We talk about shattering the silence, but what does that really mean and how do you begin to get over the shame of abuse?

There’s a kind of silence that lives in pain — the kind of pain people carry in their bodies when they’ve been hurt by someone who was supposed to care. Physical abuse is one of the most visible forms of harm, yet it’s often the least spoken about in a way that recognises what it actually does to a person.

In the UK, stalking is now recognised as a serious criminal offence. Defined as a pattern of unwanted, fixated and obsessive behaviour that causes alarm, distress, or fear for safety, the numbers are startling - affecting 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men in the UK during their lifetime. Check out the latest blog talking all about this and what you can do.