Refuge

Two new refuges for vulnerable and abused women and children have been furnished and fitted out with essential electrical equipment, thanks to a £1,000 grant from Herefordshire Freemasons. The coronavirus lockdown has led to vulnerable women and children being forced to stay inside with abusive partners, and a consequent sharp rise in demand for refuges. Existing facilities have become seriously overcrowded and Herefordshire Council has provided two new properties, but they urgently needed the Herefordshire Freemasons’ grant to make them […]