Project details
Reduction type
Primary prevention, Secondary prevention, Tertiary prevention
Area
Sheffield
Funding amount
£14,795
Purpose
Their aim is to provide interventions and support for young women and girls at risk of or affected by sexual abuse, domestic violence, and exploitation.
Quick summary
Their aim is to provide interventions and support for young women and girls at risk of or affected by sexual abuse, domestic violence, and exploitation.
Their aim is to provide interventions and support for young women and girls at risk of or affected by sexual abuse, domestic violence, and exploitation.
Purpose:
- To identify at risk young women and girls, and deliver specialist support/interventions which address their relationships with peers, intimate partners, and parents
- To reduce their risk of becoming victims, becoming perpetrators, or taking part in offending behaviour
- Provide access to the support they need through promotion and delivery of evidence-based, trauma-informed, and gender-specific interventions
Programmes:
- ‘Escape the Trap’. This is an accredited teenage relationship abuse programme, specifically designed to help young people recognise abuse and acquire prevention skills and strategies to protect themselves
- ‘Who’s in Charge’. This is a Teenage Violence Against Parents programme, to support parents to manage conflict and reduce the potential for escalation and further harm
- Parents As First Teachers. This is a parenting support programme for young parents with high risk factors
- Accessible therapeutic support, including counselling and creative movement psychotherapy
Beneficiaries:
- Young women and girls at risk of or affected by sexual abuse, domestic violence, and exploitation.
- Girls aged 10-19 years
- Teenage mothers and their children
- Parents at risk of or experiencing violence/abuse from their children
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