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MK ACT is a charity in Milton Keynes which works with over 100 families’ every day to help them move on from fear and abuse. We have been providing safe emergency accommodation in Milton Keynes for people and their children escaping domestic violence for over 45 years.
Domestic abuse occurs across society, regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, wealth, and geography. MK Act offers help to anyone aged 16 years and up within Milton Keynes.
MK ACT has been helping people escape domestic violence for over 45 years. Whatever you’re going through we can help.
Whether it’s donating time, money, goods or services; we at MK ACT need your support to keep doing the great work we do.
We’re available to help over the phone, via webchat or by email. Calls are low cost and in confidence, get in touch for support or to discuss your options.
If you would like to donate clothes to MK ACT please do so via our brilliant charity clothing partner MK Storehouse.
To donate or find out more info please visit www.mkstorehouse.org, don`t forget to check the opening times. 👕
You can find MK Storehouse at:
MK STOREHOUSE
Unit 5 Hollin Lane
Stacey Bushes
Milton Keynes
MK12 6HT
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Are you coming to our quiz?
MK Act and Milton Keynes College have teamed up to ask corporates, supporters of MK Act, groups of friends and the football community in Milton Keynes to support White Ribbon Day, a campaign to engage men and boys to end violence against women and girls.
We are looking for support from local companies and individuals to enter a team to make a pledge for White Ribbon Day and have an outstanding evening enjoyed by all.
It is an excellent social and team building event which will really help to raise awareness and funds to help victims of domestic abuse in Milton Keynes. The event will be hosted by our quizmaster, GB Olympian and football fan Peter Bakare.
📅Monday 25th November
⌚7pm till 9pm
⚽Sports Central Milton Keynes, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN
Entry is £10 per person and teams can be made up of 1-6 players (includes a few slices of Dominos Pizza per person)!
🎟️BOOK YOUR TICKETS - see link in bio or visit https://localgiving.org/fundraising/-White-Ribbon-Day-Football-Quiz
Closing date for entries is Friday 22nd November 2024.
As well as a fun Football Quiz with prizes there will be a 50/50 raffle and an Auction with amazing prizes up for grabs!
If you have any questions or would like to donate a prize
please email [email protected]
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Our Crisis Intervention Service, which includes our helpline and online chat will be closed for staff training on Wednesday 20th November 2024.
The service will reopen 9am Thursday 21st November 2024.
If you need help during this time please call the National Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
In an emergency call 999.
Our Fresh Start service and Family Support Team at the refuge will still be operating as usual.
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🎄You can find this amazing giving tree at @fiercegym in Old Wolverton! 🎄
🎁We are so thrilled that the wonderful team has chosen to support @mkactcharity again this Christmas.🎁
Being able to provide families who make use of our service with Christmas goodies and gifts means so much. For residents at the domestic abuse refuge, it will likely be their first Christmas away from living in an abusive home, their first Christmas in a refuge and for some of the littlest residents, their very first Christmas 👶
Thank you to all of you at Fierce Gym, the team and gym members, for helping us to make many more Merry Christmas`s this year! 🎅
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Established in 2020 the annual vigil enables Milton Keynes` citizens to mark their alliance with women and girls in our city and around the world, all of whom deserve to live free from violence.
The vigil resonates with people from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, gender identity, age, religion, ability, or sexual orientation. 25th November is also a focus for preventative programmes, such as the UN Women`s 16 Days of Activism and the White Ribbon UK ambassador programme for men and boys.
The gathering is symbolic of the partnership taking action to end violence against women in Milton Keynes.
🎗️Come to The 2024 Vigil at MK Rose, Campbell Park
🎗️Monday 25th November 2024
🎗️5.30 pm Hear invited Speakers at MK Gallery
🎗️6.30 pm Torchlight Procession to MK Rose
🎗️6.45 pm Contemplation and pledges for action
Book your free place or find out more: https://sites.google.com/view/mkrose-vigil/home
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Are you coming to our quiz?
MK Act and Milton Keynes College have teamed up to ask corporates, supporters of MK Act, groups of friends and the football community in Milton Keynes to support White Ribbon Day, a campaign to engage men and boys to end violence against women and girls.
We are looking for support from local companies and individuals to enter a team to make a pledge for White Ribbon Day and have an outstanding evening enjoyed by all.
It is an excellent social and team building event which will really help to raise awareness and funds to help victims of domestic abuse in Milton Keynes. The event will be hosted by our quizmaster, GB Olympian and football fan Peter Bakare.
📅Monday 25th November
⌚7pm till 9pm
⚽Sports Central Milton Keynes, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN
Entry is £10 per person and teams can be made up of 1-6 players (includes a few slices of Dominos Pizza per person)!
🎟️BOOK YOUR TICKETS - see link in bio or visit https://localgiving.org/fundraising/-White-Ribbon-Day-Football-Quiz
Closing date for entries is Friday 22nd November 2024.
As well as a fun Football Quiz with prizes there will be a 50/50 raffle and an Auction with amazing prizes up for grabs!
If you have any questions or would like to donate a prize
please email [email protected]
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🎄Thank you so much to everyone who has been collecting Christmas gifts this years for those who use our service, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity and kind Christmas wishes we`ve been receiving🎄
📣We will be announcing our Christmas gift drop off location very soon!
☎️Please can we ask that gifts are not dropped at our Acorn House office as this is where our Crisis Intervention Service is based and the team are focused on taking calls via the helpline for those who need our help urgently.
🎅If you have more than one Santa sized sack of gifts which you would like to drop to us please email [email protected] to arrange a drop off with us.
Thank you very much to everyone who has taken a tag from a giving tree to donate a gift, hosted a giving tree, made a donation, organised a collection or supported us this Christmas in your own special way, you really will make a difference this Christmas to the families we support.
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If you are visiting @midsummerplace_mk make sure to stop by the Christmas Tree Festival!
@ridgewaycentreconferencing has kindly selected MK Act as their chosen charity and beautifully decorated this lovely tree to support us.
Please look out for this blue and silver theme complete with tea cups and vote for us - tree number 5!
The three trees with the highest number of votes receive a share of the funds raised and we could put that to very good use celebrating Christmas at the Milton Keynes refuge! 🎁🎄✨
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🐻❄️We thought you might like to know as you switch over to watch Children In Need tonight that the funds raised in previous years have been used to support local organisations including MK Act.
🐻❄️Children In Need funding kindly supported children who have experienced domestic abuse with valuable play therapy sessions in Milton Keynes.
🟢62% of children living with domestic abuse are directly harmed by the perpetrator of the abuse, in addition to the harm caused by witnessing the abuse of others.
🟢20% or 1 in 5 children have lived with an adult perpetrating domestic abuse.
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(Caada (2014), In Plain Sight: Effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse)
(NSPCC: Child abuse and neglect in the UK today, 2019)
Posted @withregram • @itvnews ‘Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors’ is available to watch on ITVX and STV Player now.
#itvnews
If you`re popping along to @warblermk this weekend for a lovely roast dinner, don`t forget to stop by the wishing tree, where you can pick up special tag to gift a Christmas present to a resident at the MK Act domestic abuse refuge in Milton Keynes.
Huge thanks to the brilliant team at Warbler on the wharf for supporting MK Act again this year 🎄🎁
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Are you coming to our quiz?
MK Act and Milton Keynes College have teamed up to ask corporates, supporters of MK Act, groups of friends and the football community in Milton Keynes to support White Ribbon Day, a campaign to engage men and boys to end violence against women and girls.
We are looking for support from local companies and individuals to enter a team to make a pledge for White Ribbon Day and have an outstanding evening enjoyed by all.
It is an excellent social and team building event which will really help to raise awareness and funds to help victims of domestic abuse in Milton Keynes. The event will be hosted by our quizmaster, GB Olympian and football fan Peter Bakare.
📅Monday 25th November
⌚7pm till 9pm
⚽Sports Central Milton Keynes, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN
Entry is £10 per person and teams can be made up of 1-6 players (includes a few slices of Dominos Pizza per person)!
🎟️BOOK YOUR TICKETS - https://localgiving.org/fundraising/-White-Ribbon-Day-Football-Quiz
Closing date for entries is Friday 22nd November 2024.
As well as a fun Football Quiz with prizes there will be a 50/50 raffle and an Auction with amazing prizes up for grabs!
If you have any questions or would like to donate a prize
please email [email protected]
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Posted @withregram • @womens_aid We all know the dangers of the road, but domestic abuse is the emergency we’re ignoring.
Help us save lives. Donate now via the link in our bio.
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These lovely giving trees can be found at @buttons_preschools settings all around the local area.
The very kind team at Buttons have a giving tree at each location supporting @mkactcharity @babybasicsmk and families who use their service.
We are very excited to hear that many of the tags have already been taken by generous folks who will return them alongside a gift for the residents of the MK Act domestic abuse refuge in Milton Keynes. If you have taken one of these tags we are incredibly grateful for your support this Christmas.🎁🎄
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Posted @withregram • @safelives_ 🏥In 2022, Queen Camilla visited the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - her first solo engagement as Queen! This decision shows how passionate she is about supporting #DomesticAbuse survivors.
🌠It was an opportunity for her to shine a light on the importance of health-based domestic abuse Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (Idvas) in maternity units.
💞Time and time again survivors of domestic abuse tell us support from an Idva changed their life. The work they do is truly lifechanging.
👩🏫As the leading provider of Idva training we are ensuring all survivors have access to safety and support.
By donating to us, you are helping save lives and secure futures.
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Our Crisis Intervention Service, which includes our helpline and online chat will be closed for staff training on Wednesday 20th November 2024.
The service will reopen 9am Thursday 21st November 2024.
If you need help during this time please call the National Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
In an emergency call 999.
Our Fresh Start service and Family Support Team at the refuge will still be operating as usual.
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Huge thanks to the lovely team at @davesblinds for the collection of gifts beautifully packaged in special bespoke bags made from blinds. Such a fantastic idea! These will make lovely gifts for women supported by our service.
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If you would like to donate clothes and items for children under 7 years old to MK ACT please do so via our brilliant friends at @babybasicsmk
To donate your lovely items or find out more please visit www.babybasicsmk.org.uk, don`t forget to have a look at which items they are able to accept.
You can book a convenient appointment online to drop off your items to their location in Kiln Farm.
Thank you for all your help Baby Basics!
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Domestic abuse is not always visible.
In the past 12 months, MK Act has supported more than 2000 residents across it`s services including 58 women and 128 children who needed emergency refuge accommodation.
You are not alone. Contact MK Act today for specialist local support.
If you would like to speak to one of our specially trained advisors, please call the helpline, email us or visit our website for the online chat.
📱0344 375 4307
💻online chat www.mkact.com
📩 [email protected]
If at anytime you don`t feel safe, you can call the police.
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