NEWS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
Winter 2020 Newsletter
See the latest news from Stroud Women's Refuge for Autumn 2020.
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Stroud Beresford Group wins National Lottery Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded the Stroud Beresford Group £272,970 for its ‘Safer Lives Outreach Development Project’. Stroud Beresford Group - an independent Stroud-based charity - provides a range of services for people affected by domestic abuse including Gloucestershire’s only women’s refuge. The funding provides a major boost to the local charity and will help it to support hundreds of local people who are at risk of domestic abuse.
The Safer Lives Project is a five-year project that focuses on preventing harm caused by abusive relationships, raising awareness of healthy and unhealthy relationships with young people and working with vulnerable women in the community who are struggling to access support.
Domestic abuse is one of the leading causes of harm to women and children. Official statistics often underestimate domestic abuse because it often goes unreported. Despite this, we know through government statistics that 1.3 million women experience domestic abuse every year in England and Wales and around 7 women are killed every month.
Jill Cooper, CEO of Stroud Women’s Refuge:
“We are absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to support more people in need in the Stroud District. Thank you to so much to the National Lottery Community Fund and thank you to everyone who plays the Lottery – the Lottery makes a real difference to peoples’ lives.”
Background information
Stroud Beresford Group
Stroud Beresford Group (Stroud Women’s Refuge) was founded in 1976 with the vision of achieving 'a life free from violence and abuse in the home for those affected by it'. It is an independent Stroud-based registered charity (charity registration number 1132626, Stroud Beresford Limited).
The refuges receive referrals from across Gloucestershire and the UK. The two refuges offer the only refuge provision in the county.
The refuge reaches 300+ people annually through the refuge, children’s work, outreach support and workshops
The Safer Lives Project is a five-year project that focuses on preventing harm caused by abusive relationships, raising awareness of healthy and unhealthy relationships with young people and working with vulnerable women in the community who are struggling to access support.
Domestic abuse is one of the leading causes of harm to women and children. Official statistics often underestimate domestic abuse because it often goes unreported. Despite this, we know through government statistics that 1.3 million women experience domestic abuse every year in England and Wales and around 7 women are killed every month.
Jill Cooper, CEO of Stroud Women’s Refuge:
“We are absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to support more people in need in the Stroud District. Thank you to so much to the National Lottery Community Fund and thank you to everyone who plays the Lottery – the Lottery makes a real difference to peoples’ lives.”
Background information
Stroud Beresford Group
Stroud Beresford Group (Stroud Women’s Refuge) was founded in 1976 with the vision of achieving 'a life free from violence and abuse in the home for those affected by it'. It is an independent Stroud-based registered charity (charity registration number 1132626, Stroud Beresford Limited).
The refuges receive referrals from across Gloucestershire and the UK. The two refuges offer the only refuge provision in the county.
The refuge reaches 300+ people annually through the refuge, children’s work, outreach support and workshops
