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What
your money buys
These
are some of the costs we have to meet on a regular basis. With your
help we can support our charity and, more importantly, support those
vulnerable people that suffer every day.
£300 keeps our helpline running
for one day
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Elder
Abuse Response is the
UK
’s only freephone helpline in the
UK
dealing with elder abuse. The helpline might be the only confidential source
of support and information available to an abused older person.
Without a national, independent service, people who know of abuse and
need help may not know where to turn. The
actions of people who have called the helpline have prevented abuse from
taking place and have led to successful criminal charges being brought
against abusers. In other cases,
it has been the sole source of emotional support to people whose lives are
being made a misery by abuse. Your
help can ensure this service continues, and that it carries on growing and
reaching more and more people in desperate need. |
£500 provides 10,000 leaflets so
that people know that help is at hand
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Action on Elder Abuse is
distributing 160,000 leaflets in the launch year of the helpline.
In addition, over 35,000 leaflets and a range of books and booklets
are produced every year. These
vary from general information leaflets to more specialist resources, and
provide older people, their families and carers with the details they need
to decide if there is a case of abuse taking place, and also how to contact
the charity. |
£1,000 provides a month's
training, supervision and support for a helpline volunteer
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Along with expert staff, dedicated
and skilled volunteers are the most valuable resource available to us.
The helpline could not exist without them.
They offer their time and commitment for free, yet funding is needed
to recruit the right people and train them to the very highest standard
necessary to deal with calls about abuse. |
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