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with a perpetrator in a really high pressure situation.”

“Women in extreme poverty have been further trapped, and at much more risk.

“Under normal circumstances, even if the woman is totally isolated and not allowed to leave, at least the perpetrator leaves but the perpetrator can’t leave.”

Despite lockdown measures relaxing, Elaine said people ‘have less money and things are expensive.’

“We provide PPE but our clients often rely on public transport and are uncertain of booking schedules.

“A lot of women we support don’t have a car and have to use public transport so they are more at risk, especially if they have other underlying health conditions, which a lot of our service users do have.

“And of course, PPE isn’t free.” She continued: “I would say 60 to 70 per cent of our clients at Manchester Women’s Aid are BAME and there are lots of reasons for that, some of it’s around poverty, lack of access to finances

A WOMAN Manchester Women’s Aid helped had moved to supported accommodation outside Manchester with her one-year-old daughter, but faced difficulties as a result of lockdown restrictions.

Her alleged perpetrator was an ex-intimate partner, and she had experienced physical and sexual abuse.

Lockdown restrictions had meant she was unable to meet her sister, who she has a close

ALL money raised through Covaid-19 will be used to support the region’s most vulnerable people, including elderly people with no support network, people with health conditions, those fleeing domestic violence, rough sleepers, people struggling with caring for others, workers who have lost their jobs and families pushed onto the breadline.

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“BAME people are more at risk from coronavirus, that is accepted, so it’s extremely trying circumstances.

“As restrictions lift our BAME women are confused about whether they should shield as advice is difficult to find in community languages.” relationship with, as often she would like.

She also wanted to meet new people through groups as she said she felt isolated at times, but understood the difficulty of attending community groups during the pandemic.

The woman was also concerned her daughter’s social development may be delayed due to lack of interaction with others under Covid-19 restrictions.

The woman also felt she would feel more socially integrated if she lived in Manchester, so the charity supported her to access her details and spoke to her about the process of bidding on properties.

As part of Women’s Aid’s First 1,000 Days service, which supports parents of children from conception to two-years-old, the charity offered weekly emotional support sessions aiming to reduce social isolation.

Women’s Aid were able to give her emotional support on the telephone, resources for child support and mother baby bonding and housing support.