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New Refuge Service in Hillingdon
We are delighted to announce that we opened a new refuge service in Hillingdon at the beginning of March. This service can accommodate up to seven women and 14 children at any one time. The service is staffed by a deputy manager, two refuge workers and a child support worker. During the first few months, the […]
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The Transformative Power of Environments on Survivors’ Recovery
A refuge is so much more than just a roof over a woman’s head At the beginning of the year Refuge won a bid to develop its first psychologically informed refuge service in Westminster, London. The service comprises five refuges which support 35 single women or families at any one time. As we develop this […]
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Refuge response to proroguing Parliment
In response to the Government’s announcement that it intends to suspend Parliament in September, Sandra Horley CBE, chief executive of national domestic abuse charity Refuge said: ‘The announcement today from the Prime Minister that the current parliamentary session will end in mid-September has the potential to erase years of work towards the Domestic Abuse Bill. […]
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Refuge’s Top 5 Asks for the Domestic Abuse Bill
Refuge has played an essential role in influencing the content of the Domestic Abuse Bill and continues to campaign for the changes our front line staff and the survivors we support tell us they need. The Government’s stated objective for the Bill is to transform the response to domestic abuse – which Refuge is fully […]
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Violence Against Women and Girls Organisations ask Prime Minister Contenders to pledge on policies to end abuse
Refuge, one of 30 women’s groups today wrote to Conservative Party leader candidates Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson asking them to make specific pledges to tackle domestic and sexual violence if they become the next Prime Minister. The organisations, who work supporting survivors of all forms of violence against women and girls across the UK, are asking Mr Hunt […]
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The Joint Pre-Legislative Domestic Abuse Bill Committee Report Overview
The Joint Pre-Legislative Domestic Abuse Bill Committee, a group of MPs and peers who are responsible for scrutinising the draft Domestic Abuse Bill published by the Government earlier this year, today published its report and recommendations to the Government. We are delighted that the Committee has listened to Refuge, and has made some strong recommendations […]
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Picturehouse and Refuge partnership
From April 19th 2019 onwards, we are delighted to be working in partnership with Picturehouse – the leading cinema chain with 25 sites across the UK – as it joins us in working together to end violence against women and girls. Christmas 2018, Picturehouse staff first pledged their support by donating 700 cinema tickets […]
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