by Alycia McNamara | May 2, 2024 11:46AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Campaigners are calling on spiking to be made a stand-alone offence and change what they say is currently a victim-blaming system. Community-led group The Egalitarian campaigns on spiking and offers training to venues to help them tackle the crime. The group also...
by Holly Phillips | May 2, 2024 11:45AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Four fifths of drink spiking victims are university students according to shocking new police data. The statistics revealed 81% of recorded victims were students, while a survey by university news site, The Tab, showed 11% of students believed they had been...
by Holly Phillips | May 2, 2024 11:42AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Lorna Street was just 18 when she was spiked in her hometown of Norwich. She was in a near-empty club, when all of a sudden, she passed out in the toilet, coming in and out of consciousness, with little recollection of the night. She only had one glass of wine. She...
by Ruby Watson | May 2, 2024 11:37AM | Campaigns - Autism
A teenage author has sold over 70,000 copies of his book telling of his struggles with autism and bullying – in an effort to raise awareness of the condition and money for charity. Charlie Michael Baker, from Leyland in Lancashire, self-published Autism and Me,...
by Marti Stelling | May 2, 2024 11:35AM | Campaigns - Autism
Many UK companies are showing their commitment to closing the autism employment gap – from providing specialist training for colleagues to innovatively changing their hiring process. Just three in ten autistic adults are in work, according to statistics from the...
