Why sponsor us?

So now you know all about Team Bangs on the Run and Refuge, the fantastic charity we're supporting. But perhaps you'd like to know exactly where your money might go before you donate?

£10 could allow a woman to buy her child essential materials for school – many women arrive at Refuge with nothing but the clothes they are wearing and do not have the means to buy the things they need.
£50 could fund a session of play therapy for a group of four children, helping them to overcome the trauma of witnessing or experiencing violence.

£75 could fund a local support group session for women who have experienced domestic violence.

£200 could enable a Refuge Advocate to meet and to discuss and plan the escape or rescue of a woman identified as being at high risk of homicide or serious injury.

£500 could support a woman through a trial, helping her to give evidence against her abuser and keeping her and her children safe through the process. Advocates provide intensive support from the point of her partner’s arrest through to sentencing and beyond.

£5,000 could ensure that twenty prosecutions for offences relating to domestic violence take place which might otherwise have been dismissed, owing to lack of evidence or witnesses.

Refuge support 1,500 women a day in their refuges and community outreach schemes across the country. If you'd like to donate to Team Bangs on the Run for Refuge, drop by our JustGiving page. And if you are kind enough to sponsor us, don't forget to leave a comment in the box below or leave your twitter name on the JustGiving page so we can give you some love!

A massive THANK YOU to those of you who have already donated!