Stronger Futures Peer Group
For Women Recovering from Domestic Abuse
What is the Stronger Futures Peer Group?
Stronger Futures is a small, facilitated peer support group for women survivors of Domestic Abuse (between 8 – 10). It is a safe space to share your experiences, explore your feelings, and talk about what helped you to start your journey to recovery, re-building your life, taking strength from others around you who truly understand what you have been through.
How is the peer group run?
We can only accept clients who are no longer in the abusive relationship onto the Stronger Futures Peer Group.
The peer group runs for 6 weeks and is offered in two formats:
Face-to-face in a small group setting or,
Online for those that either prefer this type of interaction or are restricted with time.
Face-to-Face Group
Tuesdays 11:00am-12:30pm
It is a small peer-to-peer support group of survivors of Domestic Abuse (between 8 – 10) women, and a safe space to share your experiences, explore your feelings, your journey, and tips on what helped you to start your journey to recovery and re-building your life, taking strength from others around you who truly understand what you have been through.
Online Group
Fridays 11:00am-12:30pm
Stronger Futures Peer Group Online Recovery support from the impact of Domestic Abuse.
Tell me more about the peer groups
The group offers a mix of:
education
peer-to-peer discussion
interactive activities
videos and
A deep dive into Domestic Abuse.
Many groups go on to continue to support each other long after the course has ended.
Course Aims
There is an educational element to the Stronger Futures Course.
Each week a new topic relating to domestic abuse will be discussed with the aim to help you understand the impact domestic abuse has had on a victim and those around them.
We will uncover:
the impact on children living in an environment where domestic abuse has taken place
the impact of trauma
how coercive controlling behaviour impacts you and changes your behaviours
red flags and warning signs of domestic abuse
learn how to build your self-esteem and confidence, and make friends
Course Modules
This is a 6 week course focused on healing from domestic abuse in a peer group setting
Is Polish your preferred language?
Jesteś Polakiem?
We have translated our Stronger Futures program into Polish and deliver this at our service centre on a weekly basis, led by our Polish Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) and Polish speaking volunteer
Przetłumaczyliśmy nasz program Stronger Futures na język polski i realizujemy go w naszym centrum obsługi co tydzień, prowadzonym przez naszego polskiego niezależnego doradcę ds. przemocy domowej i polskojęzycznego wolontariusza
The best way to register your interest in this service, is to complete our online Self-Referral form.
On the form, please select ‘Recovering from domestic abuse’ from the list of options.
Alternatively, you can call our main reception desk to express your interest in this service:
01243 697800