04/10/2026
💜 What does your support for Holly’s Hope make possible? 💜
Over the past few years, so many incredible people have fundraised, donated, volunteered, attended our events, shared our work and supported Holly’s Hope in ways big and small.
And we think it’s really important that everyone who supports us knows exactly what they are helping to make happen.
Holly’s Hope has grown enormously, and much of what happens goes on quietly behind the scenes. There are workshops being developed, professionals being trained, meetings taking place, resources being created, families being supported, campaigns being pushed forward and plans being made for the future.
So we wanted to share not only where the money raised for Holly’s Hope goes, but what together we have already achieved, what we continue to do every day, and what we hope to achieve next.
Because every single penny entrusted to Holly’s Hope has a purpose. 💜
💜 EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE
One of the biggest parts of Holly’s Hope is prevention.
We develop and deliver educational workshops and resources for young people around healthy and unhealthy relationships, coercive control, emotional abuse, warning signs, boundaries and behaviours that should never be normalised.
We are continuing to develop new education too, including work around misogyny, harmful attitudes and when so-called “banter” becomes something much more serious.
Our aim is simple: give young people the knowledge we desperately wish Holly and so many others had been given earlier.
💜 TRAINING & RAISING AWARENESS
Holly’s Hope doesn’t only work with children.
We speak to schools, colleges, safeguarding professionals, NHS staff and other organisations about teenage relationship abuse and coercive control.
We have delivered sessions to hundreds of professionals at a time and continue to receive requests for training and awareness sessions.
Every professional who understands teenage relationship abuse better is another person who may recognise the signs in a young person before it is too late.
💜 SUPPORTING FAMILIES & YOUNG PEOPLE
Families contact us because they are frightened, confused or simply don’t know where to turn.
Where we can, we listen, signpost, share resources and help people understand what support may be available.
We also continue building relationships with organisations and professionals so young people experiencing abuse can be directed towards appropriate specialist support.
💜 CAMPAIGNING FOR HOLLY’S LAW
We continue campaigning for Holly’s Law and for better recognition of teenage relationship abuse, particularly where victims are under 16.
That means engaging with MPs, decision-makers, organisations, researchers and the media; responding to new research; sharing evidence; attending meetings; and making sure the experiences of young victims are not forgotten simply because of their age.
We will keep pushing until young people are properly recognised and protected.
💜 RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES
We create and provide educational materials, information, awareness resources and practical tools that can be used with young people.
We want to expand this considerably so that eventually Holly’s Hope resources and educational packages can reach young people far beyond our local area.
💜 EVENTS & AWARENESS STANDS
We attend community events, conferences, school and college events and other opportunities where we can speak directly with young people, parents and professionals.
We also organise fundraising events ourselves.
That requires banners, gazebos, tables, displays, printed materials, equipment, resources and all the other things that allow Holly’s Hope to continue having a visible presence in communities.
💜 KEEPING HOLLY’S HOPE RUNNING
There are also the less exciting things that people don’t necessarily see.
Insurance.
Website and digital costs.
Printing.
Educational materials.
Professional services.
Accountancy.
Software and platforms such as Microsoft and Canva.
Travel and delivery costs.
Equipment.
Administration.
Governance and the everyday costs involved in running and growing an organisation properly.
These things may not make an exciting Facebook photograph, but they are essential if Holly’s Hope is going to be sustainable and continue growing.
💜 AND WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?
We are not standing still.
We want to develop even more educational packages and resources.
We want to reach more schools and colleges.
We want to train more professionals.
We want to develop resources that schools can continue using long after we leave.
We want to expand our work around misogyny, coercive control, healthy relationships and harmful behaviours.
We want to work with specialist organisations to make our education as strong and effective as possible.
We want Holly’s Hope to become sustainable enough that this work can continue for years and generations to come.
And we will continue campaigning for legislative change through Holly’s Law.
Most importantly, Holly’s Hope exists because of Holly.
I would give absolutely anything for there to be no need for this organisation. But there is.
So we will continue turning our grief into education, awareness, prevention and change.
Every tombola ticket.
Every teddy sold.
Every £1 start.
Every sponsored event.
Every donation.
Every fundraiser.
Every person who gives their time.
It all contributes towards the same purpose:
💜 Helping young people recognise abuse earlier.
💜 Helping adults recognise the warning signs.
💜 Challenging behaviours before they escalate.
💜 Changing the way teenage relationship abuse is understood.
💜 And fighting to prevent another family experiencing what ours has.
There is no pot of money disappearing somewhere.
There are people working incredibly hard behind the scenes to make sure the money entrusted to Holly’s Hope is used to build something meaningful and lasting in Holly’s memory.
We are incredibly grateful to every single person who has trusted us, donated, fundraised, volunteered, shared our work or simply stood beside us.
This is where your money goes.
This is what your support makes possible.
And we are only just getting started.
💜 Holly Newton — Forever 15. 💜
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