The Jessica Project

The Jessica Project A survivor-led not for profit organisation supporting recovery from Sexual violence and Domestic abuse.

We offer peer support groups, recovery programmes, advocacy, bespoke training options and safe space to heal and grow
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Tonight’s Circle Group was one of those sessions that stays with you. 🩷There is something both heartbreaking and beautif...
28/08/2026

Tonight’s Circle Group was one of those sessions that stays with you. 🩷

There is something both heartbreaking and beautiful about seeing so many women show up each month carrying experiences that have shaped them so deeply and then watching that same room become a place of warmth, understanding and genuine connection.

A space to offload, to digress, to reflect and to talk things through.

A space to laugh or simply sit and be.

Most importantly, a space where nobody questions your reality.

No judgement.
No pressure to share.
No expectation to explain yourself.
No need to prove what happened or justify how it made you feel.

Just support.

There is something incredibly empowering about being surrounded by people who simply get it.

What continues to move us most is watching survivors support one another. The empathy, validation, reassurance, kindness and softness that fills these spaces is exactly why peer support matters so much.

We love spending this time with you. We love supporting you. We love watching you lift one another up, all while reminding us, too, of the power of community and sisterhood.

Thank you to every woman who joined us tonight and trusted the space.

You never have to carry everything alone here. 🩷

❤️ A message about closure…After a conversation with a survivor today, we felt really strongly that this needed to be sa...
25/08/2026

❤️ A message about closure…

After a conversation with a survivor today, we felt really strongly that this needed to be said for anyone else sitting with the same pain.

Closure does not have to come from the person who hurt you. Sometimes it has to come from within.

Healthy people communicate, they reflect and they take accountability. They care when they know they have caused harm.

Unhealthy people often avoid accountability at all costs.

I know it can feel like one more conversation might finally bring peace. One more chance to explain how deeply you were hurt. One more moment where maybe, just maybe, they will understand.

The hardest truth is this:

They already know they hurt you, they already know the pain they caused. Most of all they already know the ripple effect their actions had.

When they continue to minimise it, avoid it or refuse to take responsibility, that tells you something very important.

You are trying to approach the situation with empathy, warmth, kindness and understanding.

They simply aren’t willing to meet you there and as painful as that is, that can be the closure you need.

Not the apology, not the explanation nor the accountability you really deserved.

The closure can be recognising that you showed up with kindness and they chose not to.

That does not reduce your worth or make your kindness foolish and it definitely does not make your pain less real.

It simply means you stop asking someone who caused the wound to be the person who heals it.

Stay strong, survivors. We see you. We believe you. We’ve been there too. ❤️🙏

24/08/2026

🎙️ Ebs✨

This one is powerful and incredibly important to listen to.

Ebs speaks openly about her lived experience of domestic abuse and some of the early red-flag behaviours that were disguised as “romantic”, “protective” or “caring.”

That is exactly why this clip matters.

Sometimes coercive control does not begin with behaviour that feels obviously abusive. It can begin with intense attention, constant checking in, wanting to know where you are, who you are with, making decisions “for your own good”, becoming overly involved very quickly or framing control as love.

When those behaviours are romanticised, they can be much harder to recognise for what they really are.

Ebs also speaks about reproductive coercion and challenges the harmful idea that abuse has a particular “look.”

A survivor can be confident.
A survivor can be successful.
A survivor can be thriving.
A survivor can be beautiful, empowered and still be a survivor.

Please listen to this clip with an open mind. It may help you recognise behaviours in your own experiences, in someone you care about, or simply help you better understand how abuse can begin long before it is named as abuse.

Voices like Ebs’ are vital because lived experience gives language to things others may still be trying to understand.

Thank you, Ebs, for sharing your story and using your voice to educate and empower others. 🩷

And if you have a story you wish the world could hear…

You are listened to here, you are believed here and most of all you are heard here.

Get in touch with us, we’d love to hear from you. 🎙️💗

💗 Bystander Intervention in the Community 💗Today we had the pleasure of delivering a Bystander Intervention Workshop to ...
24/08/2026

💗 Bystander Intervention in the Community 💗

Today we had the pleasure of delivering a Bystander Intervention Workshop to staff at a local café and what an engaged, thoughtful group they were.

As a busy community space, cafés see people from all walks of life every single day. That makes conversations like this incredibly important.

Staff were open, reflective and willing to think about the role they can play in recognising concerning behaviour, responding safely and helping create an environment where harmful behaviour is not ignored or normalised.

At The Jessica Project, we say this often:

Tackling violence against women and girls is everyone’s responsibility.

If we want safer communities, then more people need to understand the signs, feel confident to trust their instincts and know how to intervene or call out behaviour safely and appropriately.

Bystander intervention is not about putting yourself in danger. It is about understanding that sometimes a small action, a check-in, a distraction, a challenge or simply noticing what is happening can make a real difference.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, contributed so openly and recognised the importance of being part of the conversation.

This is exactly how safer communities are built, one workplace, one organisation and one conversation at a time. 🩷

If your café, office, business, community venue or organisation would like to book a Bystander Intervention Workshop and take another step towards becoming a safer space within your community, we’d love to hear from you.

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🩷 This Self-care Sunday… Stay silent. Be still.Not every battle needs your immediate reaction.When life feels loud, when...
23/08/2026

🩷 This Self-care Sunday… Stay silent. Be still.

Not every battle needs your immediate reaction.

When life feels loud, when someone is pushing your limits, when you feel provoked, misunderstood or desperate to defend yourself, sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is pause.

Be still long enough to hear yourself again.

Silence does not always mean weakness.
Stillness does not mean surrender.
Calm does not mean you are unaffected.

Sometimes it means you are choosing not to hand your peace over to the situation.

For survivors especially, moments of challenge can awaken old fear, old patterns and that instinct to explain, defend, prove or fight to be understood.

But you do not have to respond from the place that was hurt.

You can respond from the place that is healing.

Give yourself time. Breathe. Regulate. Observe. Let people reveal themselves through their actions while you stay rooted in who you are.

There is strength in knowing when to speak and there is just as much strength in knowing when to be still.

Protect your energy. Protect your nervous system. Protect your peace.

You do not have to match chaos with chaos.

Sometimes your greatest power is remaining grounded while everything around you tries to pull you out of yourself.

Stay soft. Stay centred. Stay true to you. Today practice the ultimate self care, stay silent and be still 🩷

💗 WE’RE LIVE! 💗We are so excited to finally share the brand new The Jessica Project website with you:TheJessicaProject.c...
21/08/2026

💗 WE’RE LIVE! 💗

We are so excited to finally share the brand new The Jessica Project website with you:

TheJessicaProject.co.uk

Our new website brings everything we do together in one place…who we are, why The Jessica Project was created, the support we offer survivors, our recovery programmes, advocacy, training, education and prevention work.

At the heart of it all remains the same mission:

Peer Support | Advocacy | Education

A huge thank you to Goodside for working so closely with us and creating a website that truly captures the Jessica Project look, feel and vibe. We absolutely love it and are so grateful for the care, creativity and understanding that has gone into bringing it to life.

This feels like such an exciting next chapter for The Jessica Project and another step forward in making our support easier to access and our work easier to understand.

Please take a look, have a browse, share it with others and help us continue spreading the word.

🌐 TheJessicaProject.co.uk

Here’s to the next chapter. New link in bio 🩷

🩷 A gentle Friday reminder…You do not need to have everything figured out to recognise how far you’ve come.Sometimes we ...
21/08/2026

🩷 A gentle Friday reminder…

You do not need to have everything figured out to recognise how far you’ve come.

Sometimes we become so focused on what is still hurting, what still needs fixing, or how far we feel we have left to go, that we forget to pause and acknowledge the strength it has taken to get here.

So today, celebrate the things that don’t always get celebrated.

Celebrate what you survived.
Celebrate what you learned.
Celebrate the people you found along the way.
Celebrate the boundaries you now hold.
Celebrate the peace you are protecting.
Celebrate the confidence you are rebuilding.
Celebrate the parts of yourself you are slowly rediscovering.

Progress is not always loud.

Sometimes it is choosing not to respond.
Sometimes it is asking for help.
Sometimes it is laughing again.
Sometimes it is simply getting through a difficult week.

You are allowed to be proud of yourself even if the journey is not finished yet.

You are allowed to welcome in good things while you are still healing.

More peace. More laughter. More connection. More softness. More opportunities. More moments that remind you that your life can hold so much more than what hurt you.

Keep going. You may be doing far better than you realise. 🩷

🎉 We’re now firming up plans for what is going to be such a special Jessica Project celebration! 🩷We’ll have music, surp...
17/08/2026

🎉 We’re now firming up plans for what is going to be such a special Jessica Project celebration! 🩷

We’ll have music, surprise entertainment, gorgeous food, drinks, great company and some truly incredible speeches throughout the evening.

And of course… we also have an AMAZING raffle with some brilliant prizes up for grabs, so make sure you get involved on the night! 🎟️✨

This event is about celebrating community, connection and everything The Jessica Project has achieved over the past year, while bringing together some wonderful people who continue to support, inspire and champion our work.

We’ll be hearing from:

✨ One of our incredible local Mayors

✨ The Jessica Project Team
Priya Priya
Georgie
Shash

✨ The Jessica Project Ambassadors
Bianca Wardally
Brave Everyday Podcast

✨ Paris Shears , the amazing Founder of Paris’ Law, the incredible campaign we are proud partners of

✨ And finally, the beautiful Ms Beauty and Brains World 2026 DaniellaB

Whether you’re a survivor, supporter, advocate, partner, professional or ally and want to stand with us in championing the fight against violence against women and girls, we really hope to see you there. 🩷

📅 Sunday 30th August
📍 Flavours of Tandoor, Lower Earley
🕔 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Come and celebrate with us, connect with incredible people, enjoy the food, entertainment and raffle, and help us mark another powerful year of The Jessica Project.

See you there — ticket link in bio and below x 🫶🏽

eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-jessica-projects-birthday-party-tickets-1993762122178

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