Stand Strong event at Ballymote Centre in Downpatrick draws 70 people supporting the EVAWG campaign
Around 70 people attended the Stand Strong Together event at the Ballymote Centre in Downpatrick in support of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) campaign.
Organised by the Downpatrick, Rowallane and Slieve Croob District Electoral Areas (DEAs), those in attendance heard statistics from Belfast Women’s Aid on the number of women and girls experiencing domestic abuse in Northern Ireland.
With Lucie Cullinane (front centre) and Erin Toner (front right) from the charity, and Ballymote Centre manager Danielle Curran (front left), are (from left), Jacki Urey (Newry, Mourne and Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership), Nicola Whyte (Rowallane DEA coordinator), PSNI Constable Simon Law (East Down Neighbourhood Policing Team), Raymond Hamilton (NMDDC), Constable Alan Silcock (East Down Neighbourhood Policing Team), Katrina Hynds (Downpatrick DEA coordinator), Priscilla McAlinden (Slieve Croob DEA coordinator) and Aoibheann Degans (Newry, Mourne and Down PCSP). Event attendees were also provided with information from the PSNI and PCSP and details about the Downpatrick Domestic Abuse One Stop Shop. (Photos courtesy of the Rowallane, Slioeve Croob and Downpatriock DEAs.).
Policing and Community Safety Partnership Officer Jacki Urey (centre) with Ballymote Women’s Group members Sheila Heron (left) and Joan Sloan at the Stand Strong Together event.
Downpatrick women Hetty McShane, Marian Hunsdale, June McCoubrey and Maeve Cull at the Stand Strong Together event held at the Ballymote Centre.
Members of Ballykinlar Forever Young Club members at the Stand Strong Together event held at the Ballymote Centre.
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