START - Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies

22/07/2025

Huge appreciation and congratulations to the amazing efforts of a group who sucessfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge this past weekend in the most horrible weather conditions to raise funds for charity, including START - Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies!

Find out more: https://www.cfirst.org.uk/start/fundraisers-tackle-three-peaks-challenge-to-support-sexual-abuse-survivors-in-hampshire/

16/09/2024

Delighted to celebrate some exceptional services that have achieved their accreditation against the Male Survivors Partnership - UK Quality Standards recently:

Gasped - Practical Support Service & Counselling Service

Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support Services - Counselling Service

Onyx Bedfordshire (One YMCA) - ISVA

RSVP West Midlands - Counselling

Safe Link - ISVA

START - Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies - Counselling

Sunderland Counselling Service - Counselling

SV2 - Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence - ISVA & Therapy

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13/06/2024

📘A deeeeeep dive into The Work Of Love LAST NIGHT📘

An intimate and cosy gathering for Alva Gotby in the gorgeous attic room of The Railway Inn last night. It was an absolute treat to hear Alva discuss her book and suggestions with us. A wide-reaching talk followed by a supercool Q+A.
We discussed... the obligation of familial bonds, the feminisation of care, how work supports and reflects the nuclear family, family abolition, "care-washing" in the workplace (my clumsy term), virtual representation of caring roles, and how we might take emotional support outside of private spaces.

You can get Alva's book They Call It Love from your favourite indie bookshop - our locals are P & G Wells Ltd and October Books . Alva's forthcoming title 'Feeling at Home' explores housing and domesticity and comes out via Verso Books in Jan 2025.

Attendees raised £35 for START - Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies via the raffle, which they have received with thanks.

Thanks to all who joined us last night, to the brilliant venue staff for looking after us so well, and thanks to you for reading! 💜💜💜
Next up is radical poetry at The Bookshop Alehouse this Thursday.

17/04/2024

Well earned Andy!

Truly proud of START - Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies's Andy for winning the Commissioned Service Volunteer of the Year Award at The Police and Crime Commissioner Awards 2024!

Andy has been a volunteer counsellor with START for nearly 10 years while also working for the Samaritans and regularly attending festivals across the country as a Samaritans volunteer counsellor too!

START Manager, Steve, had this to say - "Andy has been a volunteer counsellor with START for nearly 10 years and has been both a constant and reliable inspirational counsellor for our sexual trauma service and deserves the accolade of an award recognising his services."

02/04/2024

START now has TRAUMA PODCASTS on its website , take a look and have a listen under resources tab

23/11/2022

The Christrmas Shop for Ukraine in Shawford is up and running and receives its Christmas tree today😀 to be covered in blue and yellow lights