NEWS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
New Online Shop
We are really excited to share our new Christmas card online shop: https://www.stroudwomensrefugeshop.org/
It’s designed to be easy to use and make ordering your Christmas Cards much quicker and more secure.
As with last year, the cards feature beautiful paintings by artist Alison Vickery. Just click on your favourite design and choose how many packs you’d like to order. Once you’ve clicked “add to cart” you can either checkout with secure online payment or go back and add more cards from the other designs.
The good news is this makes it easier for people from all over the country to support the refuge, so we’d love it if you could share the link with friends and family
'Inspired' Cookery Book
We are excited to introduce “Inspired”, created by our supporters at Personal Best; the integrated health care and personal training studio at South Woodchester. This fabulous cookery book is being created to celebrate 20 years of Personal Best, with all profits going to Stroud Women’s Refuge. This beautiful cookery book is a feast for the eyes and a celebration of our local food culture in the Stroud Valleys.
Personal Best are passionate about promoting health and wellbeing so interwoven between a collection of recipes from famous local chefs, which are straightforward to prepare and delicious to eat, will be facts and figures and stories from our refuge as well as words of encouragement to inspire you to cook!
‘Inspired’ goes on general sale in late August but you can pre-order your copy using the website button below.
Pre-order Inspired
Personal Best are passionate about promoting health and wellbeing so interwoven between a collection of recipes from famous local chefs, which are straightforward to prepare and delicious to eat, will be facts and figures and stories from our refuge as well as words of encouragement to inspire you to cook!
‘Inspired’ goes on general sale in late August but you can pre-order your copy using the website button below.
Pre-order Inspired
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
