The Take Back

05/10/2023

DV AWARENESS MONTH 💜💜💜

We may be quiet but we’re always here.
Working on some exciting projects to bring awareness to DV.

Survivors, inbox is open always 💜💜💜

13/05/2023

RIP Beautiful 💔🕊
Thoughts are with Sara’s family, friends & especially her daughters at this heartbreaking time.

If your struggling please speak to someone, give us a message we can assist or point you in the right direction. Please don’t suffer alone 💜

She had so much to live for.... but this young mum-of-three died tragically in a women's refuge in Cardiff: https://bit.ly/3LYrbYZ

10/04/2023

Please please share this. You may literally save a life! It’s amazing in this day & age the government wouldn’t think of people who are stuck in violent situations! Please be careful if you have a secret phone!
Inbox is always open to anyone who is experiencing DV or anyone struggling with the aftermath. 💜💜💜

08/03/2023

I’ve not posted on here for a long time due to life being overwhelming tbh 😂 but I just wanted to say to all the lovely people who follow this page;

Happy International Womens Day 💕💕
May you continue to be the amazing women you are, and be blessed by many more on your way ✨✨

Look out for a little spoken word get together coming at the end of April so get your words ready. Until then please check out National Theatre Wales new production The Cost of Living on which I am lucky enough to be assistant director 🥰 It’s a conversation, it’s a show, & it’s a gig! Tickets on sale now so be quick to avoid disappointment.

Love ya! B 💜

A mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister and many more things; but most importantly, a being of her own.

Lets recognise women for who they are.

Happy International Women’s Day to all the brilliant women out there!

06/11/2022

RIP Beautiful💜💜💜

Raneem Oudeh and her mother Khaola Saleem from Solihull were fatally stabbed by Janbaz Tarin in 2018.
On the 31st October 2022, an inquest heard Raneem feared social services would "take my baby away" if she reported him. She wanted to co-operate with the social workers but her fear of having her child taken away was too overwhelming.
Janbaz was obsessive and and controlling of Raneem and had a violent history towards the police.
Raneem, who fled the Syrian war in 2014, met Janbaz in college and they later were
Islamically married.
The police received multiple reports from Raneem of Janbaz and his violent behaviour throughout their relationship.
Janbaz told Raneem on their wedding day
"In our culture we don't have divorce.. the day you leave, I will kill you".
Raneem was an ambitious and talented woman. She enrolled in a college and was learning how to speak English. She had a bright future ahead of her.
The coroner has told jurors they would go through seven tranches of phone calls Raneem made to the police between April and August 2018, to understand "how the police responded and also how other agencies responded".
The inquest continues.

Raneem and thousands of other women like her have been killed by men who believe a woman is their property, their belonging and they can treat them with disrrspect, cruelty and violence.

We can no longer have women feel too scared to report their perpetrators to the police for fear of losing their children.
Services need to do more to work with victims of abuse, and cancel the victim blaming culture still very much engrained in so many services.

Join us on the 25th November for our where we will remember Raneem and her Mother Khaola and the thousands of other women who were abused and killed.

To register please email
[email protected]

13/10/2022

Inspiring person, well done on getting out and sharing your story for others 💜💜💜

31/07/2022

Come join us 2 weeks today for Poetry Picnic in the Park 🧺❤️

Looking forward to seeing faces old and new, I’ve missed the spoken word scene!!!

Kids are welcome also****

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18/05/2022

We are heartbroken to hear about the passing off beautiful little Harri 💔
R.I.P Harri, such a strong and brave little boy. Condolences to your whole family especially your amazingly strong mummy & daddy🥀 sleep peacefully baby boy ⭐️

Light a candle for Harri 🕯💜🧡
Help for Harri

18/04/2022

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Here as always xx

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17/04/2022

62years!! Loooord that’s willpower 😂
Happy Easter everyone 🐣💙

A great-grandmother is thought to own the world's oldest unopened Easter egg, which she has kept for more than 60 years as she thought it was 'too pretty to eat'

30/03/2022

Welsh Women's Aid is looking to hear opinions on how we can make our support for black and ethnic minority women more inclusive and effective. Even if you haven't experienced domestic violence yourself, your say would still really help make a difference.
Please fill in this 5 minute ANONYMOUS survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WWA-Ask-Me. Feel free to email [email protected] for more details as we are running open discussions soon (online and in person.) Thanks!

08/03/2022

Happy International Womens Day to all you amazing beautiful queens. Keep being you, you are needed wanted and loved💜💗💜💗

Sad I can’t do an event this year as I’m on holiday, but after all the hard work and achievements I’ve made over the last 3 years I’m looking at this trip as self care on a day that is also about myself. I love my charity and community work, I wouldn’t change if for the world but I do forget about myself A LOT! So here’s to you beautiful women, and to myself also! 🥂🙋🏽‍♀️

27/01/2022

⚠️ TRIGER WARNING ⚠️
***DV***

My heart absolutely breaks. Angel thinking off you gorgeous and your heartbroken family 💔😔

Angel, 19, has been left unable to walk or talk and requires 24/7 care after the attack

27/01/2022

The last Take Back Take Over last month on Radio Cardiff was amazing. So lovely to have conversations with friends about there love of poetry. They both read a piece of spoken word that were extremely moving and you can find both interviews on The Bomb podcasts.

Thanks for joining me once again my lovelies 💜

07/01/2022

We’re always here for anyone to talk to 💜💜💜

Psychological abuse within a relationship is illegal.

30/11/2021

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Art by: Taylor Steinbeck

“I’m just going to make a stance and say that I’m not going to answer that question anymore because the question should really be to the abuser, ‘Why are you holding someone hostage with abuse?’ You know? And people say, ‘Oh, it can’t have been that bad because else she would have left.’ And no, it’s because it was that bad, I couldn’t leave.”
— Fka Twigs 💕

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"Leaving an abusive relationship isn’t always an option. A survivor may stay for many reasons including fear of consequences, lack of financial resources, the worry of not being believed, and guilt around feeling responsible for the abuse (source: ). Please don’t ask a survivor this question."

Art and caption by Taylor Steinbeck ❤

10/11/2021

You got this 💜💜💜💜

24/10/2021

Always be kind 🤍🤍🤍