I think that the biggest travesty is that the Patchwork women’s centre (or whatever she is calling it ) could be such a great idea if she wasn’t behind it. I used to work in a similar space when I was a student doing my teacher training. We were in essence a coffee shop with a washing machine, in fact it was cheekily called The Laudrette. It was a place for women and their children to come, hang out, meet new people, use the facilities if needed, or be signposted for help. Some women that came were in awful domestic situations others were just new to the area and desperately lonely. Some didn’t have enough money that week and needed to use the community fridge, other women actually brought stuff to the space to help others it was such an empowering place to work. It didn’t need to hidden away as it wasn’t in essence a place for people to seek refuge as we weren’t trained to offer those services but it still had its place in the community. I think without Rach and her dodgy practices in play the Patchwork centre could be amazing