This coming Sunday 23 April at 3pm there will be a national UK Emergency Alert test. Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

This alert on 23rd April will be a test only to ensure national safety warnings are broadcast effectively in the case of an emergency, such as flooding. You do not need to take any action during this test.

Supporting people in abusive relationships

The alerts will sound even if your phone is on silent. This may put people living with domestic violence at risk, especially if they have a secret or secondary phone.

Victims and survivors who have a secret phone that they may hide from an abusive partner should be informed in order to take action to prevent the phone from activating, like switching it off or putting it on airplane mode.

Please share this message to help inform victims and survivors of the upcoming alert. Refuge has provided a video to inform victims and survivors how to ensure their secret phone does not play the notifying sound and become detected: https://youtu.be/u7jsz8H-muo

And their is more information on the Survivors Trust website.

Read more about Emergency Alerts on the national website. About Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Information attached:

• Poster for supporting people in abusive relationships
• Graphic for those with learning disabilities or autism