Scores of Women's Aid supporters protest council funding decision
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dailyrecord.co.ukWomen’s Aid supporters made their voices heard and staged a symbolic handbag demonstration as they protested against North Lanarkshire Council’s removal of funding from the area’s three organisations.More than 50 women took part in the event outside the authority’s Civic Centre headquarters, with hundreds more donating bags to show their support and representing what is often the only possession taken by those fleeing from domestic violence and seeking the help and refuge of Women’s Aid.
Campaigners are calling on councillors to reinstate the £350,000 funding lost to the organisation’s Monklands, Motherwell & District and North Lanarkshire branches after new provider Sacro instead won the council’s tender process for provision of domestic
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