White Ribbon Campaign Nottinghamshire Schools Awards
Nottinghamshire School First in UK to be awarded the White Ribbon Gold Award.
South Nottinghamshire Academy (previously Dayncourt School) will receive the White Ribbon Gold Award on 28th November 2011, to be presented by the White Ribbon Campaign UK,the leading male organization opposing violence against women.
South Nottinghamshire Academy is the first school in the UK to receive this award. The school has worked closely with the Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum (NDVF) across 2010-2011, to increase awareness and understanding of domestic violence and violence against women and girls (VAWG). This success is in large part accredited to NDVF’s Whole School Approach, which is supported by Comic Relief.
As well as exceeding all of the criteria for the WRC gold award, South Nottinghamshire Academy have partaken in a number of films illustrating their pledge to oppose VAWG, which will be shown at the Broadway cinema on White Ribbon Day (25th November 2011). One of these films is also currently being played on the Community channel five times a day. To see more examples of NDVF’s media work with young people, visit Respect not Fear’s youtube site.