[Radical_childcare] [Fwd: [faf] Fwd: URGENT - Women and Girls Network Needs Your Support]

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Subject: [faf] Fwd: URGENT - Women and Girls Network Needs Your Support
From:    "Nimda" <nimda.wil at tiscali.co.uk>
Date:    Thu, October 14, 2010 4:54 am
To:      ukfeministaction at yahoogroups.co.uk
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         "LFN" <londonfeministnetwork at yahoogroups.co.uk>
         london3rdwave at yahoogroups.co.uk
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   *I am asking everyone to take action on this email IMMEDIATELY*. It
only involves you having to send two emails. You can copy the text
from the attached letter. Send one to the Councillor who represents
your borough on the London Boroughs Grants Committee (found on the
attached document LCGrantsmembers) and one to all your local elected
reps which can be found by clicking the link http://www.writetothem.com/

*Please do it before the weekend.* Otherwise we could loose this
organisation. If everyone I send this email to acts on it, and gets
two people to act on it also, we seriously can stop this happening.

*THANK YOU!*


Women and Girls Network (WGN) is facing a huge threat to its services.

WGN is a pan-London organisation that provides specialist therapeutic
and holistic support and information services which facilitate healing
and recovery for women and girls who have experienced any form of
gendered violence or abuse whether sexual, physical or emotional. We
are still one of the only services in London that has the skills,
experience and expertise to provide wide ranging support to women and
children affected by all forms of gendered violence (including
trafficking, prostitution, sexual abuse, rape, historic childhood
abuse, honour based violence, female genital mutilation and war crimes).

Our main funder (London Councils) is meeting on Tuesday 19^th October
to determine whether or not they will honour their funding agreement
with us. It is possible that they could decide to cut our funding from
March 2011.

The withdrawal of the remaining grant will mean that *Women and Girls
Network *between 2011-2012 we will only be able to deliver a skeleton
service with an expected *2000+ women no longer being supported* and
the choice of services diminished.

Any cut, reduction or loss of funding would also have a *huge impact
on the organisations infrastructure* and would result in the *loss of
more than half the staff team* and *leave the organisation vulnerable
to closure*. In the economic downturn we anticipate a contraction of
general funds. Local councils cannot be relied upon to fund key womens
services. Funding violence against women services is discretionary and
as such local councils are not required to fund these essential,
life-saving services.

*By taking this action you can influence their decision. ACT NOW. Time
is running out. *

*What you can do:*
* *
1.       Please send the attached letter to your borough
representative on London Councils Grant Committee.* *Details of the
London Councils representative from your borough can be found in the
attached sheet. Please try and do this by *18^th October 2010* if
possible but if you cant then do it by the end of the consultation
period which is the 10^th November 2010.

2.       Please also copy the text of the letter and send it to your
local MP, local councillors and Greater London Authority
representative. This can be done really quickly by going to the
following link http://www.writetothem.com/

It finds all the relevant people and you just have to copy the text
into the box, and press send.

* Encourage your networks/families/friends to do the same
* Respond to the London Councils consultation by the *10^th November
2010*. Click on:
http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/grants/aboutourfunding/futureofgrants.htm


Please note: WGN will formulate a template for you to use to respond
to this consultation and will send this to you in the coming week.

*You really can make a difference by doing this. *We need the London
Councils Grants Committee to change their view of whether or not they
are going to prioritise keeping services for women who have
experienced gendered violence.

*Thank you for all your support.*

Women and Girls Network
PO Box 13095
London
W14 0FE

Tel: 020 7610 4678
Fax: 020 7602 8610

Helpline: 020 7610 4345* *
Opening Hours - Mon, Fri and Sat 10.00am -1.00pm Tue and Wed 6.30pm -
9.30pm

Website: www.wgn.org.uk
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