ZERO TOLERANCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – THE ‘MS X’ EMAIL SENT TO EVERY COUNCILLOR IN BRISTOL

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On Sunday, to ensure that the failures faced by domestic violence survivor ‘Ms X’ were not swept under the carpet, The BRISTOLIAN emailed this message to all seventy Bristol City Councillors:

Dear Councillor,

As you may be aware, on Friday The BRISTOLIAN newspaper reported on a survivor of brutal domestic abuse, ‘Ms X’, whom Bristol City Council has failed to rehouse per its statutory obligations.

We identified named individuals – Strategic Housing Director Nick Hooper, Rehousing Manager Paul Sylvester, and Mayor George Ferguson – who had each been sent extensive information pertaining to Ms X’s situation, yet had done nothing about it.

The precise circumstances of Ms X’s dire need for rehousing are detailed within correspondence to which those three individuals were party to.

We would ask that any councillors who consider the rehousing of vulnerable survivors of domestic violence to be important contact Mr Hooper, Mr Sylvester and Mr Ferguson directly, and demand to know what they are doing about this woman’s plight.

Furthermore, we wonder just how many other people at risk from extreme physical, sexual or emotional abuse have been similarly let down by Bristol City Council. Just what will it take – a beating, a rape or a murder – for anything to be done to protect all the Ms Xs out there in Bristol tonight, tomorrow night, and every night thereafter?

We urge all readers to do the same – by contacting Mayor George Ferguson, “right hand woman” Zoe Sear, Nick Hooper and Paul Sylvester and letting them know that you expect IMMEDIATE ACTION to ensure the safety of Ms X and her child.

Please also consider letting your WARD COUNCILLORS know your concerns – you can find their contact details here.

Let each and every one of them, whether Labour, Lib Dem, Tory, Green or Independent, know that those who have suffered domestic violence should not have to put up with this kind of inhumane treatment from the council.

5 thoughts on “ZERO TOLERANCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – THE ‘MS X’ EMAIL SENT TO EVERY COUNCILLOR IN BRISTOL”

  1. Stephen Norman

    Once again we have overpaid idiots running the show. Let’s go back a few years when two senior officers and Managers running The Social Services Department took the City in to Crisis with a six million overspend on the budget, Who became the victims of this mismanagement the ELDERLY and the DISABLED the most VUNREABLE in our society. Once again we have a number of senior officers and a re-housing manager sticking two fingers up to a vulnerable victim Ms X not only Ms X but all the other Domestic Abuse Victims within the great City Of Bristol. If the council are having problems in issuing these IDIOTS with their P45 no problem I will do it for and the beauty is it won’t cost you a single PENNY AND THE MONEY YOU SAVE CAN HELP TOWARDS GIVING THESE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS HOPE

    In 2004 the good people of Bristol got behind the campaign to save the day centres and with your support you saved Locleaze Day Centre From Closure. I once again ask the good people of Bristol to get emailing tweeting writing, telephoneing and show your SUPPORT to Ms X and other VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE tell these Idiots that such behaviour will not be tolarated in this great CITY

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  5. Miranda

    It’s still going on paul Sylvester or slimvester is still abusing women and neglecting his job role.. this pathetic excuse of a heart beat needs to step down from his job. His is not in a position being a heartless c””t to engage with vulnerable adults .. cold hearted fat evil bitch

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