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To: Cumbria County Council, John Stevenson MP
Save Carlisle Women's Refuge
Please reconsider plans to cut funding to short term housing. Understandable money is tight due to cuts in the amount of money central government provide. Please consider petitioning central government for more money.
Why is this important?
The refuge is a safe place for women who's lives have been shattered by rape, sexual assault and domestic violence. Without this safe place, which although only short term, provides much needed breathing space. Not only that it shows these people that not everyone is out to hurt them. The removal of funding for these vital services, gives abused women the message that no one cares and it is ok for them to be abused. Is this a good message to send out across Cumbria?
