Sponsor a room:

We are appealing for companies or organisations to sponsor a room in refuge.

We are seeking funding for our Sponsor A Room project that will support us to redecorate and refurbish our refuge spaces to make them warm and welcoming for victims who have fled their home in crisis for their own and their children's safety.

Imagine leaving your home with a moments notice, you can only pack one bag because that's all you can manage on the train with a pushchair, toddler and young child in tow.

What would you take? All of those pretty gifts from friends and family at Christmas and birthdays - all left behind.

We are excited to launch our ‘Sponsor a Room’ project and we are looking to our local community and regular fundraisers to help support us in the upkeep of our bedrooms in our Refuges.

We'd like to provide matching curtains and bedding, a brand new towel along with accessories to make the room more homely - cushions on the bed, shelving to display plants, trinkets and photo's of loved ones, pictures on the walls, toiletries and comforting gifts for the children. 

Victims often retreat to their rooms in those early days to digest and try to make sense of what happened and how they came to be here. It is important that this space feels safe and warm and gives the message that we (strangers at first) care.

It's likely that people who come to us have been told for years that they are not worthy, that no-one cares, this is the first step to them believing that somebody does, we cared enough to make the room look nice and to make them feel welcomed and valued. This is their home, their space, their sanctuary, their time to 'be' for as long as they need and until they are ready to move on to their forever home and live a life free from abuse.

The approximate cost to refurbish a room is £1600 which covers the cost of decoration, fitting each room with new bedroom furniture, updating fittings and in some cases replacing bedroom flooring. 

Please get in touch if you would like to speak to us about corporate sponsorship where we can name the room that you sponsor - [email protected]