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Radio WM,4 mins
Service in Birmingham providing women with accommodation who end up on the streets as a result of domestic abuse.
Kath StanczyszynAvailable for over a year
A service providing a safe house in Birmingham for women who end up on the streets as a result of domestic abuse is being extended. The project called Respite Rooms finds rough sleepers who need specialist care and support, and offers them accommodation and intense help for up to eight weeks It's now going to be carried on until the end of next March, with the help of 3 million pounds of government money for 12 pilots across the country Kath meets one of the women that has benefitted from it.
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