November 17, 2015

Ruby goes from strength to strength

It’s been just over a year since our Comic Relief funded domestic abuse service launched at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Since its launch the service has had some fantastic outcomes and has helped over 70 women through A&E and routine admissions where either the women disclose to the staff or the team suspect there is domestic abuse.

Due to the success of the project, the Women’s Turnaround and Business Development teams have been keen to expand in order to help more women across Liverpool and beyond through domestic abuse.

‘We’ve applied for a few different pots of money over the past 12 months’ says Business Development Manager Michelle Corrigan ‘We’ve always had confidence that the Ruby model had huge potential to change lives and we’re delighted Big Lottery see that too and have agreed to fund our work at Aintree Hospital. The service is secure for 3 years now and it means we can grow the team. Because of the location the service will be able to help more women from Liverpool and also from the surrounding boroughs of Sefton and Knowsley’

Specialist practitioner Heather Bromilow shares her thoughts:

“Kimberley Worthington and I are incredibly proud of this service and it’s something we have grown and nurtured to make it what it is today. This extension into Aintree has been something we have driven towards since the service begun and it will complement our current work for our women. We are passionate about bringing our service to women at the earliest opportunity to go some way in reducing risk and repeat victims. The women we have worked with have been eternally grateful for the outreach that we provide and reaching them to help break them free of abuse. The service that we have developed in The Royal has been a steep learning curve but it has provided a strong foundation for us to build upon as we grow. We’re particularly proud that this is the first service of its kind in Liverpool and we’re also thrilled to bring PSS their first domestic abuse service in a city where more and more victims are coming forward to find help.”