Ways to Help Us
You are the reason we can continue supporting women and children who are experiencing or have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse.
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We are fortunate to receive grants from statutory local government, foundations and trusts. However, as an independent refuge we must also secure around £70,000 each and every year to provide a full range of services.
Please make a donation
£10
will provide grocery vouchers
£16
will provide 1 support session for a mother or child by key or child case worker
£20
will provide cover for the emergency on call line for a day (£25 at weekends)
£25
will provide school support and creche activities per child per week.
£50
will provide support services (including mental health counseling) for a mother and her two children
£350
will cover the rent and support for a week for a woman and her children who do not have recourse to public funding
For corporate support or larger donations
please email admin at(@) whwr.org.
If you would like to fundraise for us, or complete a challenge event
please do email admin at(@) whwr.org
Gifts in Kind are always welcome too.
Our wish list always includes new and packaged bed linen, duvets, and pillow cases, cleaning materials and donations for school uniforms.
MAJOR Donations
We are also looking to raise funds for a refuge (new) vehicle to provide transport to refuge, for appointments and transfers to and from the refuge for admission and resettlement.
If you would like to make a monetary donation to support our work:
Bank transfers –
To make a donation directly to our bank please email admin at(@) whwr.org and we will send you the details.
Standing Order –
please email admin at(@) whwr.org.
Cheques –
should be made payable to WHWR and sent to the above address
Gift Aid –
Please email us if you would like to Gift Aid your donation and we’ll send you the relevant form to complete and return
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Sign up to Give a Car
If you are thinking of holding a fund-raising event to support the work of the Refuge please contact us as we would be pleased to help you.
Donations
Due to the risks posed by COVID-19 we are currently unable to accept donations of physical items (clothes, toys, etc.). However we greatly appreciate donations of money or supermarket vouchers so we can keep supporting women and children to meet their needs.
Thank you for your support.