EY will be hosting a seminar on Economic Abuse as part of the 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence. Guest speaker Nicola Sharp-Jeffs
About this Event
16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence 25 Nov – 10 Dec 2019 is designed to help businesses take action against domestic abuse and violence. There is lots that companies can do to aid their employees who endure domestic violence, train colleagues in how to spot the signs and support their co-workers and to protect staff as a whole, with the goal of not just supporting colleagues but securing safety, wellbeing and mitigating financial loss.
Leading businesses in London Bridge have done just that – taking the initiative to run a series of events aimed at their employees and also welcoming other professionals in the area, whose employers might not have the infrastructure for this type of support. The group is made up of EY, Norton Rose Fulbright and Gowling WLG; in association with Team London Bridge, the local business improvement district.
Find out more about the entire programme www.teamlondonbridge.co.uk/16daysofaction.
About the Speaker - Dr. Nicola Sharp-Jeffs
Nicola is an expert in economic abuse as it occurs within the context of coercive control. She has worked in the violence against women and girls (VAWG) sector since 2006 in policy-influencing and research roles.
In 2016, Nicola was made a Winston Churchill Fellow and travelled to the United States and Australia to explore innovative responses to economic abuse. It was her determination to ensure that women in the UK have access to the same responses that led her to establish Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA).
Nicola is also an Emeritus Research Fellow in the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University and a Visiting Senior Fellow in Social Policy at the School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Suffolk.
