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The Magazine on Coercive Control
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Abuse Talk & Book Club<br />
by Jennifer Gilmour<br />
This month Jennifer has exciting news of a new forum<br />
she is developing and reviews another book.<br />
ABUSE CHAT APRIL NEWS<br />
Since the last edition of <strong>CCChat</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> @AbuseChat has<br />
gone past another Twitter milestone of 300 followers and we<br />
are steadily growing. We have had members join in not just<br />
from the UK but also from the US, Canada, Italy and<br />
Spain. Its interesting to find out how different countries work<br />
in supporting victims of domestic abuse. You can join in<br />
every Wednesday 8-9pm GMT via #AbuseTalk<br />
I have also spent time in developing an #AbuseTalk forum<br />
which will be available soon, I am hopeful for May. I had the<br />
idea a couple of years ago and it has never left me but I<br />
didn’t know how to implement it, when running #AbuseTalk I<br />
soon realised the character limit on Twitter and privacy is a<br />
bit of a niggle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> forum cannot be seen publicly unless you register for a<br />
profile and it doesn’t have such a restriction for character<br />
limitation.Beta testers feel very positive about it and its<br />
received its main sponsor which I am delighted about.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Twitter chat will be continuing but it gives you an option<br />
to discuss further and whenever you want in the week.<br />
<strong>The</strong>mes covered are that of my own and those who join in, if<br />
you would like a particular topic’s covered then you can<br />
always get in touch with me via:<br />
contact@jennifergilmour.com<br />
Anyone can get involved with the discussions, all you have to<br />
do is sign into Twitter on the dedicated time and tweet with<br />
the #AbuseTalk. <strong>The</strong> account @AbuseChat will retweet and<br />
be involved in the conversation. If you have any articles, blog<br />
posts, thoughts, feelings on domestic abuse then this is a<br />
space were you can express it.<br />
ONLINE BOOK CLUB<br />
“More than books, books with messages”<br />
Online Book Club is a book club with a difference. Read<br />
books that relate to domestic abuse either for interest or for<br />
the educational value.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are interviews, reviews, as well as a chance to share<br />
your thoughts as talking points and win exclusive signed<br />
copies of some of the books featured.<br />
If you have any questions or want to get involved get in touch<br />
with Jennifer Gilmour, contact@jennifergilmour.com<br />
In February we had our very first giveaway for <strong>CCChat</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>. <strong>The</strong>res a lot of room to still enter so don’t worry…<br />
I have decided to extend the giveaway until the end of this<br />
month. <strong>The</strong> winner to be announced in the May edition of<br />
<strong>CCChat</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>. Heres the link: http://bit.ly/ccchatmag<br />
THIS MONTH'S BOOK:<br />
Broken Pieces by Rachel Thompson<br />
Broken Pieces is an award winning book about relationships,<br />
a study of women, and a book with heart. Broken Pieces is a<br />
collection of pieces inspired by life: love, loss, abuse, trust,<br />
grief, and ulti-mately, love again. In Thompson’s most<br />
intensive work to date, she opens her soul and invites the<br />
reader in for a visit. Thompson goes into those long buried<br />
rooms we lock up deep inside and shares a bit of her soul.<br />
Broken Pieces is vulnerable, raw honesty, and no-holds<br />
barred.<br />
2018 is the Year For Making <strong>The</strong> Invisible Visible
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