Domestic abuse can have devastating impacts on the health and wellbeing of those we support. Help us to provide women children who have been subjected to domestic abuse with somewhere safe to rest their heads so they can look towards a brighter future away from the trauma of abuse.
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Situation
Arriving to a refuge can be incredibly daunting, with women and children often having to leave all of their known possessions behind. What’s more the terror and fear created by abuse can have a serious and long-lasting impact on the mental and physical wellbeing of those we support. Women and children can become anxious or depressed, have difficulty sleeping, have nightmares, experience bed-wetting, become angry or withdrawn, and have low confidence and self-worth.
Solution
We have to purchase approximately 600 sets of bedding every year. Donations will help us to ensure women and children can feel welcomed and make their rooms feel a little more at home by providing new bedding items including a duvet, duvet cover, pillows and fitted sheet for women and children that arrive on our doorstep. We purchase a range of duvet designs including recognisable children’s characters to help the children feel more settled whilst they recover from the trauma of abuse.