North East: How the Euros can increase domestic violence

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It was reported that domestic abuse levels are higher in the North East compared to the rest of England. If you are seeking aid, you can contact WINN, the specialist domestic abuse service, on 0800 066 5555.

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00:00I think it's really important to say that obviously football does not cause domestic

00:04abuse and alcohol does not cause domestic abuse, but where there is already abuse and

00:09coercive and controlling and aggressive behaviours within a relationship and within a family,

00:15we know that this becomes more frequent and more severe during or after the big games.

00:22No More Injury Time is a campaign created by multiple charities including Solace and

00:26the National Centre for Domestic Violence, wherein an alternative England kit has been

00:31created to symbolise the phrase that, quote, when we lose, she loses more. Solace Charities'

00:37CEO Nahar Choudhury said women experience domestic abuse all year round, but with heightened

00:43tensions and disappointments, many abusers will take out their frustrations on their

00:47partner. If you're concerned about somebody you know

00:51about a loved one, how do you best support them? What do you do? And that can be really

00:56challenging and often it's family and friends who are the person that somebody might go

01:00to first and might talk to. We want to raise awareness with health professionals. Often

01:07it might be a GP somebody talks to. And we want to raise awareness as well with men out

01:14there. There's some really good men who might just be really worried about their behaviour.

01:18There's lots of pressures. We want to provide a really unjudgmental service, but we want

01:22men to get in touch if they feel, you know what, I might be behaving in a way that isn't

01:28good for my family, isn't good for my partner, and certainly is not good for my children,

01:33but I don't know how to stop it. We can provide that support, advice, guidance, judgment and

01:39really look at behaviour change with men as well. So I think it has to be a really holistic

01:44look at the whole family, look at the wider community and look at our political and social

01:49structures to try and change this. But I think, I mean, at Wynn we're really conscious

01:55of trying to just raise awareness across the communities. You know, we work in Sunderland

02:01and across Wearside. And what we're really, we do, we have a support service for women.

02:09So if women are fearful, if they're survivors of domestic abuse and they're fearful at this

02:14time or experiencing domestic abuse, they can get in touch. We also provide support.

02:19And I think this is really important for family and friends or anyone, if you're concerned

02:24about somebody, you know, about a loved one. For Sunderland, if you get in touch with Wynn,

02:29it's www.win.org.uk or call us on 01914163550. And then whoever you are, whether you're someone

02:39experiencing it yourself, whether you're a child, young person, whether you're family

02:43or friends, whether you're a man worried about your behaviour, we'll make sure you

02:46get the support you need. And in Newcastle, the support service is an organisation called

02:53Changing Lives. But if you just Google domestic abuse in your area, you will be put through

02:57to the right support.

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