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-Gay men become victims of forced marriages-Forced Marriage Unit believes 65% increase in calls to helpline is ‘tip of the iceberg’
Taken from Guardian 1st July 2010
Men in some communities are being forced into marriage because their families suspect they are gay or bisexual, the government has revealed.
The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) says there has been a surge in such cases. Over the past year, the number of calls from men to the unit increased by 65%, […]
-Pegasus Scholarship award and BreakFree April 2010
Pegasus Scholarship award and BreakFree - A Celebration and Launch! You are invited to come and help us celebrate Nadia Mansfield’s award of a Pegasus Scholarship by the Inns of Court. This event will also launch the Pro Bono group ‘BreakFree’, which is Leicester’s first city based group aiming to reach out to victims and potential victims […]
-H.O.P.E, Young People and Police come runner up in award!
Celebrate Success UK final 2009-10 True Story: Forced Marriages and Honour Based Violence
The Prince’s Trust honoured young people who have changed their lives with the support of The Trust and recognised those who have played an exceptional role in supporting our work at an Oscar-style ceremony on Monday 1st March 2010.
This group, all from different cultures and […]
-Forced Marriages Conference Nov 09 - A Huge Success!
H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy ran a Forced Marriages Conference on the 25th November at Leicestershire Constabulary. This conference looked at the Forced Marriages Act (1 Year on) and how this has made a difference.
This conference also showed a play on Forced Marriages and Honour Based Violence- This play was a huge success! The story show […]
-H.O.P.E, Young People, Holyk Films & Police Win Prince’s Trust Award!
H.O.P.E Tranining & Consultancy won a Prince's Trust Community Impact award today 17.11.09 at Nottingham Play House. This award was for recognising the work H.O.P.E has done on a Forced Marriage DVD and National conference in 2008 on FM & HBV attended by over 200 guests. For Further details please see http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/celebrate_success/celebrate_success_2009-10.aspx
Welldone All who where involved […]
-H.O.P.E trains over 600 in 2009!
H.O.P.E has trained over 600 professionals from January 2009 to November 2009 on forced marriages and honour based violence!
This training has raised more awareness on these issues and allowed professionals to see the signs and know where to refer victims of domestic abuse.
-New Forced Marriages Guidelines Launched! 3.07.09
The Forced Marriage Unit has published a revised set of multi-agency practice guidelines for frontline professionals (such as teachers, police officers, social and health care professionals, housing officers) to help them to work more closely together and to better identify and protect children and adults at risk of forced marriage.
The revised guidelines replace the existing […]
-H.O.P.E attends New Forced Marriage Website Launch 30.04.09
Forced Marriages Website Launch
H.O.P.E attended a website launch at the House of Lords on the 30th April 2009. This website was developed by the Ethnic Mincoirty Foundation whom are based in London. This Launch was chaired by Lord Bhatia (OBE & Chair of EMF) . The key note speakers were Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary […]
-H.O.P.E attends Million Women Rise March!
Meena Kumari from H.O.P.E attended the Million Women Rise is a coalition of individual women and representatives from the Women’s Voluntary and Community Sector.
The first Million Women Rise demonstration in March 2008 saw 5000 women and children take to the streets of London to celebrate International Women’s Day . It was the largest demonstration […]
-DVD Launch on Forced Marriages & Honour Based Violence- A huge success!
“An Insight into Forced Marriages & Honour Based Violence DVD”
This DVD launch took place on the 31st March 2009 at Leicestershire Police Headquarters.
Below are some comments we received back from those who attended.
East midlands News also covered this launch to see a clip please click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7974890.stm
It’s a pity that not all influential organisations […]