White Ribbon Day 2025
Malvern Town Council will be marking White Ribbon Day with a series of online talks, panel discussions, and interviews running throughout the day on Tuesday, 25 November 2025.
White Ribbon Day is an internationally recognised day dedicated to raising awareness about violence against women and girls. The day aims to encourage people to take an active role in ending it.
White Ribbon was a movement founded 34 years ago in Canada and is now a globally recognised symbol to end men’s violence against women and girls. Their approach is preventative, focusing on supporting individuals and organisations to intervene before harmful attitudes and behaviours towards women and girls can take place.
During the day on Tuesday, 25 November, Malvern Town Council will be sharing a variety of resources in the form of short, pre-recorded videos from a variety of charities and organisations supporting White Ribbon Day. This will then be followed by a prerecorded panel discussion hosted by Cllr Emma Green and Cllr Josephine Leibrandt highlighting what violence can look like, who it affects, and how to get help.
All the resources will be available via the Malvern Town Council YouTube channel and social media accounts throughout the day.
Catch up on the videos now:
What is White Ribbon Day? – https://youtu.be/LmuxSUBRGrk
What can domestic abuse be? – https://youtu.be/drsD66ODmkQ
We chat we Cllr Daniel Walton? – https://youtu.be/GpMJqKJ9FEg
We chat with Cllr John Gallahger? – https://youtube.com/shorts/RnH-QNfI9FY?feature=share
Panel Discussion Part 1 – https://youtu.be/zehcLaNAvkY
Panel Discussion Part 2 – https://youtu.be/FoOa6mQw0_k
Rural Abuse – Dawn’s Story – https://youtu.be/hoYgiLoJZ6Q
Roundtable – The UK’s Epidemic of violence against Women – https://youtu.be/YvC60tQbUMI
Mayor of Malvern, Cllr Marilyn Birks – https://youtu.be/h478nFnEf6c
Resources
- What we know now about older victims of domestic abuse – https://tinyurl.com/whiteribbon2025ageukarticle
- What we know about child to parent violence going unreported in the UK – https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/12/at-least-40-of-child-to-parent-violence-in-uk-unreported-study-finds
- Women’s Aid – West Mercia Women’s Aid | WMWA is a full member of the Women’s Aid Federation of England.
- Worried about a friend? I Am Worried About Someone Else | West Mercia Women’s Aid
- Become an ally: Allyship: The key to real culture change — White Ribbon UK
- Sign up as an organisation – see White Ribbon Page: Get Involved — White Ribbon UK
If you know someone that needs help to escape an abusive situation, please find the Worcestershire County Council guide on organisations that can help – https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services/adult-social-care/safeguarding-and-concerns-about-adult/domestic-abuse-support
