Day 28: In which I spend several hours failing to find anyone to take my money....

[zebbiejohnson]

Day 28:  In which I spend several hours failing to find anyone to take my money....
I started today's donation with the intention to donate to a national-scope UK charity running emergency shelters for victims of domestic abuse. I didn't have a specific organisation in mind but I assumed it wouldn't be very hard to find one as the cause is a well-

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[zebbiejohnson]

...what I'd *really* like is a charity that actually protects all types of human from all types of domestic violence, too. There are so many combinations of individual that could be hurting each other within a home (adults to elderly parents springs to mind immediately, for instance), that are totally invisible on these websites, which focus entirely on violence and non-physical abuse between sexual partners or against minors connected to sexually-linked adult abusers (by which I mean, they are super hot on 'dad beats up mum and child' but pretty fail at exploring all other models).

I was quite glad to see that many websites had a cover statement on page one about how DV affects across race, gender, and sexuality, but I found a strong lack of reference to women as potential abusers overall (I realise that in the narrow traditional model above that is because they account for a tiny proportion of cases, often of the 'I was hit for 20 years until one day I stabbed him' type, but it still seems to leave quite a few gaps for me).

[janegowar]

If you want a suggestion, I found the NAS (National Autistic Society) to be a very worth while cause.

[atreic]

Gah, that's appalling. I think it would be great to send all the 'failed' charities a letter based on the text of this LJ post (but I know that's a lot of faff!)

You could phone the mens advice line or the Family Crisis Centre and ask if they know a good way of donating. If you did that and let the rest of us know I'd match your donation ;-)

[green_bryony]

I dropped them an email - the address to send cheques to is:

"Montgomeryshire Family Crisis Centre
Unit 2
St Giles Business Park
NewtownPowys
SY16 3AJ
You can make the cheque payable to Montgomeryshire Family Crisis Centre

Alternatively our bank details are: CAF Gold Account, Account Number: 00094053, Sort code: 40-52-40"

Email address is: Admin@familycrisis.co.uk - they asked that you send them your name and address as well so that they can send a thank you note. They also accept clothes, goods, furniture on review.

[zebbiejohnson]

cheers! :D

[green_bryony]

looks like you had, in fact, already done that :)