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Feb 2022
Harrogate charity furnishes homes for domestic abuse survivors
A Harrogate furniture reuse charity has helped to furnish four properties for female survivors of domestic abuse.
Essential Needs, on Leeds Road, has partnered with Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS), which is the largest specialist domestic abuse charity in Yorkshire.
The homes in the Harrogate area will be used by women moving away from violence and abuse.
Essential Needs provided four of each of the following items; sofa, bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, bedside drawer, kitchen table and chairs, coffee table, TV and TV unit, microwave, kettle, toaster and vacuum.
Lee Wright, manager at Essential Needs said:
Lucinda, a fake name, is one of the survivors that has moved into one of the properties. She said:
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Essential Needs sells donated furniture at low prices at its Leeds Road warehouse.
IDAS said all the properties now have residents that are getting the support they need to recover from their experience and rebuild. It added it was always looking to accommodate and help more survivors of domestic abuse so will likely partner with Essential Needs again.
Mel Milner, project officer for IDAS dispersed housing and safe havens in Harrogate and district area, said:
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