SURVIVE

The funding will be used to create a mural for the Kings Coronation this will be at an art therapy centre. The project aims to bring the community together to celebrate as well as using art therapy to support people.

Survive is a counselling service working with a client base of adult survivors of childhood abuse. Predominantly childhood sexual abuse. The project will fund a crafting group offering people a two hour weekly crafting session. Abuse survivors can ....more

Survive is a counselling service working with a client base of adult survivors of childhood abuse. Predominantly childhood sexual abuse. The project will fund a crafting group offering people a two hour weekly crafting session. Abuse survivors can suffer from social anxiety and a fear of talking within groups or simply attending a group. The crafting group will help participants develop individual crafting skills, but more importantly the participants will get used to attending on a regular basis, will feel safe in the group and start to relax, make connections and even develop friendships. Getting out of their home can be extremely difficult for people with social isolation issues and they take a big personal risk when they initially attend. This risk is not to be underestimated.  Session will have two staff in attendance, a facilitator to run the group and a counsellor. The grant funding will be used to pay for staff costs and use of Survive's premises, and purchase of crafting materials.