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Greater Manchester World Cup Campaign
Independent Choices were pleased to be part of the Greater Manchester Campaign during the World Cup 2010. We ran the helpline for extra hours during the critical period and trained helpline volunteers to deal with a potential increase and variation in calls. The campaign was launched on 7th June 2010 and called on the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester to be more active in the aim of Ending the fear of domestic abuse. It had three key messages :
- Reporting helps - it helps identify the problem for the victim and enables both victim and perpetrator to gain access to support or help.
- There are services locally that want to help (ie: Helplines, Women’s Aid, Police, health professionals, IDVA, DA Co-ordinators, Victim support, DV Units, Respect, Relate, Probation.)
- The region of Greater Manchester is working together to reduce and stop domestic abuse
Extract from press release 7th July 2010
Greater Manchester Police recorded 353 incidents of domestic abuse on the day England went out of the World Cup after a 4-1 defeat by Germany. Apart from New Year's Day, it's the highest number of domestic abuse incidents recorded in a day so far this year and is 15.7 per cent higher than the same day in June last year.
Figures released this week also show calls to the Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline rose by 187 during June, which included England's three-week World Cup campaign, compared to the number of calls received the previous month. The helpline received 448 calls in May, while in June, with England matches against USA, Algeria, Slovenia and Germany, 635 people contacted the helpline.
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The End the fear Website was developed into the Greater Manchester Domestic abuse website in line with the campaign and promotes that anybody who is experiencing domestic or sexual violence can find help, support and advice on the site.
Campaign press releases
Campaign posters
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Campaign launch press release (pdf)
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