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Posted by John Roberts
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on Tuesday, 14 February 2012
in Family Law and Divorce
Over £6.5 million of Lottery money is to be spent on supporting families living with domestic abuse across Scotland.
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery Good Cause distributors, has announced a package of funding worth £6,494,961 to 18 projects across Scotland. This funding means there will be greater access to proven support services for women and families who have lived through domestic abuse.
There are currently 50,000 recorded incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland each year and Scottish Women’s Aid believes that one in five women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lives.
Heather Coady, Children’s Policy Manager at Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) said: “Scottish Women’s Aid welcomes the news that the Big Lottery Fund has funded domestic abuse projects across Scotland to the tune of £6.5 million. This is a significant injection of cash towards an area of work that supports vulnerable women, children and young people living with the trauma of domestic abuse and recognition that this is an area desperately in need of funding.”
SWA have also been awarded £367,109 to develop a nationwide CEDAR Children Experiencing Domestic Abuse Recovery project to work with families and women to help them move on from the emotional and social difficulties experienced as a consequence of domestic abuse.
Posted by John Roberts
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on Friday, 10 February 2012
in Family Law and Divorce
A judge in Fort Lauderdale has ordered a bickering couple to go out on a date together, reports the Sun Sentinel.
The couple had come before the judge after an argument triggered by the man forgetting his wife's birthday escalated into a mild domestic disturbance.
According to the Sun Sentinel, the judge directed: “He’s going to stop by somewhere and he’s going to get some flowers. And then he’s going to go home, pick up his wife, get dressed, take her to Red Lobster. And then after they have Red Lobster, they’re going to go bowling.”
The judge stressed that he wouldn't have given such a “whimsical” sentence if the domestic violence accusation had been more serious, or if the wife had been in danger of being hurt.
He also ordered that the couple attend marriage counseling.
