Exhibition held 5th to 8th of February at the Bar Castillejar, New Street, Louth, Lincolnshire Organised by East Lindsey Domestic Abuse Service Volunteer Coordinator, Mandy The Exhibition was a great success. We had 104 candles and a minute’s silence to mark the closing of the Exhibition. It was a long week and the Exhibition received […]
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Shoe Exhibition at the Mothers’ Union General Meeting, Edinburgh
On the 30th September, we were invited to display our exhibition at the EICC Edinburgh, for the Mothers’ Union General Meeting which sees about 1,000 delegates mainly from the UK and Ireland. The theme of the day was ‘Peace and Reconciliation’, because the key note speaker was the Archbishop of Canterburys chief advisor on this […]
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On 21 May, members from the Interfaith Group on Domestic Abuse set up a stall at the Church of Scotland annual festival, Heart & Soul. The festival had a feature article in the Church’s magazine and below is the portion featuring the author’s experience and reflection of the IfGoDA tent: ‘My first port of call […]
Continue readingShoes Exhibition at Crown Terrace Baptist Church
As the lovely poster in our previous post showed, the Shoes Exhibition made an appearance at Crown Terrace Baptist Church. See photos below of the exhibition on show:
Recent Outing for Souls of our Shoes Exhibition
Our exhibition has recently been displayed at Crown Terrace Baptist Church:
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Children and young people experience domestic abuse as victims and as witnesses to the abuse of other family members. They are not to be forgotten in the fray. We have taken the shoe exhibition into an Academy setting, where throughout the day teachers accompanied pupils from all years to view 60+ pairs of shoes and […]
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We are taking our shoe exhibition into HMP Greenock, the first time in a prison. Prior to the exhibition, we have been asked to hold an awareness raising session with prison officers. There will be a core group of prisoners working within the education department curating the photographic exhibition, with content supplied by us. The […]
Continue readingSouls of Our Shoes
At this event, abuse in the home is portrayed by an exhibition of shoes. The collection of shoes on show, with their accompanying comments, will speak on behalf of abused individuals who suffer, and some who die, at the hands of their partner or ex-partner. Other comments come from people who journey with them and […]
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