Makesmestronger

[Makesmestronger]

Hi,

I’d like to add in that I have just recently left refuge and although refuge life isn’t perfect it was home and it was safe for myself and my kids. I stayed in a refuge with a number of a other women but we were all in self contained flats, however the street the refuge was on was not ideal as over the years that it has been there the street has become somewhere people don’t want to stay. I’m saying this I never had anything happen to me or my car that sat outside day and night while living there. I enjoyed living in refuge. I had a safe space, I had access to workers of they were in the building and I had a good bond with them. I really appreciated that the children’s workers took my kids for an hour a week when the workers were able to take them which I get won’t be available everywhere depending on funding and staffing. I have obviously had a good experience compared to others but I asked before I left my situation what the accommodation was going to be like. I didn’t want to move into shared accommodation with others. I felt so lucky to have been given what I was. I will be eternally grateful to Women’s Aid for what they gave me.

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