Offaly Gardai backing Go Purple Day to raise awareness of local domestic violence services
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From left to right is Sgt Donal Casey, Sgt Michael Dardis, Supt Colin Furlong and Community Garda Grace Heffernan, pictured outside of Birr Garda station in support of Go Purple Day );
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Local Gardaí are supporting Go Purple Day and people are also being asked to show their support for the event this Friday, April 23. Go Purple Day is a national day of fundraising and awareness for local domestic violence services including Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service CLG,.
People, businesses, and schools are also being encouraged to wear purple, bake purple, grow purple, paint purple - whatever they like - to show their support and fundraise for their local domestic violence service.
Go Purple for Domestic Violence 5K fundraiser
Friday, April 23
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Friday, April 23 will be Go Purple for Domestic Violence, a national day of fundraising and awareness for local domestic violence services across the country. The initiative is being led by An Garda Síochána in partnership with Safe Ireland and Men’s Aid. It is a great opportunity to work with your local Gardaí, to raise awareness about domestic violence and your local service. It will also be a great local fundraising day for such services.
Roscommon Safe Link is the local service in Co Roscommon and surrounding counties. It is a non-profit charitable organisation supporting people who experience domestic abuse. In addition to crisis response Safe Link also provides education and group support, counselling and signposting to other relevant organisations.
Kilkenny s Garda Ted urges people to Go Purple this Friday
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Kilkenny s very own Garda Ted is asking people to wear purple this Friday to highlight and celebrate the essential work that domestic abuse services are carrying out in our communities.
Kilkenny gardaí are backing the initiative and are asking the public to show their support by wearing purple, lighting up a building, dyeing your hair purple even making a purple cake.
Go Purple Day (April 23) is a national day of fundraising and awareness for local domestic violence services, including Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny.
“For over a year now, we have all been working under enormous pressure to respond to those fleeing domestic abuse,” said Lisa Morris, manager of Amber Women’s Refuge.
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