Cash crisis hits victim help group
Aug 17 2006
By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

A DOMESTIC violence charity will have to cut services if it cannot fill a £40,000 funding shortfall.

The Speke-Garston Domestic Violence Project has helped almost 1,000 victims rebuild their lives in the past 10 years.

Last year it dealt with more than 140 new referrals, with almost 180 children between them, and nearly 200 ongoing cases.

But the charity's main cash source, the Parenting Fund, is not renewing its grant after changing its criteria. A lottery handout has also run out.

Originally serving south Liverpool, SGDVP now sees women from across the city. Many have attended counselling and lifestyle classes for years.

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