Hadhari Nari awarded funding of £307,050
14 August 2008
Hadhari Nari, the Derby-based Women’s Aid refuge, has revealed that it has been awarded £212,442 from the Big Lottery Fund plus a further £94,608 from the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal Earlier this year the refuge successfully applied and was approved for assistance as part of its pro-active fundraising endeavours.
The money will be used to help fund two major projects
The first is a Learning Together project, which will offer a programme of family learning activities It will benefit 200 families staying at Hadhari Nari’s Women’s Refuge for women and children who have experienced violent and abusive relationships The funding from the Big Lottery’s Family Learning Programme will finance a new children and family worker over a five year period who will take the project forward.
The second project supports children and young people staying in the refuge, providing play and leisure activities The £94,608 from Children in Need will fund two part-time children’s workers for a three year period.
A delighted Cherry Henry, who is Head of the Hadhari Nari Project, said: “This is a really welcome boost and will benefit the lives of the women and children staying at our refuge, who are all survivors of domestic violence and abuse These are very vulnerable people who need all the help we can provide, to try and recover from the effects of this type of abuse
“We depend on funding such as this for our special projects, so we are tremendously grateful to both the Big Lottery and Children in Need for their support
“We also need further funding for our advice centre, which offers a valuable service to so many women, and we are actively seeking further fundraising opportunities at the moment.”
Hadhari Nari is a Hallmark Community Housing Association project and is part of Spirita, one of the leading providers of housing and associated support services in the region Spirita is a member of the Metropolitan Housing Partnership, which is a family of successful businesses providing housing, regeneration and community and support services.
The Hadhari Nari Women’s Project was established in 1986 with the aim of providing refuge accommodation and support for vulnerable women and children, focusing on the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Women but catering for all women Since then the organisation has developed significantly and now offers a range of services from its two refuge accommodation centres and an Advice and Information Centre
More information on any of the services offered by Hadhari Nari can be obtained by calling Cherry Henry on 01332 614700. Specialist advice is available from the Advice Centre on 01332 270101, where calls are confidential and the wide range of support available will be explained.
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