This year we are aiming to raise £10,000 to set up a Crisis Fund for Women & Girls Fleeing Domestic Abuse (£5,000 in online donations, which will then be matched by The Big Give).
Domestic abuse will affect 1 in 3 women during their lifetime and First Light is seeing a huge increase in high-risk families who are coming to us for support during extremely challenging moments of their lives.
The campaign week runs from 12pm, Thursday 10th October – 12pm, Thursday 17th October and thanks to The Big Give, any online donations made to First Light during that week will be doubled – so whatever amount you are able to give will be worth twice as much.
The money raised from this year’s match fund campaign will allow us to set up a Crisis Fund. The Crisis Fund will enable us to provide women and their families with equipment to keep them safe, such as mobile phones, letterbox locks, and camera doorbells; help support them with moving costs; and provide them with clothing and other items when they’ve had to leave their home with nothing.
Having immediate funding available for people fleeing domestic abuse is so important…
- Being able to provide toiletries, travel, food and clothing will keep a person or family safe.
- Providing a mobile phone will mean that an individual fleeing their abuser will be able to do so without the worry of being tracked or harassed by phone calls and text messages.
- By providing a train ticket/taxi fare to those who do not have their own transport means that individuals can flee more easily.
Any online donations made to First Light during the seven days of the campaign will be doubled. If you would like to support our work this year, we strongly recommend doing so during this campaign week, when your donation will be doubled and make even more of a difference to us.
One donation, twice the impact.
Please visit our dedicated Big Give page to find out about how you, your business or your community can help support this year’s fundraising campaign. And keep an eye out for more information to follow in the run up to the campaign itself.