POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jul 3, 2018

New domestic abuse toolkit for employers

Work can sometimes be the only place someone suffering domestic violence can escape their abuser. One in four women, and one in six men will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime – ranging from coercive control to murder. So all employers will have some people who have faced or are facing domestic abuse, either as victims, witnesses, or perpetrators. Many employers find that domestic abuse reduces performance at work, increases absenteeism and may lead to mental illness. And in 2012, it...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jun 1, 2018

Police spies: awareness campaign launched

The public inquiry’s Chair ‘is making the inquiry more secretive and is granting the police anonymity in secret hearings’. From 31 May to 18 June 2018, Police Spies Out of Lives and Lush will be hosting a national campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing undercover policing scandal, where officers infiltrated the lives, homes and hearts and beds of activists. Lush UK shops, social channels and uk.lush.com will be supporting the already active #spycops conversation and aims...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Aug 7, 2017

Nuclear bomb ban: time to sign the treaty

History was made in 2017 when nuclear weapons were banned under international law. On 7 July 122 governments adopted a new treaty at the United Nations making the possession of these horrific weapons of mass destruction illegal, as were other related activities such as testing, using, developing, or assisting with nuclear weapons – which includes among other things financing or planning to use such weapons. The treaty also includes provisions for assisting victims of nuclear weapons use...