HELP US HELP YOUNG SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

In just a few weeks Survive will be losing funding for its core children’s services. We will no longer be able to fully support children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse.

Which means we will no longer be able to:

• Provide a full Play Service for children who live in our refuges
• Provide our unique Back on Track group programme for 11-17 year olds
• Provide our dynamic prevention programme Connect with Respect; including 1:1 support for children in schools
• Provide our bespoke 1:1 Outreach Service that supports young people in the community

We need your help

MAKE DONATION

Survive passionately believes that children experiencing domestic abuse have the right to be heard and to access high quality support.

• £5 can pay for a box of toys for a child in refuge
• £10 can pay for a worker for an hour to expertly support a child
• £50 can go towards providing a Back on Track session for a young person
• £100 can go towards providing a Connect with Respect prevention workshop in a school.

MAKE DONATION

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We’ve had a wonderful food donation for our refuges from The Wickwar Benefice (which includes The Parishes of Wickwar, Rangeworthy, Hillesley, Charfield and Kingswoood) – if you’re interested in doing something similar, give our office a ring on 0117 961 3065!

We’ve got a stand at the UWE Volunteering fair today. Looking forward to meeting students and getting them involved in fundraising and play work volunteer opportunities at Survive. We’ve also got information about the services we offer and our #homeshouldntbescary campaign. Expecting it to be a busy day!

Survive South Gloucestershire and Bristol has been awarded the Women’s Aid National Quality Mark today, demonstrating that it provides a high quality of service to women and children experiencing domestic violence in South Gloucestershire. The Women’s Aid Quality Standards are national standards which measure the quality of specialist domestic violence services on a number of factors. Survive South Gloucestershire and Bristol were particularly commended for their Children and Young People services, Preventative work and Accountability and Leadership.

Sarah Telford, Chief Executive Officer of Survive said:

“We are all delighted that Survive has been awarded the Women’s Aid National Quality Mark. We were established in 1974 by our founder Brenda Bishop. Brenda successfully campaigned for refuge provision in South Gloucestershire. Brenda is an inspirational woman who’s work is still very much needed in 2016. As a specialist domestic abuse provider we have overcome many challenges over the last forty one years. I am very proud of the Survive team, who consistently make a long lasting difference to the women and children that we work with and provide life changing support to those experiencing domestic abuse”.

Polly Neate, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid Federation England said:

“We are very proud to award Survive South Gloucestershire and Bristol the Women’s Aid National Quality Mark for their excellent work supporting women and children in South Gloucestershire. Specialist, high-quality domestic violence services can make the difference between a full, independent life and living in fear of your life for women escaping abuse. The hard work and dedication of the team at Survive is making that difference, and I thank them for the very high quality of the service they provide.”

South Glos Council are carrying out a consultation to review their spending towards Anti-social Behaviour and Community Safety.

Please see this link for more information:

https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/ASBreview/consultationHome

We are appealing to all supporters to respond to the consultation, and encourage others to respond, to plead with the council not to cut vital domestic abuse services in South Gloucestershire.

The deadline for responses is 24th December 2015.

Thank you for your support.

Well done to Jess and Ian who ran the Bristol 10k race today for Survive. You both completed the race in an excellent time. We were very proud of you.