Camden New Journal Published: 29 April, 2010
• SINCE Josie Hinton’s
report (£1.50 tube fare turns into £200 nightmare”, April 16 and 25), we
have received two donations from kind readers offering to pay Kate Walters’s
outstanding fine.
We greatly appreciate their generosity, not only on behalf of Kate, but of
the volunteers at Crossroads Women’s Centre who rely on contributions to
continue our work. A number of organisations at the centre are working with
people with “Dickensian” experiences like Kate’s. Bailiffs are often the
last in a long line of assaults on those of us who have least. Asylum
seekers were the first to be deprived of the means of survival; the Welfare
Reform Act is now targeting single mothers and people with disabilities.
Unless we work together to defend our rights more of us will face
destitution and criminalisation. With the help of Legal Action for Women and
Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, we are determined to get Kate’s whole fine cancelled.
To help please visit:
www.allwomencount.net or come and see us.
ANNA THORBURN,
Crossroads Women’s Centre, Kentish
Town Road, NW5