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Get To Know: The Sophie Lancaster Foundation - How it’s inspiring the young people today, and its resonance
On 11th August 2007, in a park in Bacup, Lancashire, Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend, Rob, were assaulted by a group of 5 boys. After this brutal, unprovoked attack against their appearance, Sophie was then hospitalised and passed away at the age of twenty on 24th August 2007. As a result of this assault and previously witnessing the abuse that Sophie had received, her mother, Sylvia Lancaster, established The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. To this day, the work of the found
Libby Percival
Jun 163 min read
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