An advent calendar highlighting the horror of domestic abuse in Scotland was unveiled today (Wednesday, December 1) as part of the VRU’s Christmas anti-violence campaign.

The online calendar, developed as part of the domestic abuse phase of the annual Anti-Violence Campaign, reveals a shocking stat or fact about the scale of domestic abuse in Scotland every day up to December 25.

Chief Inspector Graham Goulden, campaign lead for the VRU, said:

Sadly, Christmas and New Year are peak periods for domestic abuse. We wanted to highlight this and raise awareness of the fact that, for many victims, domestic abuse isn’t just a one-off event, it’s something that happens day in, day out.

Forces across Scotland will be taking part in the Christmas clampdown, which will run from December 2010 – January 2011.