Freedom Programmes (Support Groups for Survivors) are now running
in the following areas:
Please contact:
Bury St. Edmunds
Wednesdays: Annie/Sue -
01284 753085
Felixstowe
Tuesdays: Serena / Sadie - 01394
278738
Ipswich
Tuesdays: Jacqui - 01473
220770
Thursdays: Yvonne/Jane/Vikki - 01473 602150
Ipswich West
Eloise / Sue
/ Carol / Clara - 01473 283788
Hadleigh
Wednesday mornings: Ann - 01473 826616
Haverhill
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays:
Anne / Helen - 01440 760924
Lowestoft
Francine - 07967 272332
Mel / Sue - 01502 502230
Tuesdays: Caroline / Karen / Sue / Steph - 01502 586444
Newmarket
Thursdays: Barbara - 01638
716901
Stowmarket
Mondays: Annie - 01284 753085 or
Clare - 01449 776060
South Norfolk
Wednesdays: Caroline / Sue -
01379 642300
Sudbury
Wednesday mornings: Ann - 01473 826616
For queries about attendance in other areas, please either call
01473 613873 or use our
Contact
page.
The Freedom Programme:
Created by Pat Craven, the philosophy of this programme is based on
the Duluth model of power & control. In keeping with that
model, this programme examines the roles played by attitudes and
belief on actions and responses of both male perpetrators and women
survivors. The programme aims to encounter the phenomenon whereby
women who have experienced abuse have little or no understanding of
what has happened to them and it simply feels like a painful
confusing mess for which they are partly to blame.
It aims to:
· provide an opportunity for women to develop ways of thinking
and behaving and to increase women’s ability to take control of
their lives and make positive choices to protect themselves and
their children.
· increase women's perception of the importance of and ability
to engage positively with - support services, and
· to recognise the beliefs held by abusive men and the impact of
their life experience on their own attitudes and beliefs.
This model can be used
with individuals or as part of a group work programme. There will
be a follow up session for those who wish to facilitate a group in
partnership with others, in their
area.