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To: Tusla & Minister Katherine Zappone

Reinstate funding to Lifeline Inishowen

Reinstate funding to Lifeline Inishowen, the local domestic abuse service in Inishowen, Co. Donegal

Why is this important?

Established in 1996, Lifeline Inishowen provides professional and confidential support to women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse: physical, emotional, sexual or financial. The service's volunteers provide support to 54 families per year, on average.

HSE funding was withdrawn in 2010. Although Lifeline receive a small sum from TUSLA towards their Child Counselling service, their main source of funding for the past 8 years has been donations through their own fundraising efforts, and their charity shop. Local support has been overwhelming, but is sadly not enough to secure the future of this vital service.

Inishowen has a bigger population than Co Leitrim and a larger landmass than Co Louth. The only funded domestic violence support in the entire county of Donegal is located in Letterkenny – a 120km round-trip from Lifeline's Carndonagh base. This is simply impossible to access for Inishowen women and children in controlling and abusive households.

Minister Zappone and TUSLA,
we demand that the funding for Lifeline Inishowen's running costs is reinstated. The centralisation of domestic abuse services in a big, rural county like Donegal is disastrous for families in Inishowen. Closure of Lifeline will literally put lives at risk. Reinstate the funding to secure the future of these essential services in Inishowen.

Lifeline Inishowen
Charity nr: 19971

Updates

2019-01-19 08:48:58 +0000

500 signatures reached

2018-10-22 12:47:57 +0100

100 signatures reached

2018-10-22 10:08:46 +0100

50 signatures reached

2018-10-22 09:18:58 +0100

25 signatures reached

2018-10-22 07:16:32 +0100

10 signatures reached