No Excuse for Abuse domestic violence awareness events in Dorchester

1:30pm Friday 15th February 2013 in News

AN AWARENESS event in Dorchester will send out a defiant message that there is No Excuse for Abuse.

West Dorset District Council’s new offices at South Walks House will host the free event, which is being held to support people affected by domestic violence and abuse.

A host of speakers have been lined up by the West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland Domestic Violence and Abuse Forum to look at a range of issues throughout the day today.

The No Excuse for Abuse event aims to raise awareness about domestic violence and improve links between support services for victims of abuse.

Anyone affected by domestic violence or who is working in support services is invited to come along between 8.30am and 2.30pm.

As well as the speakers there will be displays and information from organisations supporting people experiencing domestic violence and abuse and an opportunity to get confidential advice from professional support workers.

Among those attending on the day will be newly appointed Chief Constable of Dorset Police Debbie Simpson, Police Commissioner Martyn Underhill, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset Valerie Pitt-Rivers and High Sheriff Jeremy Pope.

They will be joined by representatives of both West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. West Dorset District Councillor and chairman of the West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland Domestic Violence and Abuse Forum Molly Rennie, is one of the organisers of the event.

She said: “One in four women and many men suffer abuse in their lifetime, so all our presentations and stalls will help you find the help, information and support needed, whether in your working practices, supporting workers in your work place or just because you would like to learn more.

“This free event is for everyone.

“Awareness raising is a large area of the forum’s work and we hope you find this event useful for you.”

Tracey West, author of the Poetry of Divorce, will be performing some of her poems on the day.

She said: “Domestic abuse and violence are such unspoken horrors and they go on in the most seemingly respectable of houses, often in clear sight.

“It takes a brave soul to admit that they are suffering and to state they’ve had enough.

“The difficulties come in locating the best service to support them, or in some cases, remove them from their situation.

“West Dorset is blessed with a wide range of support networks, but what they are and how to reach them needs to have raised awareness.

“I am confident the No Excuse for Abuse campaign will do just that.”

Comments(19)

p.stant says...
5:38pm Fri 15 Feb 13

What representatives of men's welfare and rights groups have you invited and will be attending mIss Rennie?

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p.stant says...
5:44pm Fri 15 Feb 13

She said: “One in four women and many men suffer abuse in their lifetime,

So miss Rennie has the usual statistics for women (that have been debunked already) but not for men, she just says "many"? .

Does Miss Rennie wish to admit that she does not "bother" with the actual statistics for men because she doesn't care and it is not part of her agenda.

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Get a grip says...
7:22pm Fri 15 Feb 13

Give it a rest

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p.stant says...
7:44pm Fri 15 Feb 13

Why, do you object to free speech and a persons reasonable observations?

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Get a grip says...
7:57pm Fri 15 Feb 13

p.stant wrote:
Why, do you object to free speech and a persons reasonable observations?
I do not.

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p.stant says...
8:01pm Fri 15 Feb 13

So feel free to allow me to make mine then.

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Get a grip says...
8:10pm Fri 15 Feb 13

p.stant wrote:
So feel free to allow me to make mine then.
Clearly you have strong views which you repeat all the time.

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p.stant says...
8:13pm Fri 15 Feb 13

It is an ongoing issue that has yet to be properly exposed and resolved.

These articles constantly repeat the same propaganda and misleading information, despite it being said a million times before.

So why do you object to someone stating the same facts or asking the same questions over again until they are properly and fully answered?

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Get a grip says...
8:17pm Fri 15 Feb 13

p.stant wrote:
It is an ongoing issue that has yet to be properly exposed and resolved.

These articles constantly repeat the same propaganda and misleading information, despite it being said a million times before.

So why do you object to someone stating the same facts or asking the same questions over again until they are properly and fully answered?
Oh just your normal comments repeated.

Good night

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p.stant says...
8:28pm Fri 15 Feb 13

That's not an answer really is it?

Good night to you also.

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Hedwig says...
8:58am Sat 16 Feb 13

My word, you are repetitive! Does it not occur to you that not stating a statistic for male abuse is a sensible thing to do if you are aware of there lack of reporting associated with it. Once again - a lack of support for men does not mean there shouldn't be support for women.

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Von Karajan says...
10:43pm Tue 19 Feb 13

Perfectly valid comments, i'd say, from p.stant.

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Von Karajan says...
10:48pm Tue 19 Feb 13

Perfectly valid comments from p.stant so why the griping?

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sparkleeye says...
9:08pm Wed 20 Feb 13

Von Karajan wrote:
Perfectly valid comments from p.stant so why the griping?
Gone quiet eh?

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sparkleeye says...
9:28pm Wed 20 Feb 13

As all the comments were clearly "censored" from the other article for daring to raise awareness and ask reasonable questions about the false propaganda and toxic agenda behind the Abuse industry. I shall repost them here.

Don't worry we have hundreds of other accounts at the ready to use.

The following links show some truths behind the nonsense and what is really going on.

Erin Pizzey the founder of women's refuge has teamed up with A voice for men (UK/US) in a bid to help expose the feminist/left wing hijacking of the abuse industry for huge financial gain, jobs and to further progress of misandry and the feminist hate movement.

" The domestic violence industry debunked by Erin Pizzey: it's about money and Feminist control.
An analysis of the most commonly cited statistic in the domestic violence roadshow: "1 in 4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes". Looks at the way DV has been made into a gender issue when this is demonstrably false and the reasons men are wrongly and deliberately singled out for blame. "

http://www.youtube.c
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uY

Also study:
http://www.manwomanm
yth.com/video/

http://www.avoicefor
men.com/a-voice-for-
men/from-avfm-editor
-at-large-erin-pizze
y/

As for Hedgwig, trying to mislead yet again with your last comment. Nobody has or will ever say that GENUINE female victims should not get support. So please stop the same old well used tactics

http://www.avoicefor
men.com/feminism/how
-feminists-win-their
-arguments/

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Bert Fry says...
10:39pm Wed 20 Feb 13

Maybe the reason women's organisations are better represented in this debate is because they actually get on and do something about it rather than preferring to spend their time talking about it on forums but actually doing nothing. Just a thought.

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sparkleeye says...
8:39am Thu 21 Feb 13

Bert Fry wrote:
Maybe the reason women's organisations are better represented in this debate is because they actually get on and do something about it rather than preferring to spend their time talking about it on forums but actually doing nothing. Just a thought.
Perhaps if you followed the links provided instead of using infantile shaming language,you would know what is being done.

Plenty.

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sparkleeye says...
8:51am Thu 21 Feb 13

You would also know why men's representation, funding and awareness is deliberately being blocked/underplayed politically and in the media.

Think in future, before you stick around to stalk out comments on old stories in order to try and discredit them. If you are supposed to be a male Bert, it says a lot about what kind of man you are, that you do not even know the true situation for your fellow men in these matters or what efforts are actually going on.

Doesn't it.

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jinglejangle says...
3:00pm Fri 22 Feb 13

Mankind initiative 01823334244

Mon - fri 10 - 4 and 7 - 9pm

mankind.org.uk

helpline for men encountering domestic violence/abuse

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