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Women's Aid needs your old mobile phones!

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Alwaysinmyheart · 16/01/2018 22:17

Do you have any old mobile phone handsets you don't need? Women's Aid on Twitter are asking you to send them to them to help domestic abuse victims, so I thought I'd repost here.Police must ensure all victims have means of calling 999 if their phones are seized as evidence. But they can be left without a phone and no means of calling for help as in this tragic case below:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/domestic-abuse-police-katrina-ohara-failings-dorset-phone-taken-attacker-stuart-thomas-stalking-a8148726.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true

"Please package safely and send to us at Ryland House, 44-48 Bristol Street, Birmingham B5 7AA - please ensure you have removed your SIM and reset to factory settings to wipe any data. This really is a lifeline - thank you!"

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AssassinatedBeauty · 16/01/2018 22:41

Thanks for this, I will send on my old phones as well.

Xenophile · 16/01/2018 22:35

Thanks for passing this on. I found one in that kitchen drawer the other day, so will send it in.

PricklyBall · 16/01/2018 22:32

Bumping as this is a great project (I tend to run my mobile phones into the ground, so don't have any around the place that actually work...)

MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 16/01/2018 22:27

Thanks for this, we have a couple knocking around that I’ll be happy to send to them.

Zhx3 · 16/01/2018 22:22

Thanks, I have two old phones in my drawer, will send them on.

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