Thursday, 14 March 2013

Events in 2012 What an amazing day at the North West Recovery Walk

Children gathered around our stall to make gift cards for loved ones.






Beautiful gifts handmade by women whi attend  our Art Drop  and Pamper Yourself Drop-in's












A great crowd before the walk began

What the day was all about


An emotional walk - Raucous Caucus Recovery Chorus sang us round the track-beautiful!


















In 2012 Waitrose in Altrincham supports Trafford Rape Crisis

Waitrose in Altrincham have kindly raised £469.00 for Traffoprd Rape Crisis as part of their green tokens schemeI attach a picture of myself with Gail from Waitrose Community Matters as she handed me a cheque for £469.00 from Waitrose Altrincham, for TRC. This is as a result of the green tokens scheme they ran for us in May.

TRC join the Million Women Rise Walk

Trafford Rape Crisis had the pleasure of joing thousands of our sisters to march together in solidarity, whilst 'speaking out' about the need to end sexual violence agianst Women and Girls.
Million Women Rise state in their press release;

"More than 10,000 women and children will take to the streets of central London on Saturday, 9 March, 2013. The march, organised by Million Women Rise (MWR), is holding up a mirror to the truth of male violence against women in all its forms, bringing women together to say enough is enough.

Women from across the UK will meet at 12 noon outside Selfridges on Oxford Street making their way to Trafalgar Square at 3pm for the rally.

This year we have already seen the rape of millions of women throughout the world and we are only in March. We have heard the German authority’s apologies to a teenage girl for sending her to a brothel to get work. We saw the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old girl in South Africa and the protest from our sisters there. We have witnessed the Irish government commit murder of a woman who was denied her human right to an abortion. Indian women continue to expose the violence they experience after the gang rape of a young woman who is now dead. Women in Egypt have spoken out against state sponsored violence against women. UK Government statistics revealed less than one rape survivor in 30, who goes to the Police in the UK, will see her attacker brought to justice. We cannot forget women in DR Congo or the British Government support for Rwanda and Uganda, two Governments named by the UN as assisting, arming and directing militia’s in the east of DR Congo responsible for mass rape in this war for mineral wealth."
 Please visit their website by following the link      http://www.millionwomenrise.com/mwr-blog.html#.UT7HgDczre4  accessed on 12.3.13)



Before our journey begins!
 


                                                         










Travelling down Oxford St
                                                                      


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Women join together
                                                          


TRC banner
                                                            


Arriving at Trafalger Square
                                                          


Support from everywhere
                                                                                                       

A singer at the event in Trafalger Square