COMPASSIONATE Rotarians across Rugby are joining forces to bring festive cheer for children who have fled domestic violence this year.
Rugby and Rugby Dunsmore Rotary Clubs are among those supporting the 2024 Rotary Toy Box Christmas Appeal.
Each club will help fill boxes with over £80 worth of new toys, which will be distributed to more than 580 children at six refuges in the area.
The scheme, which is being run in conjunction with national charity Kids In Mind, hopes to raise £14,600 to fund enough boxes for Rotary’s Heart of England District 1060.
Rotarian Bill Elliott, who has run the appeal for the last four years, said: “I felt this project was much needed for these vulnerable families, as I had seen in my working life what despair these families suffer when they have to move out of their family home with virtually nothing.
“This year in the UK, over 5,600 children will be residing with their single parent in a domestic violence refuge, many initially arriving at the refuge with only what they can carry and having witnessed or experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
“Having been forced to leave home at a moment’s notice, they are fleeing from domestic violence, moving over 30 miles or more from their friends, staying in a strange place, not knowing what tomorrow will bring.
“The location of these refuges by necessity need to remain secret, which often means that these single parent families and especially the children are often forgotten or remain ‘anonymous’.”
Email Bill Elliott at [email protected] to donate.
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Publish date : 2024-12-13 14:15:18
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