Ms Gwen McKenna:

I am just listening there and am just going to talk about the four counties we are in at the moment. We are the voice of families in the north east. Families are not able to speak for themselves or come out because of stigma and because of their own shame, guilt and judgments on themselves, never mind outside of their communities. We are that voice for them in that community. We have done this work for 20 years and it has been such a privilege to do this, meeting with all of the agencies and groups and being in contact with Tabor House as well for family members. We are going to lose all of that if we do not get core funding. All of that work for the past 20 years is going to go. We were affiliated to the National Family Support Network, which closed its doors last year. We are keeping going, and we will keep going and support the families regardless.