16 Days of Action is an annual, international campaign which raises awareness of, and calls for an end to gender-based violence. The campaign runs from Monday 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and finishes on Tuesday 10 December, Human Rights Day.
It is estimated that 25% of women have experienced some form of gender-based abuse before the age of 16. In England and Wales 3,000 offences are recorded each day, with 1 in 12 women a victim of violence every year, with the actual number expected to be much higher.
Organisations in Cornwall are running a calendar of free events over the 16 days, which you can find below and sign up to via the Eventbrite links. Please show your support by joining in and learning more.
Always call 999 if you or someone else is at immediate risk of harm.
Further information about Domestic Abuse, including gender-based violence, can be found on the Safer Cornwall website here: https://safercornwall.co.uk/domestic-abuse-sexual-violence/
You can also learn more about our Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy and our Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) strategy.
For information about Domestic Abuse for non-english speakers, please click here to watch The Women’s Centre Cornwall videos in Arabic, Bulgarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Ukrainian.
As well as a number of scheduled events, we will be ‘popping-up’ in the community alongside domestic abuse and sexual violence support services, health and policing to raise awareness and talk about the amazing support services available to help. If you see us out and about, we would love for you to stop and say hello.
Across the 16 Days, Bodmin and Penzance libraries will have stands dedicated to domestic abuse and violence against woman and girls, as well as other libraries across Cornwall hosting information available to the public.
For more information about any of the 16 days campaign events or training activities, please email Cornwall Council’s domestic abuse and sexual violence team via [email protected]
A huge thank you to all partners for their dedication to delivering Cornwall’s 16 days of action against gender-based violence campaign. Click the links below to learn more about the services they provide.
| Date and Time | Organiser | Event | Location | Booking links |
| 25 November 10am to 4pm | Safer Cornwall Partnership | High-street shop pop-up event – Penzance | Safer Cornwall gazebo, next to Sir Humphry Davy statue on Market Jew Street, Penzance, TR18 2LB. | Find out more on Facebook |
| 25 November 1pm to 3pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Bystander training with public transport focus | Training room, Pydar House, Truro | Book here |
| 25 November 4.30pm to 6.30pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Bystander training in the community – Camborne | Camborne Rugby Football Club | Book here |
| 25 November | 16 Days Penzance | Penzance 16 days vigil and march | Penzance | No need to book – just turn up on the day |
| 27th November, 5pm -9pm 28th November 12pm – 4pm 29th November 10am – 4pm 30th November 10am – 4pm | CLEAR | Clear Voices event, artwork and poetry exhibition | CLEAR shop, 8 Cathedral Lane, Truro | No need to book – just turn up on the day |
| 29 November 1pm to 2pm | Devon and Cornwall Police | Devon & Cornwall Police VAWG Strategy 24-27 | Online | Book here |
| 2 December 12.00 | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Economic and Financial Abuse Webinar | Online | Book here |
| 4 December 10am to 4pm | Safer Cornwall Partnership | High-street shop pop-up event – Truro Christmas market | Truro Christmas Market, Boscawen Street, Truro | Find out more on Facebook |
| 4 December 9.30-3.30 | Growing Links | Women’s Day Drop In | The John Daniels Centre, Roscadghill Road, Heamoor, TR20 8TP | No need to book – just turn up on the day |
| 4 December 3-5pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Bystander training in the community – Liskeard | Liskeard Library | Book here |
| 6 December 6pm | Women’s Centre Cornwall | The Women’s Centre Cornwall Reclaim The Night event | Starts at Killacourt Bandstand, Newquay | No need to book – just turn up on the day |
| 9 December 10.30am to 12.30pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Bystander training in the community – St Just | St Just WI Hall | Book here |
| 9 December 3pm to 5pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Bystander training in the community – Penzance | Alverne Room, St John’s Hall, Penzance | Book here |
| 10 December 10am to 4pm | Safer Cornwall Partnership | High-street shop pop-up event – Saltash | Saltash community shop – CEPL12, Fore St, Saltash PL12 6JL | Find out more on Facebook |
| 10 December 6.30pm | Safer Cornwall Partnership | Tamar Bridge Solidarity Walk | Meet at Alexandra Square Car Park, Saltash, PL12 6AN | Find out more on Facebook |
| Date and Time | Organiser | Event | Location | Booking links |
| 27 November 9.00-12.30 | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Level 1 domestic abuse and sexual violence online training | Online | Book here |
| 27 November 12.00 – 1.00 | Devon and Cornwall Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) | What is a SARC? | Online | Sold out – What is a SARC ? – TEAMs |
| 27 November 1.00-2.00 | Torbay Council | Complex Lives Navigators webinar – working with complex women | Online | Book here |
| 27 November 2.00-4.00 | The Women’s Centre Cornwall / Wiser / Devon Link Up | Domestic Abuse & Learning Disabilities webinar | Online | Book here |
| 28 November 10am to 1pm | Safer Futures & Refuge4Pets | Coercive control online webinar | Online | Book here |
| 29 November 9.00-11.00 | NDADA | Older Person’s Webinar | Online | Click here to join meeting |
| 29 November 1.00-3.00 | Safer Cornwall Partnership & Devon and Cornwall Police | MARAC awareness/ Clare’s Law workshop | Online | Book here |
| 3 December 10.00-11.30 | NDADA | Perinatal & Domestic Abuse Webinar | Online | Click here to join the meeting |
| 5 December 10am to 11:30am | Royal Devon University Hospital Trust & NHS Devon | Non-fatal strangulation webinar | Online | Book here |
| 5 & 6 December 9am to 4:30pm | Safer Futures / Barnardo’s | Two day bystander train the trainer | Pydar House, Truro | Book here |
| 9 December 11.00-12.30 | Devon and Cornwall Police | Understanding Domestic Abuse related Police Orders | Online | Book here |
| 10 December 11.30 – 12.30 | Devon and Cornwall Police | Soteria (Rape and Serious Sexual Offences) Policing Input | Online | Book here |
To find out what is going on across the South West Peninsula during 16 Days, please follow the links below:
Plymouth – 16 Days of Activism | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK
Devon – 16 Days of Action in Devon – Safer Devon
Torbay – 16 Days of Action 2024: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence – Are you OK?
