MAKE YER ANE COMP VIII
A Book Yer Ane Fest-style mixtape from MTAT
released in solidarity with Dundee Women's Aid.
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Dundee Women’s Aid
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2020
16 days is a global campaign that calls for action to prevent and end violence against women. It runs from 25th November till 10th December.
www.wagggs.org/en/what-we-do/stop-the-violence/16-days-of-activism/
During COVID, domestic abuse has increased at an alarming rate.
UN Women has said,
‘As countries implemented lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, violence against women, especially domestic violence, intensified – in some countries, calls to helplines have increased five-fold. In others, formal reports of domestic violence have decreased as survivors find it harder to seek help and access support through the regular channels. School closures and economic strains left women and girls poorer, out of school and out of jobs, and more vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, forced marriage, and harassment.'
www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/end-violence-against-women
Scotland is no exception. Helplines here have seen a massive increase in calls, with many women trapped inside with their abusers during lockdown. Dundee Women’s Aid is an organisation that works with women and children who have experienced domestic abuse. We provide refuges, prevention work, education programmes and support to find safety. Some women come to us with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and we help them to rebuild their lives.
We are a charity that receives some funding from the local authority for core services but we have to rely on grant funding and donations for projects like the kids holiday clubs and prevention projects At Christmas we make sure that all the kids we work with get presents and have as normal a time as possible. These projects are incredibly important to the women and children we support.
On behalf of the staff, directors and the women and children who come to Dundee Women’s Aid, thank you to everyone who has contributed to this amazing project. Whether you have contributed music, artwork or made a donation, you are supporting very important work.
By supporting this charity, Make-That-a-Take is making a powerful statement that it supports women to live lives free from gender based abuse and violence.
Janice Aitken,
Chair of Directors,
Dundee Women’s Aid.
Useful contacts:
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, please contact Dundee Women’s Aid on
DWA support line; 01382 207099
Or call the 24 hour domestic abuse helpline on 0800 027 1234 (24 hours)
Dundee Women’s Aid Website*
www.dundeewomensaid.co.uk
Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre* (WRASAC)
www.wrasac.org.uk
* please note, both of the websites linked here have buttons for quick exit in case you are being observed by an abuser and don’t want them to see you accessing help.
WRASAC support line; 01382 201 291
Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline (6pm – 12am); 08088 01 03 02
Dundee International Women's Centre;
diwc.co.uk
LGBT Youth Scotland;
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
Muslim Women's Resource Centre;
mwrc.org.uk
Feeling Strong;
www.feelingstrong.co.uk
Samaritans;
www.samaritans.org
Wellbeing Works Dundee;
www.wellbeingworksdundee.org.uk
Scottish Association for Mental Health;
www.samh.org.uk
Mindspace;
mindspacepk.com
We Are With You;
www.wearewithyou.org.uk
Breathing Space;
breathingspace.scot
A Guide To UK Mental Health Helplines;
cassioburycourt.com/2017/05/guide-to-uk-free-mental-health-helplines/
Sexual Health and Wellbeing Tayside;
www.sexualhealthtayside.org/index.php
Dundee Health;
www.dundeehealth.co.uk
Victim Support Scotland;
victimsupport.scot
Cool2Talk – information for young people;
cool2talk.org
Solidarity Not Silence;
www.crowdjustice.com/case/solidaritynotsilence/
Buy the new “I BELIEVE THEM” single from Petrol Girls, out today!
solidaritynotsilence.bandcamp.com/releases
Volunteer Dundee;
www.volunteerdundee.org.uk
Dundee Foodbank;
dundee.foodbank.org.uk
If you are in imminent danger of violence please call 999
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Artwork by Hazel Aitken
Compiled by Derrick Johnston
Released by Make That A Take Records.
“Bandcamp Friday”; Friday 4th December 2020
HUGE THANKS to all the incredible bands, artists, musicians, labels and humans who took the time and love to send us over a track for inclusion on this solidarity compilation. ALL PROCEEDS from digital sales of the release will donate, with gratitude, to Dundee Women's Aid.
* denotes exclusive / premiere.
Please see PDF liner notes for full details.
BE RADICAL, SPREAD JOY.
released December 4, 2020
