Women’s refuge handing out ‘Buddy Bags’ to children escaping trauma
A worrying effect of the Covid lockdown has been the rise in domestic violence, and as a result the Doncaster Masons chose to donate £5,000 to The Buddy Bag Foundation for the town’s Victoria House, a women’s refuge.
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The money was used to provide for children who find themselves in emergency care after a traumatic incident.
A ‘Buddy Bag’ is a backpack, that contains all the essential items a child needs such as toiletries, pyjamas, and underwear.
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