A weekend in the life of a small semi rural Woman’s Organisation – Women Supporting Women
Life at Cohort 4 usually follows a peaceful pattern of activities, lunch, laughter and maybe a tear or two as survival takes it’s meandering path onwards. Yet intermittently, our team are required to become involved in advocacy or more active support. When working with women with lived experience of abuse, financial disadvantage and multiple needs, there can come crisis points and we bounce into action in a very coordinated and organised way. Just so last weekend! One of our women with particular vulnerabilities was targeted by bailiffs for an alleged debt from years back, an inventory of property was gathered after a foot was pushed into the doorway and an entry coerced. Every item was highlighted for removal; mirrors, pictures, lamps,…