We thank everyone who worked to create this event and also to those from the business community who attended – Ashleigh Scarlett, Moy Park; Tracy Rice, Southern Regional College; Janine Smalls, Tarasis Enterprises; Simon Grattan; Almac Group; Kyla Herron, Almac Group, Darren Johnston, Hyster-Yale, Linda Glass, Hyster-Yale; and Fiona Derry from Derry Refrigerated Transport.

And we would like to thank Cheryl Magookin of Terex, Lurgan who spoke at the event about their current corporate partnership with Women’s Aid Armagh Down.

We were grateful for the opportunity to meet the local employers and open up the conversations about how together we can help create pathways to safety and how we can disrupt the patterns of abuse and become active bystanders to address the root cause of domestic abuse.

You can read a post by Roger Wilson, CEO, ABC Council on the issue of domestic violence and his support for our work on Linked In here