Businesses have a crucial role to play in breaking the silence around domestic abuse for their staff and customers. TSB highlight the practical realities of escaping from abuse and how they're helping victims. Read more
Find out more about what you should do if an employee discloses domestic abuse and the importance of utilising Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) in a workplace response. Read more
Writing to your MP is a useful way to ensure that they are aware of your concerns and can take action to tackle modern slavery. Read more and use Hestia's template. Read more
Modern slavery takes place in every community, but survey results show that understanding is limited, creating barriers to tackling this crime. Read more in Hestia's On Our Streets report. Read more
Hestia is pleased to share that we have been shortlisted for an award as part of the Human Trafficking Foundation’s annual Anti-Slavery Day awards. Read more
HSBC UK, First Direct and M&S Bank, National Grid and Great Ormond Street Hospital win Everyone's Business award 2024 for their domestic abuse support for employees in the workplace Read more
Hestia responds to the Home Secretary’s announcement of plans for a new Returns and Enforcement programme Read more
Hestia is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a generous £1 million grant over three years thanks to The Julia Rausing Trust Read more
Residents at Hestia’s mental health support services have created their own cookbook – ‘Mindful Meals’ Read more
Hestia’s Dame Gertrude Young House in Ealing is marking 40 years of its role in providing vital support at the heart of the Ealing community. Read more
Hestia has joined together with high street banks and pharmacies to urge anyone at risk to access support via designated Safe Spaces found on high streets across the UK. Read more
We surveyed 2,000 Londoners about their mental health, read more about our key findings. Read more
Hestia and 12 other organisations supporting survivors of modern slavery have come together to set out a manifesto calling on the next government to re-new the UK's approach to supporting victims of this serious and brutal crime. Read more
This Pride month, Hestia’s LGBTQ+ Network asked colleagues what Pride means to them. Read more
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, some of our mental health crisis services are running special workshops throughout the week. Read more
Last week, Hestia welcomed Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, to meet with survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking who are supported by the charity. Read more
Hestia responds to the Spring Budget delivered by the Chancellor. Read more
NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches. Read more
Art is Freedom will be on display for the month of February in the Portcullis House Atrium. Read more
Meet Sabrina who volunteers as a telephone befriender at Hestia. Read more
Meet Matilde, who joined Hestia in 2022 as a befriending volunteer and now has a full-time position as a Community Engagement Practitioner. Read more
Hestia and Twining Enterprise have announced that they will join forces in order to increase capacity and enhance the support they provide for people with mental health needs Read more
Hestia tables amendment to Victims and Prisoners Bill to make explicit reference to dependent children of victims of modern slavery and trafficking, as victims in their own right. Read more
Hestia responds to the Home Office announcement of a national domestic abuse 'flee fund'. Read more
Nationwide has announced that it is the latest high-street presence to join Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme across more than 400 branches in the UK. Read more