15/09/2026
Before I ask for something, I need to be very clear about why I am sharing this.
Those who needed to know about parts of my life knew — because they did.
This post is not an invitation to gossip.
It is not an invitation to contact members of my family, my friends, or people connected to me asking for more information.
Please don’t.
I am sharing this because today another family needs your support.
And, of all the days, it happens to be today.
13 years ago today, I started Get together-Cornwall CIC.
We had moved to Cornwall from Coventry, where Get together was originally born, and I started again with one simple purpose:
to bring SEND families together.
Today, thirteen years later, Get together-Cornwall has become Réaltógather Therapy CIC.
And today was also our first day in our final home.
We welcomed our first group through the doors.
Yes, it is still half-built — but apparently when families descend on you, what’s a girl to do?
All those years ago, I thought I was creating somewhere so SEND families did not have to feel quite so alone.
What I did not know was that some of those very families would later become my rock when life turned and I found myself needing people too.
Years on, I have met families carrying things that are rarely spoken about publicly.
I have sat alongside people living with the loneliness and fear of intrusive thoughts.
Families exhausted by the silence and isolation that can come with being a SEND family.
People living with the effects of transgenerational trauma.
Survivors of sexual abuse.
Non-contact sexual abuse.
Child sexual exploitation.
Contact abuse.
Domestic abuse and violence.
And people trying desperately to stop harm before it happens.
Much of this work is deliberately quiet.
We do not post people's stories across social media.
We do not use somebody’s trauma as content.
We do not advertise the most sensitive parts of our work in ways that could expose, shame or identify the very people who have trusted us.
That silence has always been about safeguarding.
And now I need your help because, unbelievably, that silence is being used against one of the families we support.
A family we have supported has been refused Legal Aid, and one of the issues raised is the lack of public/social-media evidence showing that Réaltógather Therapy CIC supports victims and survivors of sexual and domestic abuse.
I still cannot quite believe I am writing that sentence.
The reason there are not hundreds of posts advertising this part of our work is precisely because I understand the people who come through our door.
Some are survivors.
Some are still living it.
Some are only just beginning to understand what has happened to them.
Some are simply trying to keep their heads above water.
And some need somewhere they can walk through a door without wondering whether their story will ever become somebody else's social-media post.
But today, unfortunately, I need there to be a public record.
So this is me saying it clearly:
Réaltógather Therapy CIC supports individuals and families affected by sexual abuse, domestic abuse and violence, child sexual exploitation, non-contact and contact sexual abuse, trauma and intergenerational trauma.
We support survivors.
We support families.
We work preventatively.
We work with shame, silence and intrusive thoughts.
We work with people whose experiences are often too complicated, too uncomfortable or too difficult for society to talk about.
And we do it without judgement.
So I am asking something very simple from the families who have known us over the last thirteen years, the professionals who know our work, the organisations who have worked alongside us, and the people who simply understand why work like this often happens quietly:
Could you please like this post?
Share it if you feel able.
You do not need to tell your story.
You do not need to explain how you know us.
You do not need to identify yourself as a survivor.
You do not need to say anything at all.
A like is enough.
Because today, a family facing court at the end of September needs there to be evidence that this work exists.
And it does.
It has existed quietly for years.
Perhaps too quietly.
13 years ago today I opened a door because I didn't want families to feel alone.
Today, I am asking the community that grew around that door to stand beside another family.
My name is Claire.
Founder of Get together-Cornwall CIC.
Founder and Director of Réaltógather Therapy CIC.
AuDHD.
Survivor.
Just about.
