Trauma Breakthrough

Supporting Survivors of Trauma & Abuse

Breakthrough is a UK charity supporting adult survivors of trauma and abuse. 1-in-5 people experience trauma (childhood abuse, accidents, domestic violence, sexual assault) during their lifetime. Breakthrough provide specialist support and wellbeing services, a crisis helpline for service-users in distress and at risk of harm to themselves, individual and group therapy, and befriending for survivors; as well as training for friends & family, businesses, churches and other community organisations in how to provide effective support for those struggling with their mental health.

Our impact in 2021:
- We made even more services available at our Support Centre providing in-person mental health support and a place of safety for those in crisis
- We had 240 new referrals (referrals have increased by 1000% since lockdown)
- We ran nearly 600 individual therapy sessions and 85 group sessions (for up to 16 people) - we now run 3 groups a week, a 2hr psychotherapy group, a group for male survivors of sexual abuse, and a START group helping people build skills to recover from trauma
- Our crisis helpline responded to 804 calls (in 2020 it was only 316). These contacts support survivors who are in considerable distress and at immediate risk of harm or suicide.

We are a small team with a big impact!

What your gift could provide

£25

can cover the cost of a group therapy session for someone in crisis

£50

can provide an assessment & support plan for a survivor

£100

can cover the cost of running a 1hr group session for survivors of trafficking

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