Children & young peoplewho experience Domestic Abuse

access our services....

.... and as professionals our work practices touch lives &

influence development....

.... and we will all be remembered.... as part of the

problem or as part of the solution

‘It’s as if we don’t exist..they can catch you if youdon’t have a telly licenceBut they can’t catch you

for behaving like thatto a human being…my mum has no life’said by Mark aged 10

‘If people could just knowwhat he’s like….

he should be locked up forthe things he’s done to my mum.’

said by Robert aged 12

‘I wish I had a dad likemy pal Sean ‘cos his dad

is kind even to other childrenthat’s not even his and

my dad is kind to none of us.’said by Danny aged 7

“It feels sad if nobodyworries for you

and they don’t help you.

My mum always worries for usbut she’s only a little mum.

I think if you’re just littleother people should help for youif you get scared of big people‘cos they can hurt you easy.

My dad used to hurted my mumAnd nobody helpeded her

but now they doso she’s not got to

just do it all on our own”

said by Amy aged 6

What exactly is it that the wee folkare asking?

They’re asking us big folk to take care of them!

‘I like teachers

that don’t shout the

best’

‘Jane visits to talk to me, I like

her but she always ask me stuff and I wish

she could not ask so many

questions. I don’t like

questions but I like her when

she just talks to me’

’my teacher at nursery says she’s glad I’m at her nursery

now’

‘When I’m big I’m going to be a teacher and let the

children just have to do some work’

‘I’m going to be a good policeman

when I grow up and help the

mums and the children when

they get scared’

‘I want to be a nurse ‘cos they help you if you nearly be dead’

‘I like the nurse what comes to see my mum but she’s not really a nurse ‘cos she has a car but she’s

not got a hospital’

I like the after school club it’s not got shouting so you get to have good

things to do and no

shouting’ 

Who are you all anyway?

ordinary people...who make an extraordinary difference

There is a crack in everything...

that’s how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

What can the grown ups do?

redefine women:

with rights to respect, autonomy and safety

build a nation in which women are free

build a nation which is a safe space to grow children

and get that VAW tree out of our soil once & for all

A tree of harms called Violence against Women

childhood sexual abuse

stalking

rape & sexual assault

domestic abuse

human trafficking

prostitution

Commercial sexual

exploitation

honour killings

forced marriage