Wiltshire women trained to support domestic abuse victims

Charity and banks aim to stop abusive ex-partners using mortgages as ‘weapon’

Charity Surviving Economic Abuse will deliver training to HSBC UK and First Direct staff, helping them to spot the signs of economic abuse.

Wiltshire women trained to support domestic abuse victims

More than 100 women across Wiltshire have been trained to help victims of domestic abuse.

HSBC UK and first direct team up with Surviving Economic Abuse

Today HSBC UK, first direct and the domestic abuse charity Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) have announced they will come together to close down opportunities for economic abusers to push victim-survivors into debt and homelessness.   Economic abuse is a devastating form of domestic abuse, impacting the lives of 4.1 million women in the UK. It involves a current or ex-partner controlling a victim-survivor’s money and the things that it can buy wit…

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