HOPE for the Future
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HOPE Groups is a charity which works with sexual abused and raped children (11 plus) and adult survivors of child sexual abuse in North and East Yorkshire. We cover an area of 1,500 square miles. There is no other specialist service in the area. We have helped and supported more than 3,000 individuals over the last 12 years.
We are struggling to stay open. Our staff have worked for the last 9 months without wages, most of them over 40 /50 hours a week, (we cannot sustain this indefinitely) to run the service, support survivors and to organise and support the over 35 volunteers.
The need for our services is increasing rapidly. We have had 32 referrals already this year and funding is becoming more difficult to source. Greater awareness in the public through media over the last few years has triggered responses from more people who have realised that abuse is the cause of many of their long term problems and the realisation that it can be dealt with or addressed allowing them to move forward or change their lives.
Everyone is talking about the horror of childhood sexual abuse, there has been a widespread outcry about the perpetrators and delight and relief when many have been found guilty. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMS, THEIR PARTNERS, THEIR PARENTS ANDTHEIR CHILDREN. ALL THESE PEOPLE DESERVE A CHANCE OF A POSITIVE FUTURE.
Check out our website. Watch the video to find out the truth.
PLEASE DONATE TO KEEP THIS CHARITY OPEN. Every penny counts
For more informationon the unique work we do or to contact HOPE go to our website: hopegroups.org.uk
We are struggling to stay open. Our staff have worked for the last 9 months without wages, most of them over 40 /50 hours a week, (we cannot sustain this indefinitely) to run the service, support survivors and to organise and support the over 35 volunteers.
The need for our services is increasing rapidly. We have had 32 referrals already this year and funding is becoming more difficult to source. Greater awareness in the public through media over the last few years has triggered responses from more people who have realised that abuse is the cause of many of their long term problems and the realisation that it can be dealt with or addressed allowing them to move forward or change their lives.
Everyone is talking about the horror of childhood sexual abuse, there has been a widespread outcry about the perpetrators and delight and relief when many have been found guilty. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMS, THEIR PARTNERS, THEIR PARENTS ANDTHEIR CHILDREN. ALL THESE PEOPLE DESERVE A CHANCE OF A POSITIVE FUTURE.
Check out our website. Watch the video to find out the truth.
PLEASE DONATE TO KEEP THIS CHARITY OPEN. Every penny counts
For more informationon the unique work we do or to contact HOPE go to our website: hopegroups.org.uk
Organizer
Pauline Carruthers
Organizer