- guardian.co.uk, Saturday November 29 2003 16.41 GMT
All of the money raised in the Guardian & Observer Christmas appeal for domestic violence will go to the nine selected charities. All these charities are doing excellent work to combat domestic violence, but some are smaller than others. Therefore the funds will be distributed in the following way.
For an amount of £500,000 or below
15% to Refuge
15% to Women's Aid Federation of England
The remaining 70% to be split equally between the following:
Advance
DVIP
HALT
Haven
Montgomeryshire Family Crisis Centre
The Nia Project
Phoenix Project
For an amount between £500,000 and £1 million
Advance, DVIP, HALT, MFCC and Phoenix to receive a maximum of £50,000 (i.e. no additional funds)
25% of the amount in excess of £500,000 to be given to each of:
The Haven
The Nia Project
Refuge
Women's Aid Federation of England
For an amount in excess of £1 million
The Haven and the Nia Project to receive a maximum of £175,000 (i.e. no additional funds)
50% of the amount in excess of £1million to be given to each of:
Refuge
Women's Aid Federation of England
· Please note that these will all be unrestricted grants (with the exception of the grant to Barnardo's which is specifically for the use of the Phoenix project)
