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You Can't Beat a Woman! Jenny Manners of Swindon Womens Aid says Domestic Violence is Crime

Domestic violence - often known as he behaves, or because they believe who understand what she has expe- their having left home encourages
wife-battering - has occurred in re- there is no alternative or even be- rienced. If she has no money she can him to try and end the violent be-
lationships between men and cause they are too frightened to leave. make a claim from the Department haviour.
women for centuries. It can affect Protection through court orders of Social Security. Some women You Don't Have To Put Up With
wives, co-habitees, girlfriends and exist but can be difficult to obtain, return to their partner after a stay in It! Swindon Womens Aid can be
daughters and the injuries can be although a sympathetic solicitor can the refuge, finding that the shock of contacted on 536447.
anything from a slap on the face, a help a great deal. There are refuges
broken nose or ribs to a fractured inmanytowns. These are safe places
skull or even death. that can offer advice and support
It is not necessarily connected to and where women, and their chil- MOBILE SCISSORS
drunkenness and can happen even dren, can live free from fear until
in the best of homes. Everyone re- they have decided what they want Family Hairdresser in West Swindon
gards with horror the violence seen to do.
on the streets and at some football Unfortunately, all refuges are run ©Sue on 539114
matches, yet this particular form of by voluntary organisations with lit-
violence goes on every day, in hun- tle money, the buildings are usually 24 hour answering
dreds of homes throughout the coun- run down and always overcrowded.
try and, until very recently, it was a However, for literally thousands of
crime almost ignored by society. women over the last twenty years,
Women stay with a violent part- these safe houses have provided the FREE DAILY
ner for several reason; perhaps be- start to a new life without violence.
cause they believe that the children In a refuge a woman can find advice
need their father regardless of how and support amongst other women DELIVERIES
IN WEST
Youthful look at crime
SWINDON
Two youngsters from Swindon at-
tended the National Youth Crime
Prevention Conference in Septem- HOTLINE © 613391
ber held at Leeds University.
Faizcy Finn from Westlea and
Paula Drewery from Grange Park, (24 hour answering service)
both studying at Greendown School,
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stolen, said the conference was a Bridge End Road, Swindon
great success. "There was so much Concerned with crime, Paula
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that we decided to try and keep in how everybody can be made more Sat 9am - 12 noon
contact with each other." aware of what can happen if you get
Paula said, "Students are often involved in crime."
aware of other people involved in PC 1-lorne said he had good con-
criminal activities and it's sometimes tacts with Greendown and Faizcy
easier for young people to relate to and Paula had expressed concern
each other about what they're do- about incidents and problems. He is
ing. We will be talking to the School hoping to start a junior crime pre-
Council about the conference to see vention panel in the near future.

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