Budleigh Salterton Lions Club have donated £200 to the Exeter based charity Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services
Richard Allen said “I am delighted to present this cheque for £200 to some of the team today. The Club recently had our Charter Night Dinner and Dance and we always donate any profit from the evening to a local charity. The money has come from our local community and this charity supports local people who are survivors of the most heinous and despicable sexual violence.
The Charity has just celebrated its tenth anniversary but sadly its work is needed more than ever. It needs the support of volunteers and I hope that our small donation can help towards their training. I would encourage people to visit the website devonrapecrisis.org.uk and if they are able to, support this Charity by volunteering, by raising money or by donating.”
CEO Caroline Voaden said: “We’d like to thank the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club for choosing to support our work with this donation. Referrals into our service have doubled in the last 18 months and every penny donated helps us support survivors of sexual violence and abuse. We work across Devon and Torbay, offering specialist support to over 120 survivors a week. We also run a free anonymous helpline three times a week. Generous donations like this helps us support more people and we look forward to a continuing relationship with the Lions Club.”