Project
MySpace
Funding
£5,000 for a 12-week course, largely met by local charities. Schools contribute at least £500
Background
Living with domestic violence can have a devastating, long-term impact on children. Family support charity Welcare became aware of the need for specialist support while working with schoolchildren with behavioural issues and their families.
"We were seeing parents who had received support to move on from domestic violence, but their children hadn't had an opportunity to process what had happened and were left traumatised," recalls family support worker Fiona Newman. "We realised that for the whole family to move on, children needed to have the same opportunity as parents to work through their experiences."
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