Shekinah receives £40,000 to help homeless women

Posted: 26th September 2017

Shekinah, a charity helping vulnerable people across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, has been awarded a grant of £40,000. This grant will help fund the role of a Specialist Women’s Homelessness Project Worker at their Plymouth Drop-In Centre.

Shekinah supports people experiencing a wide range of problems such as homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, offending and mental ill health. As well as providing food, clothing and showers; the charity helps people overcome their issues through advice, counselling, education and helping them get back into training or employment.

Skekinah are working to improve support for homeless women

Through their work, Shekinah have discovered a lack of services in Plymouth which are taylored to supporting homeless women; yet women in this vulnerable position often face even greater challenges than their male counterparts. Many of the women supported by Shekinah are fleeing abuse, or have disabilities, mental health problems or substance abuse issues. Other women are “hidden homeless” who remain in abusive relationships rather than face living on the streets. An estimated 30% of female rough sleepers have been sexually assaulted in the past year and 60% threatened with violence.

The project worker will directly support  homeless women and help them access Shekinah’s services. The worker will also help Shekinah and its partner organisations better understand how we can make services easier to access for some of the Plymouth’s most vulnerable women.

Laura Fraser-Crewes Head of Ops & Client Support of Shekinah said:

“We are very grateful to Devonshire Freemasons for their generous grant which will help us in our work with women who historically have not received the services they deserve”

Devonshire Freemason, Ian Kingsbury, visited the charity to find out more about their work:

“We are delighted to be able to help Shekinah who provide vital support for homeless & endangered women, an especially neglected group in our community.”

Watch this video to find out how this grant will impact homeless women in the Plymouth area

 




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Women more generous for office charity collections, says CAF survey

An online survey for the Charities Aid Foundation finds that 66 per cent of women responded to office charity appeals last year, compared with 49 per cent of men

Women are more generous than men at responding to office charity collections, according to the Charities Aid Foundation.

An online survey of more than 1,000 people commissioned by CAF in March found that 66 per cent of women had responded to office charity appeals in the past year, compared with 49 per cent of men.

Overall, staff donated a mean average of £46.53 over the year. Of the 30 per cent who had sponsored a colleague to do something for charity, the median average donation was £10.

CAF, which is the UK’s largest payroll-giving provider, published the figures to mark the 30th anniversary of payroll giving.

The research, which was conducted by YouGov for CAF’s UK Giving survey, also found that 50 per cent of respondents were unaware of payroll giving.

Klara Kozlov, head of corporate clients at CAF, said charity appeals at work helped to boost morale as well as benefit good causes.

“While most people will find the money to make donations on an ad-hoc basis, some prefer a more structured approach,” she said. “Payroll giving enables people to make donations direct from their pre-tax pay each month.”

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