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Janice Thompson, Karen Vickers, Soraya Kheir, Margaret O’Donnell, Gill Dignan, Louise Marsden and Gill Long train for the fun run at Salford Quays
Contour Housing Group staff have been raising eyebrows around their Salford headquarters as they train for a fun run which will take place later this month. The fun run will raise money for a Women’s and Children’s Refuge in Preston, and the Contour Housing Group team in their bright pink Tutu’s have become a familiar sight around Salford Quays.
In 2008 Contour Housing Group secured £1.65 million of Homes and Communities Agency funding to develop purpose built supported accommodation for women and children in Preston. The new facility is due to open early in 2010 and on Sunday 22nd November at Moor Park, Preston, Contour staff will join Refuge staff and take part in a 5K fun run to raise funds to furnish the new refuge.
Currently Preston has places for only nine families who may need temporary emergency accommodation and the current schemes are very tired and in need of updating and repair.
However, this new modern facility will include 15 self-contained flats, communal facilities and outdoor space and will replace two existing schemes which currently operate in the city but are no longer fit for purpose.
The development will be built on Contour-owned brownfield land which has been donated to the scheme.
Gill Long from Contour said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Refuge and we are looking forward to the run. The fairy theme of the run means we have had to dust of our Tutu’s!”
