#CrisisWithinACrisis OUR NEW FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Our #CrisisWithinACrisis Campaign

Please click the following link to donate to our crowdfunding page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/crisiswithinacrisis---funding-for-refuge-support

We need £70,000 to keep our life saving support in place for our women and children in our 3 refuges. This is a Crisis Within A Crisis.

A small donation from you will go straight towards the crucial support needed to empower women to have a life free from fear and abuse, for them and their children. In lockdown this support is needed more than ever. Your help has never been more needed than it is now. Thank you so much for your support.

COVID-19 and Domestic Abuse - 'Frightening times for victims'

A news article highlighting the huge concerns of victims being trapped in their homes during isolation:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coronavirus-lockdown-brings-frightening-times-17984600

For help and support, and if is is safe for you to call, our SafeToTalk Helpline is 0800 111 4998

Monday-Friday 8.30am-530pm and Saturday-Sunday 10am-1pm or email info@coventryhaven.co.uk or use the Women’s Aid online chat facility chat.womensaid.org.uk

#StaySafe #LookOutForNeighbours

SAVE OUR HAVENS - Our refuges have no funding for the life saving specialist support, past 31/03/2020

From the 31st March 2020, we are not receiving any funding for our refuge service support provision; WE NEED YOUR HELP.

To donate a one-off donation simply text SAVEOURHAVEN TO 70085, or for a regular monthly donation please text SAVEOURHAVENS to 70085

Your support will save lives of those victims including children who are subjected to abuse #ThankYou

Poem from a Survivor in Our Safe Refuge

This poem has been written by a survivor, who wanted to share her journey with everyone, and maybe it will help others to take that first step in leaving. Thank you for sharing:

“To all the Ladies who suffered these pains

We all made it to Haven, and we will never suffer again

We will build ourselves up, because enough is enough

We will hold hands together. We will try and be tough

Those awful memories I threw away, when I got on the train

I will tell everyone my story and never, ever feel ashamed 

So no more wet eyes and rolling tears, because we all made it together, and now we’re here 

Let’s close our eyes and join our hands and pray to God,  for those to understand 

Please give us peace to our souls and help bandage up our broken hearts and bruises 

Help us put behind our mental stress’s and pains

May we never, ever suffer these things all over again

Those are the girls stories            .

No one else but them could have told 

New Year is arriving

Tomorrow we’ll becoming more bold”

A new way to support us! Introducing Recycling for Good Causes!

Any old jewellery, old or foreign ban notes, laptops, game consoles, tablets, camera or equipment or stamps…?

https://www.recyclingforgoodcauses.org/services/

Recycling For Good Causes was originally founded as The Fundraising Company in 1996 and now works with over 5000 charities and good causes.

They offer a unique, simple and effective way of raising funds for non-profit organisations by recycling unwanted, donated items.

Using their experts, they are able to resell them for the best possible price, providing the maximum return for your chosen charity.

They provide a variety of recycling projects aimed to suit individual needs, depending on how you are in contact with your donors or if in fact you are an individual wishing to raise funds for a charity of your choice.  All projects are offered at no cost or outlay to the charity, cause or donor and you are free to use any or all of the projects that you feel would benefit you.

For small items, please call 02476444077 for an envelope (they’re only 7” x 5” / 18cm x 13cm) or for larger items call 08006335323 for a large bag & to arrange collection #winner

Survivor Poem - #16Days

We are very privileged to have been sent the following poem, with consent to share it with you; I’m sure you’ll agree that we can all relate to the words created:

‘I'm all choked up i just can't breathe my heart is racing please believe,

Your nasty words my head feels a mess when will it be over I try not to stress

For this is his game I am forced to play when will it all go away,

I pick myself up and try to look my best, oh no will I fail his little test!

I am no longer feeling like a waste of space, he can not make me feel ashamed of my face,

I'm starting to get stronger day by day, away from your grip is how I'm determined to stay,

I have plotted and planned for this very day I never thought it would end this way!

I am free, its coming I can see a new life is waiting for me moving so fast to a life I couldn't see!

Do I deserve it really, is this for me, my life won't change with just a cup of tea

Reaching out I won't let it pass, safe and secure and no longer sad

I want to feel good for a future I can now see, and you will never hurt me like you once had planned for me.’

#beautiful #strength #proud #youcandothis

Call 08001114998 or email referrals@coventryhaven.co.uk

Deaf Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Deaf women are twice as likely as their hearing peers to suffer domestic abuse. Around 22 Deaf women are at risk of abuse every day. Ironically, a key role in this is played by BSL, their preferred language – as every word and expression could be a potential trigger.

If your perpetrator is active within the Deaf Community, they’ll know how to exploit your communication skills. This inhibits you from reaching out to even your closest Deaf friends – never mind your family (many of whom lack signing skills).

But the experience of domestic abuse for Deaf women is the same as hearing women. We are seduced by our perpetrator’s apparent sincerity, their psychological control – grooming us for abuse. By the time the violence turns physical, we’re emotionally and mentally paralysed, unable to articulate ourselves properly to those close to us.

Please view the following deaf sign video around domestic abuse: http://www.signhealth.org.uk/deafhope-tackels-domestic-abuse/

For help and support, please contact our Safe to Talk Helpline on 0800 111 4998, or email: referrals@coventryhaven.co.uk

Locally in Coventry, we can support you via https://www.coventrycitizensadvice.org.uk/about/deaf-service-coventry-citizens-advice/ where we can attend with you at Coventry Citizens Advice for advice on the second Tuesday of each month from 10am to 11.45am when a sign language interpreter will be available.

Further support and information can be found on the DeafHope website here.

Christmas Donation Drop-Off Dates

Another New Job Opportunity - A Home of Her Own Project with Kairos WWT

As a result of a successful funding award with Kairos WWT, we are looking to recruit the following post: 

‘A Home of Her Own’ DA Practitioner

This role will be part of an exciting new project 'A Home of Her Own', working in partnership with Kairos WWT to progress women-centred and trauma-informed housing solutions for women with multiple and complex needs.

 NJC Pt 23 - £22,462 FTE per annum

28 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form in this pack. To apply for the position please complete the application pack. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

To obtain an application pack, please download the whole pack below or request via email: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk  

 Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 16th December 2019

Interviews will take place for shortlisted candidates week commencing 6th January 2020, with a view to the successful candidate starting employment in February 2020

HHO Prac Advert HHO Job Description Equality Questionnaire HHO Pract Application Form

We would particularly welcome applications from women who have additional language skills. This post is applicable to women only. The role is covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (schedule 9: Equality Act 2010). Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before commencing employment.

Another New Job Opportunity - A Home of Her Own DA Practitioner

As a result of a successful funding award with Kairos WWT, we are looking to recruit the following post: 

‘A Home of Her Own’ DA Practitioner

This role will be part of an exciting new project 'A Home of Her Own', working in partnership with Kairos WWT to progress women-centred and trauma-informed housing solutions for women with multiple and complex needs.

 NJC Pt 23 - £22,462 FTE per annum

28 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form in this pack. To apply for the position please complete the application pack. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

To obtain an application pack, please download the whole pack below or request via email: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk  

 Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 16th December 2019

Interviews will take place for shortlisted candidates week commencing 6th January 2020, with a view to the successful candidate starting employment in February 2020

HHO Prac Advert HHO Job Description Equality Questionnaire HHO Pract Application Form

We would particularly welcome applications from women who have additional language skills. This post is applicable to women only. The role is covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (schedule 9: Equality Act 2010). Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before commencing employment.