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Lambeth's Borough Plan
On 11 October, our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona attended a session at Marcus Lipton Youth Club to discuss Lambeth's Borough Plan....
Oct 13, 2022

Catch22 + Abianda
On 11 October, we had over 30 professionals attend our training 'Working with Young Women and Girls Affected by Gangs and County Lines'...
Oct 13, 2022


Abianda travels to Wales
On 21 September, our team headed to Llandudno, Wales to deliver training to Amethyst Sexual Assault Referral Centre. We covered our...
Sep 27, 2022

Tackling Youth Violence
Our Rescue & Response Gender Consultant Lucia headed to Ealing. Here are her reflections on the Tackling Youth Violence Network event....
Sep 15, 2022

Commission on Young Lives Roundtable
We're pleased to lend our expertise to the Commission on Young Lives and Agenda's roundtable discussion on how to support young women at...
Jul 21, 2022


MP Emily Thornberry visits Abianda
Thank you to MP Emily Thornberry for visiting our office on 15 July. Emily is the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury and the...
Jul 20, 2022


National Investigators Safeguarding Exercise
This week, 3 team members attended a 2-day Hydra training along with @metpoliceUK by the National County Lines Coordination Centre. They...
Jun 17, 2022

Abi meets with MP Emily Thornberry to discuss how to best support survivors of sexual violence
Today our Founder and CEO Abi Billinghurst met with MP Emily Thornberry in our home borough of Islington. The meeting was to discuss the...
Jun 13, 2022

Abianda's April 2022 Newsletter
Learn more about our upcoming training, recruitment, our participation team and our social media topic of the month......
May 4, 2022


“We need girls and young women to be heard instead of harmed."
Justice system in England and Wales ‘risks causing fresh trauma to girls’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/04/uk-justice-syst...
Apr 28, 2022


We are thrilled to be hosting an Individual Training session on the 4th July 2022
Working with Young Women and Girls Affected by Gangs and County Lines. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-young-women-and-girls-...
Apr 28, 2022


Reflection on Reflections
Young Woman Intern 2022 We started the session by exploring Abianda’s “word glossary” which examines different terminology professionals...
Apr 20, 2022

What does confidentiality mean?
This graphic was created by our Intern.
Apr 8, 2022


Our Voices Conference 2022
We invite you to join Abianda’s Participation Team in exploring creative, participatory and youth-centred approaches when working with...
Apr 7, 2022

Abianda at the Europaeum
This year was my 3rd year talking on The Scholars Programme at The Europaeum on 15 March. On the surface it might seem like an unlikely...
Apr 1, 2022

Meet the Board!
Our Board of Directors has a wide range of professional expertise, including youth work, participatory practice, research, and...
Mar 29, 2022

Abianda's statement in response to the Child Q case
Trigger warning Over recent weeks the Abianda team have been fortunate to have training from Listen Up on intersectionality and...
Mar 25, 2022

Look Closer: The Children's Society + Abianda
On 16 March, our Schools and Islington Lead Amanda presented a talk as part of The Children's Society's #LookCloser campaign with the...
Mar 16, 2022

International Women's Day
On 8 March, one of our young women interns shared this beautiful poem with us.
Mar 8, 2022

Abi's reflections on the last 2 years
As has been the case for many small voluntary sector organisations, the last two years have been tough. The Abianda team has continued to...
Feb 23, 2022

Social Enterprise Mark approved!
We are proud to have met the externally assessed Social Enterprise accreditation criteria and renewed our Social Enterprise Mark for the...
Feb 17, 2022


Abianda + No More Red
Thanks Arsenal and Adidas for the matchday shirt! Our team loved meeting Ian Wright and watching Arsenal play. We're looking forward to...
Feb 2, 2022


London Youth Silver
We're absolutely delighted to be able to share that we have secured the London Youth Silver Quality Mark! We are so proud of this...
Feb 1, 2022


Abianda + Arsenal's No More Red
We're excited to be a part of No More Red with Arsenal Football Club and Adidas Football. The #NoMoreRed campaign will build on Arsenal...
Jan 31, 2022

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