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IFAS works to increase awareness of risks associated with strangulation. There is no safe way to strangle. Website: ifas.org.uk Info for victims: https://shorturl.at/RpdR8

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IFAS Conference- Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?
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We are so excited to welcome Dame Nicole Jacobs to our conference on 18th November to hear her speak. Her support over the last 3 years has been invaluable!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j6d...

Check out our programme! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

Ticket cost: Standard rate: £180, Charity rate: £130.

24.10.2025 08:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Have you signed up to our conference yet?

Children and Young People: Could Strangulation Be ‘Choking’ Future Generations?

This is a valuable event for anyone working with children and young people affected by abuse, violence, or trauma.

Book your place: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

14.10.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?

Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips

Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

10.10.2025 09:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Podcast: How should we talk about strangulation with young people?
YouTube video by Institute For Addressing Strangulation Podcast: How should we talk about strangulation with young people?

Listen to our podcast with Sex Education Forum ahead of their session at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?

Book your place at the conference here: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

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08.10.2025 11:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Confidentiality and disclosure: supporting adult strangulation patients This is an interactive session for Caldicott Guidance on confidentiality and information sharing in adult strangulation patient cases.

Attend the FREE online interactive session developed with IFAS and explore new guidance on confidentiality and information sharing when treating adult strangulation patients.

Tuesday 14 Oct 2025, 17:30 — 18:30

Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confidenti...

30.09.2025 09:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Please share our conference with any professionals working with young people/ children

We want as many professionals in the room as possible as we discuss how we can come together to address risks around strangulation.

Find out more: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

View our updated agenda!

24.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In November we will come together to explore the impact of strangulation on children/ young people, ask urgent questions, share bold ideas & imagine a future where children are safe, heard & protected.

We hope to see you there! Make sure you have booked your place!

ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

17.09.2025 11:40 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We will be hearing about the criminal justice response to strangulation & those impacted by strangulation.

Exploring how porn shapes young peoples perceptions & role of educators.

Launching EXCLUSIVE data on UK prevalence of strangulation in sex.

Book your place: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

03.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Have you booked your place? More than just a conference. It is a chance to create dialogue with those affected by strangulation, supporting victims/ survivors & those working with future generations to educate on risks of strangulation.

Book now ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

Charity/group discounts

01.09.2025 10:58 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We are excited to announce we will be releasing a monthly #podcast. Over the last four years IFAS have published numerous reports on strangulation within sexual/ domestic violence & sex.This expertise can now be accessed through podcasts! Sign up to our newsletter to get an alert shorturl.at/Hvj5C

01.09.2025 10:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Our conference programme is published!

More additions to be added in due course... 👀

ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

29.08.2025 11:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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28.08.2025 11:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This conference will be valuable for anyone working with #children and/or #young people across:

- #Education
- #Healthcare
- #Frontline support services
- Wider response to addressing #violence against women and girls #VAWG

#Strangulation #RHSE

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This conference will be valuable for anyone working with #children and/or #young people across:

- #Education
- #Healthcare
- #Frontline support services
- Wider response to addressing #violence against women and girls #VAWG

#Strangulation #RHSE

Book now: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

19.08.2025 11:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Sign up now to access the early bird rate: ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

13.08.2025 14:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our conference will explore how you can use your role to address and prevent the risks around strangulation, understand the different contexts strangulation is taking place amongst young people and network with other professionals to share best practice.

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'Disturbing' rise in abusive teen relationships - the warning signs to watch out for Exclusive data shared with Sky News by domestic abuse charity Refuge reveals a disturbing rise in incidents between April 2024 and March 2025.

Research by Refuge looking at domestic abuse amongst young women & girls.

- 49% said perp threatened to harm them.
- 35% said perp threatened to kill them.
-62% of 16-25yr olds surveyed who reported physical violence, half said they were strangled or suffocated.

news.sky.com/story/distur...

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Thank you for sharing @auroranewdawn.bsky.social!
These Guidelines are great also used alongside our victim information leaflet: ifas.org.uk/information-...

06.08.2025 09:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Information leaflets for victims of strangulation - Institute for Addressing Strangulation The Institute for Addressing Strangulation was established in 2022 following the introduction of new legislation on strangulation and suffocation as a stand-alone offence.

Thank you for sharing! These Guidelines are great also used alongside our victim information leaflet: ifas.org.uk/information-...

06.08.2025 09:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Information leaflets for victims of strangulation - Institute for Addressing Strangulation The Institute for Addressing Strangulation was established in 2022 following the introduction of new legislation on strangulation and suffocation as a stand-alone offence.

Research suggests that only ~50% of people who are strangled will have any visible injury to the neck or head.

Our updated information leaflet breaks down the signs and symptoms of strangulation, in the long term and short term, and dispels common myths.

📑 ifas.org.uk/information-...

04.08.2025 10:59 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Non-Fatal Strangulation Laws and Intimate Partner Homicides Do non-fatal strangulation laws save lives? Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) is a common and dangerous form of intimate partner violence (IPV) and a predictor of h

#nonfatalstrangulation laws work: significant causal drop in #intimatepartnerhomicide in US. NFS is edge of homicide, increases odds of being murdered 7-fold; this law stops perps in their tracks. @scottishgov.bsky.social, still debating, take note! @institutefas.bsky.social tinyurl.com/37dazh2h

29.07.2025 07:35 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
IFAS Conference- Children and Young People: Could strangulation be 'choking' future generations? - Institute for Addressing Strangulation The Institute for Addressing Strangulation presents our Autumn 2025 Conference.  Date: Tuesday 18th November 2025 Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Holiday Street, Birmingham, B1 1HH Conference timings: 9am-...

Did you know that we currently have an early bird rate for our conference? 🐤🦆

This conference will be valuable for anyone working with children and/or young people across:
- education
- healthcare
- front line support services
- wider responses to addressing VAWG

ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

28.07.2025 15:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you to @pegsupport.bsky.social for featuring us on their service shoutout this month!

For those who don't know about PEGS, they are an organisation supporting parents and professionals in relation to child to parent abuse.

💻https://www.pegsupport.co.uk/

24.07.2025 11:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There's still time to sign up to the last webinar in our summer series, focused on our Guidelines for clinical management of non-fatal strangulation in acute and emergency care services.

📅Tuesday 29th July
⏰1pm-2pm
🔗https://fflm.ac.uk/event/ifas-clinical-guidelines-webinar/

24.07.2025 09:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much for the shout out and for raising awareness of the work of IFAS and the risks around strangulation.

22.07.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Don't miss out on our early bird rate. Available only for a few weeks! This conference will be valuable for anyone working with young people within:
- education
- healthcare
- front line support services
- wider response to addressing violence against women and girls

ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...

22.07.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to @drivepartnership.bsky.social on this investment to continue and expand they work they are doing to intervene in high-risk, high-harm, and serial domestic abuse perpetration.

We look forward to continuing to work with Drive going forwards!

17.07.2025 09:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#FREE #webinar: Explore how data captured in SARC settings can support professionals understanding of strangulation across different victim/survivor groups including adult/ child victim/ survivors of sexual assault.

#VAWG #Training #Clinical

fflm.ac.uk/event/ifas-s...

09.07.2025 11:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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