Campaign boosts calls to home violence helpline

MORE than 1,000 extra calls were made to a domestic violence helpline during a TV and radio awareness campaign last month.

There was a 68.5% rise in calls to Women’s Aid over the three-week period this year compared to last year and 400 of them were from people who had never before rang the helpline.

Women’s Aid director Margaret Martin said she was both heartened and saddened at the increase in calls during the Doll’s House advertisements.