Domestic Abuse Outreach Programme – available for women across Galway City and County.
Amy Donohoe, outreach coordinator at Modh Eile House, talks about the outreach service provided by COPE Galway to the women of Galway city and county.
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Amy Donohoe, outreach coordinator at Modh Eile House, talks about the outreach service provided by COPE Galway to the women of Galway city and county.
COPE Galway Domestic Abuse Service invites you to ‘Carry the bag, share the load’ in support of women of all walks of life who experience domestic abuse.
COPE Galway has described this achievement as a success for all of Galway to take pride in and a recognition of the importance the people of the city and county place on protecting and supporting women and children who experience Domestic Abuse.
“It was always him being angry at me, shouting at me, calling me names, me crying and then he wouldn’t speak to me for a few days.”
Does your partner humiliate you with verbal abuse and put-downs? Do you have to account for the money you spend? Does your partner control what you do, where you go, who you see?
Three months on, I sleep better. The service helped me to see that it was my strength that has made me face up to this.
‘I want it to stop, I want to disappear’. With these words from Jake I decide to call again. I can’t bear his pain and my own.
‘I could not believe this was happening to me, it can’t be true, he loves me and I love him.’
All abuse starts with control and can take the form of emotional, psychological, sexual, financial or physical abuse. None of it is ok – all of it is a crime.
“As I listen to the radio, I go into a trance, hearing this woman talk about her relationship with her partner.