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Tag: South Yorkshire

Women’s Aid Worker Victimised For Speaking Out Against Cuts

News, Jan 7th

In recent years, the Women’s Aid domestic violence shelter in Doncaster has faced repeated threats to its future from funding cuts. After being forced to close in 2016, a determined campaign from workers and service users were able to reopen the service as South Yorkshire Women’s Aid. As mentioned in a previous Freedom article, the

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South Yorkshire Women’s Aid under threat again

News, Nov 4th

Last March, the Women’s Aid centre in Doncaster was closed down after the Labour-run local council cut its funding, but was then able to reopen due to a successful campaign by service users and staff members — but the centre is now being threatened with closure for a second time. Doncaster Council, whose 2106/7 financial statement showed

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