Had lunch yesterday with my eldest grand-daughter in a favourite cafe in Uxbridge. Love their quirky tea pots.
I have had an amazing week so far. With women supporters coming round to talk at my home and share their stories and offer ways of improving the pathway of recovery healing and survivorship following domestic violence and abuse. I have continued to hear how the system fails women. In an email to our local mayor and the London mayor with copy to my MP I have put that:-No woman should be having drops in DWP support.
No woman should be getting hassled by bailiffs for said debts in council tax and rent when the debt is from the system failing her with drops in support.
No woman should be threatened with eviction from a safe home.
No woman should be going hungry and needing foodbanks
No woman should feel that the system is making her feeling valueless.
Now woman should feel she as completely lost financial dignity.
Women have been abused physically, emotionally, psychologically manipulated by their perpetrator and have been financially abused to need as much support as she can get from the community to help her heal and rebuild.
It is failure of state duty of care to fail women in their support needs.
The week included a meeting with the event co-ordinator at Brunel University to plan a special weekend to Heal and Empower women so more on this later when the plans develop....
One of my women supporters sent some yummy food round to me too. I have received some help to keep my sheltered bungalow so very grateful for this.
We had a recommence of the Wednesday group after a two week break.
The positive from the group meeting was one survivor looking radiant her divorce complete and she had done something she had not done for awhile. She had the confidence to drive to relatives in the north of England. She had been so controlled and put down that it had shaken her confidence. She and her relatives rejoiced in this ability to get out and be free again.
Breaking out of a cage of oppression and abuse with support..... can lead to amazing things happening...... and a woman regaining her inner Goddess again.
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