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A woman with long dark hair, wearing a red pleated top and black blazer, smiling at the camera against a pale yellow background with faint abstract line artwork. Below her is a row of sponsor logos: Savera UK, Thornley Leisure Parks, msb, Zonta Club of London, Merseyrail, Auteur Media, Bombed Out Church, Morecrofts Solicitors, and Emily Spurrell Merseyside Police & Crime Commissioner.

MP and author, Naz Shah, to speak at Savera UK “Culture is Beautiful” festival

August 27, 2026

Naz Shah, the Labour MP for Bradford West, forced marriage survivor and author of “Honoured: Survival, Strength and My Path ...

We’re hiring: Independent ‘Honour’-Based Abuse & Harmful Practices Advocate

July 29, 2026

Post: Independent ‘Honour’-Based Abuse (HBA)& Harmful Practices Advocate (IHBAHPA) (Women Only) Band: Band 3- Programme delivery, specialist advice Salary: Start ...

Promotional banner for 'Culture at the Bombed Out Church' 2026, part of Savera UK's Culture is Beautiful: No Excuse for Abuse campaign. Group photo of performers in colourful costumes celebrating diverse cultures, including a woman in Brazilian carnival dress, a dancer in a pink 'Dancing Queens' t-shirt, a drummer, and members of Liverpool Rainbow Chorus in rainbow-themed clothing. Sponsor logos along the bottom: Savera UK, Thornley Leisure Parks, MSB, Zonta Club of Liverpool, Merseyrail, Auteur Media, Bombed Out Church, Morecrofts Solicitors, and Merseyside Police & Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell.

Acts for Savera UK “Culture is Beautiful” Festival 2026 announced

July 28, 2026

Savera UK, a leading charity established in Merseyside to help people affected by ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices, has ...

We have launched media guidelines for reporting on HBA and harmful practices and interviewing survivors.

The guidelines were created collaboratively by HBA survivors and frontline professionals and came following the charity’s Setting the Story Straight project, funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales. The project examined how HBA and harmful practices, its survivors and affected communities were represented in the media.