REDDITCH and Bromsgrove councillors are determined hope will arise from disappointment after a vital charity for victims of domestic violence folded.

The New Hope charity was forced to close down recently.

It was created about two years ago to cope with more than 1,000 incidents of domestic violence which are reported in Redditch and Bromsgrove each year.

But Redditch councillor Betty Passingham believes the charity is vitally needed in the two towns and a replacement should be found to help victims.