The Coronavirus outbreak has been difficult for everyone. But imagine having to choose between self-isolating with your abusive partner or escaping with your young children at the height of a pandemic. "More than 40,000 calls and contacts were made to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline, almost 80% higher than usual, during the first three months of lockdown." For women and children in our refuge, life is challenging. Many have left with nothing to their name, no clothes, no possessions. Many have been forced to leave family pets at home. Children have been taken out of schools, to prevent the perpetrator from finding them, and have been taken to a place where everything is unfamiliar. But you can help change that. Our refuges desperately need to purchase new essential items, decor and new mattresses to re-vamp their rooms and help our families settle in. Please donate today and help support vulnerable families moving into refuge. Help provide that 'feeling of home.'