discuss the next steps in improving to response to survivor of rape and sexual assault

Fantastic to meet Bristol’s High Sheriff, Susan Davies, to talk about the positive impact partnership working can have on children and adults who have survived sexual and domestic abuse

Next Link are setting up a new 24 hour house in Bristol for women survivors of domestic abuse alongside other partners.

Hear a survivor of domestic abuse share her inspiring story on ITV news. She spoke of how she feels she has been “released from a death sentence” after getting help from one of the Next Link IDVAs.

We were successful in getting funding for 15 new IDVA’s and 8 new ISVA’s so we can continue to help and support all survivors who contact us

Link House has been chosen as a model of best practice by the World Health Organisation.

Link House was given a special commendation by AWP Annual Awards. A service users gave a powerful account of her care and recovery whilst staying at the house, and the positive impact it had made on her life

Some quotes from a recent service user who nominated Link House for an AWP Award

To celebrate International Women’s day we have held a number of online sessions for the public to get to know about the support and services we offer. Our staff also had a great time dressing up as women who have inspired them.

If you are affected by domestic abuse, please don’t be put off getting help because of covid restrictions. Listen to one of our brave survivors talk to Katie Rowlett about her experience of domestic abuse and how she got help.

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