Shear Haven, a domestic abuse training programme, will soon launch in the UK and Ireland to help train beauty industry workers to detect signs of domestic abuse as well as spark conversations with victims and help provide tools for safety. The scheme consists of a number of online courses and beauty workers will receive a certificate once they pass a test. @barbicide has already sent more than two million merits to beauty professionals, and we're proud to expand our partnership to make the @ywcanashville Shear Haven Domestic Violence Training certificates digital & shareable as merits. More: https://t.co/r9eWzqMKit pic.twitter.com/5A2UaKdqSo — Merit (@earnmerits) April 13, 2021READ MORE | Fake beauty site helps Poland’s lockdown abuse victimsDomestic abuse and violence reached a high during lockdowns with a 49 percent rise in calls to domestic abuse hotlines. In 2020, a new scheme called Ask Ani also introduced in the UK where survivors could go to participating pharmacies and use the code ANI.

Source: News 24 July 22, 2021 07:41 UTC