Women's Aid

The women supporting Peterborough Women's Aid.

Community Christmas celebration to coincide with Women's Aid charity walk

Sergeant Ollie Plant and a team of officers will be taking part in the Great Eastern Run

Police team to take on Great Eastern Run in aid of Peterborough's Women's Aid

Comedian and Women's Aid ambassador Maddy Anholt has died of brain cancer at the age of 35. Photo by GoFundMe/Anholt family.

Breaking 'Beloved' comedian and mum dies of brain cancer, aged 35

Cllr Katy Cole says she wants to provide a voice for domestic abuse survivors

Councillor wants Peterborough to 'take the lead' on tackling domestic abuse

Cambridge Women's Resources Centre opened its second location on Broadway in Peterborough in 2013

Women's centre faces 'crippling costs and intensifying cases'

Cambridgeshire police investigated more than hundreds of allegations of coercive control in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Picture courtesy of RADAR

Cambridgeshire police investigate hundreds of coercive control crimes during pan...

Tens of thousands of domestic abuse victims at high risk identified by NHS bodie...

Exclusive: Support for domestic violence victims in NHS 'highly inconsistent'

Exclusive: Covid led to rise in women hospitalised by domestic abuse

Peterborough residents have joined the Ask Me scheme

Domestic abuse campaign: Peterborough residents join scheme to support survivors

Domestic violence victims can now claim free train travel to help escape abuse

Peterborough Station EMN-141228-190135009

Free train travel for people fleeing domestic abuse

The coronavirus lockdown has seen a rise in calls to the National Domestic Abuse helpline (Photo: Shutterstock)

Domestic abuse helpline sees 25% rise in calls after UK lockdown - here’s why yo...

Here's what to do under lockdown if you don't feel safe at home

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Cambridgeshire police work to tackle domestic abuse to feature on Sport Relief

The North East Corner column in the Peterborough Telegraph

How a fridge magnet helped rescue a person’s life
It seems amazing how a simple fridge magnet can save someone’s life. Here is Joy’s story of how a Freemasons Charity has helped her, writes Craig Bunday from Peterborough Freemasons.
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The number of deaths from abusive relationships in the UK has reached the highest level in five years (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what to do if you or someone you know is being affected by domestic abus...

The domestic abuse bill now outlaws a number of things that were not previously covered by existing legislation (Photo: Shutterstock)

11 ways your partner's unreasonable behaviour could actually be breaking the law

Your partner isolating you from the people you love is against the law (Photo: Shutterstock)

It's now illegal for your partner to do these 11 things in a relationship