SI Weston super Mare has been involved in a number of activities to promote awareness and action to prevent violence against women. One of the main objectives of this awareness-raising campaign has been to distribute bookmarks, which to date have been distributed to branches of Waterstones in Bristol, Weston and Wells and to a bookshop in Burnham-on-Sea . Also they had been received with enthusiasm by Churchill, Redmaids and Sidcot schools. We are particularly grateful to Sidcot School for a donation which has covered the cost of getting 5,000 bookmarks printed. Soroptimists in Taunton and Bridgwater also distributed them in their towns. Melanie attended the opening of the Gemini services’ new offices and they too are keen on using the bookmarks in schools. Weston Foodbank will be receiving some to display for their clients.
On November 25 (UN Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) a group of Sorops met at Temple Meads to be greeted by Lucy Lord of WomensAid and marched though Bristol to WomensAid HQ where the National Domestic Abuse helpline is based. Again book marks were distributed during the day, at train stations and other points along the route. Violence Against Women poster v5a