Waypoint Madge Phillips Center Shelter has recently received a $20,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation in observation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.
According to Anne Crews, Mary Kay Inc. Vice President of Government Relations and board member for The Mary Kay Foundation, the Mary Kay Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of domestic violence. The Foundation's mission is two-fold: to fund research of cancers affecting women and to help prevent domestic violence while raising awareness of the issue.
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A Gilesgate-based shop and community facility, Hexham’s Core Music, launches a separate workshop where up to six people will be trained how to repair guitars and make ukuleles. The European Social Fund grant supported the project and has secured funds through the County Durham Communication Foundation to equip the workshop in Burn Lane.