To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and to celebrate their 35th birthday, Women’s Aid are releasing the charity single ‘Take My Hand’.
It will help raise to raise money for their work to end violence against women and children and is performed by 13 year old Olivia, a rising star with an incredible voice, and Natasha Benjamin, herself a survivor of domestic violence.
The song is based on the 2nd movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8, ‘Sonata Pathétique’ and its lyrics are an expression of the emotions experienced by children and young people affected by domestic violence.
All profits from sales of the single will be used by Women’s Aid to support and protect abused women and children.
Please show your support by downloading the single, and asking all your friends to do the same.
With your help, we can make sure that the single reaches as many people as possible.
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end violence against women and children and keeping the voices of survivors at the heart of their work as they strive to create new and innovative solutions to the problem of domestic and sexual violence.
Domestic violence affects 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime and recent statistics from the Women’s Aid Annual Survey show that last year an estimated 18,000 women and 20,000 children lived in refuge accommodation in Women’s Aid’s national network of services.
The launch of ‘Take My Hand’ marks the beginning of Women’s Aid’s activities to mark the ‘16 days of Action‘, where the charity will ask the public to help them take action against violence against women and children.
* For more information on the ‘16 Days of Action’, just go to www.womensaid.org.uk *
Women’s Aid aims to end violence and abuse through:
- Protection: By influencing policy change and key decision makers.
- Prevention: Through raising awareness and education.
- Provision: Of the services needed to help abused women and children
Their work is built on 35 years experience in campaigning and developing new responses to domestic and sexual violence.
They coordinate and support a network of over 370 local organisations, which provide refuge accommodation, helpline, outreach services and advice centres to close to 250,000 abused women and children each year.
Women’s Aid also provides national 24-hour lifeline services for women experiencing domestic and sexual violence, accessed by hundreds of thousands of people every year.
If you have an iTunes account, you can purchase the single for 79 pence by clicking on the link below:
** Click here to buy ‘Take My Hand’ from iTunes **
If you visit the ‘Take My Hand’ page on the Women’s Aid website, it has instructions on how to download the song from iTunes, along with alternative ways to purchase the single.
To go there just visit www.womensaid.org.uk/takemyhand
