At home shouldn’t mean at risk.
Train companies are offering free travel to people fleeing domestic abuse during lockdown.
For more information 👉 linktr.ee/Railtorefuge
#RailToRefuge #YouAreNotAlone
The Rail to Refuge scheme was introduced by all train operators during the first lockdown and figures show that four survivors a day, on average, have used the lifesaving scheme so far.
Find out more about #RailToRefuge ⬇️
womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge
This morning, The Duchess met station manager Darren O’Brien at Victoria Station to discuss the #RailToRefuge scheme.
🚂 The initiative, coordinated by Rail Delivery Group and Women's Aid, helps people to escape domestic abuse and reach a safe refuge quickly and free of charge.
A year on from the first lockdown, we say thank you to our #RailwayFamily who:
👩⚕️Helped #keyworkers travel safely
🧼Ensured trains are cleaner than ever
❤ Saved lives with #RailToRefuge
🚆Improved the network
📦Moved vital freight supplies across the country
#DayOfReflection
Friends Rail Delivery Group have a national scheme providing free train travel for those fleeing abuse
#RailToRefuge
The #DuchessOfCornwall met at Victoria Station to duchess the #railtorefuge scheme to help domestic abuse survivors escape their situations. Approximately 4 people use the service each day. While so much work needs done to make it so no one needs help, it is wonderful to know...
Officers and East Midlands Railway (EMR) staff, have assisted a female fleeing #domesticviolence . With the help of the #RailtoRefuge scheme
We're proud to support #RailToRefuge , a national scheme by @WomensAid where free train travel is provided to anyone fleeing #domesticabuse . Please help us reach those that might need this information by sharing this post.
More information at womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge/
At home shouldn’t mean at risk.
Train companies including Southern and Thameslink are offering free travel to people fleeing domestic abuse during lockdown.
For more information 👉 linktr.ee/Railtorefuge
#RailToRefuge #YouAreNotAlone
Four domestic abuse survivors a day travel by train to a safe refuge for free using the #RailToRefuge scheme, by train companies in partnership with Women's Aid. Retweet to let others know there is a way out.
womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge
We’re pleased to support the announcement that train companies are extending the ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme until March 2021. This means more people #fleeing #DomesticAbuse can be helped with free train travel to reach a #refuge .
#RailToRefuge
womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge/
Hull Trains is proud to support 'Rail to Refuge' - a national scheme providing free train tickets to anyone fleeing domestic abuse to travel to their place at a safe refuge.
Information about the scheme can be accessed at womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge
#RailtoRefuge
Such a pleasure to spend #InternationalWomensDay2022 with our brilliant Women's Aid Patron Melanie Janine Brown MBE at Clarence House for the WOW - Women of the World reception. So lovely to speak to the Duchess of Cornwall about her support for domestic abuse charities, inc. our #RailToRefuge scheme 💜
Anyone can be affected by domestic abuse. #RailToRefuge provides free train travel to a safe refuge for those fleeing abuse. Retweet now to let people know there is a way out.
🔗 womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge
Great day at work
#TogetherAtWAConf ,
Celebrating #railtorefuge 🚞 Hearing from @Tradeswomen 🛠 and Farah Nazeer 💪🏽
And finishing with a pastry lesson from Luminary Bakery 🍰
Train companies are extending free travel for those fleeing domestic violence until March21. Almost 1000 people have used the joint initiative between train operators & Women’s Aid, covering the cost of train tickets for women, men & children escaping domestic abuse #RailToRefuge
👏👏 So proud to have received the TrustLaw COVID-19 Response Award for spearheading the #RailtoRefuge scheme which provides survivors free train travel to a safe place.
#RailToRefuge is a joint initiative between rail companies and Women's Aid in which train operators cover the cost of train tickets for women, men and children travelling to refuge accommodation. 🚂
Free travel can be a lifeline for people fleeing abuse.
RBWA CEO (Charlotte Kneer MBE) met HRH, The Dutchess of Cornwall this morning to celebrate the #RailtoRefuge scheme being extended for another year
We are so proud that our documentary on C4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) inspired this scheme when a railway employee, Darren O’Brien, saw it!
