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More funding has been available to stamp out domestic abuse and sexual violence in the county. 

A DOMESTIC abuser living in Wiltshire soon changed his ways after noticing his behaviour towards his wife turning violent. The husband, who will be referred to as Simon, first realised his passive aggression was turning into actual physical harm after his two children were born. He said: "Looking back, I can now see that I was quite passive aggressive - often mentally abusive and controlling in my behaviour. That's just the way I had always been. "When my children were very young and I was working long hours I was always tired and grumpy and then one day, sitting in our car, I lost co...

Three new specialist support workers will help victims of domestic abuse in Wiltshire, after new Ministry of Justice funding following a successful…

Wiltshire Community Foundation has awarded Splitz Support £4,870 from its Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund. Jackie Pennington, the group’s lead independent domestic violence advisor, said the grant will pay for specialist training in immigration for two members of staff as well as top up its emergency fund. The group works across north and west Wiltshire, and has become concerned about a rise in the number of women in abusive relationships who have come to it for help with no entitlement to benefits or funding because they may be in the country illegally – often through no fa...