One in four women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lifetime and on average one woman is killed every 5 days in England and Wales by a current or former partner.

Refuge is the largest single provider of specialist services to survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based abuse and runs the freephone, 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline that provides the first step to women escaping abuse. 

By kindly donating today you are helping to save and change the lives of thousands of women and their children:

£5 could buy a new children's book for a refuge

£10 could help us provide children's essentials like toothpaste and Calpol staying in a refuge

£15 Children who have to flee domestic abuse often have to leave all their toys behind. Your donation could help give them new toys and games, to replace the ones they’ve lost

£17.60 could cover the cost for one of our expert team from the helpline to respond to a contact from a woman fleeing abuse

£25 could provide emotional and practical support to a woman and her children who have experienced domestic abuse

£52 could provide a women and her children a safe night’s stay in a refuge

£180 could provide nappies for a baby in our refuge for six months

£275 could help fund the running of the Helpline for an hour, providing life-saving information to women who wish to flee

£300 could fund a volunteer to take part in Helpline induction training and three weeks of practice shifts

£700 could run a refuge for one day

£1,000 could provide 40 emergency parcels, providing basic necessities such as toiletries, nappies, food and clothing, for a woman and her children arriving at one of our refuges

Thank you