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October 22, 2025

Hayley Tarrant, Service Manager – FLAG DV  Repeal of Parental Involvement Presumption: A Vital Step Towards Protecting Survivors and Children Hayley Tarrant, Service Manager of FLAG DV welcomes the recent announcement that the government will repeal the legal presumption of parental involvement in the family courts, a move that survivors of domestic abuse, children’s advocates, […]

November 23, 2020

As the coronavirus crisis continues to affect the lives of everyone in the country, our understanding of the impact and how it has played in domestic abuse grows. At the end of last week, we reviewed our numbers for the month and discovered that we have reached a sobering 140% increase in demand for our […]

October 15, 2020

We’ve joined TheGivingMachine! Now you can raise free donations for us when you shop online. TheGivingMachine charity is a great fundraising website that lets you raise donations for our cause whenever buy something online. It’s easy to use and doesn’t cost you, or us, a penny. To get started just sign up as a Giver on TheGivingMachine, […]

September 3, 2020

Roelofs & Rubens Ceramics, handmade in the UK Supporting Flag DV Following their recent success of their Corona Angels, Roelofs and Rubens Ceramics have partnered with us here at Flag DV to offer you the chance to buy a ‘Helping Hand’. Roelofs & Rubens specialises in creating a striking range of handmade and hand decorated […]

July 8, 2020

Community services are a lifeline for thousands of families living with abuse. That is why we are pleased to sign this letter calling on the government to provide long term sustainable funding for community-based domestic support services in the Domestic Abuse Bill. Read the letter here  

November 19, 2019

The annual Mankind Initiative conference took place on 14th November 2019 in Bristol. Flag DV were particularly interested in this conference to learn more about Intimate Partner Violence, also known as IPV from a male perspective. Flag DV currently receive just 9% of referrals from men. We want to connect with a greater number of […]

September 26, 2019

On Monday 16th September volunteers and staff from the charity took part in the annual 10km Reading Legal Walk organised by the Access to Justice Foundation, https://www.atjf.org.uk/ A total of 27 teams and 200 walkers registered and took part in the Reading based event raising an amazing £9000 (so far) for frontline free legal advice […]

May 7, 2019

What a genius title and certainly one on a blustery day in February that attracted intrigued passers-by to Abingdon based legal practice Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP (BH&O Legal).  The cleverly named charity fundraising event is the brain child of The Access To Justice Foundation (ATJF). It is celebrated annually, but for the first time […]