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Charity yoga event for Women's Aid to take place in Kildare. FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY
A charity yoga event to assist Women's Aid is due to take place in one County Kildare town.
Later this month, yoga teacher Tara Thompson special, donation-based yoga event at Happy Space & Co, which is located on Eyre Street in Newbridge.
As explained by Tara, Women’s Aid recently had to shut down their Live Chat service — "a safe, anonymous way for women to ask for help, often for the very first time" — due to lack of funding.
And although she insisted that the charity is still here for survivors, Tara further said: "This class is my soft response to that [the closure of the Live Chat service] and to try to raise essential funds for an incredible charity.
"We’ll begin with an hour of gentle, trauma-informed yoga, followed by an hour of deeply restful Yoga Nidra — [a] space to breathe, feel, and restore."
According to Tara, this yoga session will be open to all levels and all will be welcome.
She added: "If you can’t make it but would like to support, even the smallest donation helps."
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Those interested in donating to this fundraiser can do so via idonate.ie.
The fundraiser has a €1,000 target and donations will be accepted until Monday, September 1, 2025.
This event will take place on Sunday, August 24, 2025 and will run from 11.30am until 1.30pm.
For further information about Women's Aid and the services they offer, you can visit https://www.womensaid.ie/get-help/support-services/.
AMENDMENT / CLARIFICATION— 11.04am, August 12, 2025 — The Leinster Leader received the following message from the Marketing Team at Women's Aid: "Our Instant Messaging Chat Service is a key part of our frontline service offering. We are, with the support of fundraisers, working to increase the hours of the service until it eventually becomes a 24 / 7 lifeline to women.
They added: "We saw recent media coverage that unfortunately Women's Aid in England is shutting its service. This does not have any impact in Ireland, thankfully".
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