Last year we saw a 50% increase in refuge referrals. We want to continue to provide support for families in crisis and go that extra mile to make them feel safe🧡If your business can help, please email [email protected] to find out how to become a patron.

Things we're looking forward to this Saturday👇 Grab the last few tickets now for the King's guided walk across Morecambe Bay to support The Wish Centre: trybooking.com/uk/DAXC 📍Arnside prom 12.45pm, 1st June #crossbaywalk #lancashirewalks

What 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 when a friend opens up about experiencing #domesticabuse... Instead, #Listen to them and let them know about services like The Wish Centre who can #Support and #Empower them🧡

Attending the 2nd BWD CVS conference great to see so many sector colleagues. Looking forward to delivering the Peace workshop this afternoon #Community #workingtogether #CVSconference

#Volunteersweek

It maybe a cold June but the flowers are making it feel like summer ☀️ #gardentime #flowers

Here is some feedback from our Respect accredited behaviour change programme, #MakeTheChange. This and Gateway To Change are available to men across Lancashire (excluding Blackpool). Have a listen: youtu.be/K-PKTsYRL40?si…

Coming soon! Our CEO, Shigufta khan, chaired a podcast last week with Lancashire Police. The 1st in a series of podcasts focussing on #domesticabuse. The aim is to look at improving the way police, victim services, and CPS work together in taking positive action against DA offenders.

This is an interesting read & highlights the narrative we have been hearing is not the reality. Four in five locum GPs in England unable to find work, BMA study finds theguardian.com/society/articl…

Aminan Rahman, 46, from east London, who strangled his wife Suma Begum has been found guilty of her murder. Aminan Rahman, attacked 24-year-old Suma Begum in April 2023. Rahman put her body into a suitcase & pushed it into the River Lea. Her children saw it all. 😔

The most moving & poignant story I've read today BBC News - 'I'm as happy as I've been in my life,' says aid worker Simon Boas as he faces death bbc.com/news/articles/…

Absolutely horrific. Our thoughts are with John Hunt and those close to Carol, Louise and Hannah. Brutally murdered by an ex partner. And people still say 'why doesn't she just leave'.

You can listen to Key's interview touching on the horrific abuse she suffered and how #TheWishCentre supported her here on Graham Liver's show: 1hr52mins bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… The National Lottery Community Fund BBC Lancashire

Today would have been Shafilea Ahmed's 38th birthday. Instead she was killed by abusive parents after refusing an arranged marriage. Women + men have been killed across the UK for bringing 'shame' upon relatives. No one deserves a life lived in fear of family. #WeRemember #HBA

How lovely is this ❤️

At the #TraumaInformed Lancs Conference this morning, listening to some amazing speakers working to make the county more trauma aware and helping people in a trauma informed way. Asking 'What does this person need' rather than 'What is wrong with this person'. Lancashire Violence Reduction Network BwD Public Health

A baby has died in prison - the third time in five years that such an incident has occurred, InsideTime reports. REMINDER: Pregnant women are 7x more likely than those outside prison to suffer a stillbirth. Prison is NOT safe for pregnant women. ➡️ insidetime.org/newsround/anot…

The garden has clearly benefited from the rain & there has been plenty of that 🌧☔️🌧 #GardenersWorld

A very productive day BBC Children in Need North Advisory Panel. So proud of the difference charities make in our communities #makingadifference #charities

People are surprised when we share that one woman is killed every 4 days by a current or former partner. Thank you to The Guardian for highlighting the huge problem with men committing #femicide, unfortunately we know there are more cases than shown here... theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-int…