Preparing for Farmers Markets and Makers’ Fairs later in the year (dates will be advised).
Friends of Stroud Women’s Refuge
Community Fundraising & Support
The Friends of Stroud Women’s Refuge are volunteers who make up the community fundraising arm of the charity. They organise an annual programme of events, give talks to local organisations to raise awareness about domestic abuse, and publish a quarterly newsletter for supporters.
Fundraising activities are vital to ensure our survival as the only women’s refuge in Gloucestershire and to help our organisation improve the services we offer.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the ‘Friends’ or would like to find out more about supporting their work by making a regular donation or putting on your own fundraising event, please contact Friends of Stroud Women’s Refuge at: beresford.friends@yahoo.com or call 01453 764385.
Fundraising Events for 2023:
Promoting Inspired, our cookery book by Carl Benton from Personal Best.
This book has already gone to so many homes as a great collection of recipes, art and story telling, and a resource for help in every kitchen.
If you can help us get it to a wider audience, get in touch with the team, we would love your help.
To all our friends, if you are planning some fundraising, let us know so we can promote and celebrate all you do.
Individual Support
Donations from individuals quite literally keep the lights on at Stroud Women’s Refuge. Your support, whether one-off contributions or monthly donations, covers the costs associated with providing safe accommodation for the women and children who seek our support.
Even small donations allow us to apply for larger funds through matched funding. This means that we approach grant making organisations who will often match the amount contributed, meaning (for example) that we can turn your £20 into £40 to be spent on the charity’s lifesaving work.
Community Support
We are so grateful to receive amazing support from our local community who raise money for our charity through fundraising activities and donations.
If you are involved with a school, community group or organisation and would like to help, please get in touch. We are always keen to talk, meet or come and share the work that the refuge does. If you are planning a fundraising event, please let us know and we will add it to our annual programme.
Business Supporter
Many businesses provide amazing support to Stroud Women’s Refuge through fundraising activities, donations, and by making us their ‘Charity of the Year’.
If you are involved with a business and would like to help, please get in touch. We are always keen to talk, meet or come and share the work that the refuge does. If you are planning a fundraising event, please let us know and we will add it to our annual programme.
A great way to support us is through choosing to donate one or more of our Support Packages that are given to women and their children during their time at the refuge, and are theirs to keep when they leave.
If you’d like to arrange a meeting or find out more ways that you can support us, please contact us at beresford.friends@yahoo.com or call 01453 764385.
