We took part in a match-day collection during the game against Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday 17th April. Home and away fans arriving at the ground were greeted by our collection volunteers in distinctive orange hoodies, and were invited to take part in a penalty shoot out to win a ball signed by the promotion winning squad.
Spectators and fans both at the game and watching / listening at home could also enter a draw to win a signed Albion shirt, simply by tweeting ‘Domestic abuse is #everyonesbusiness’.
This giveaway closed at midday on Thursday 19th April 2018.
Everyone’s business
Many of us will have lived through a time when domestic abuse was seen as something private between two people: “It’s just a domestic; it’s none of our business”.
Being in an abusive relationship can be the loneliest place on Earth. Survivors talk about feeling shame and responsibility for the abuse, having to hide what’s happening from people close to them. The silence around domestic abuse is one of the biggest obstacles to people, both women and men, seeking support.
Our partnership with Brighton & Hove Albion FC is helping us reach young people, adults and children, families and sports fans to ask them to speak out about abuse and to ask for help when they need it. Every conversation we have about domestic abuse brings it out into the open and makes it easier and safer to speak out.
When domestic abuse is everyone’s business we all benefit.
