Support
you don't have to handle this on your own
Support at your pace, not ours
If you’ve been affected by grooming or sexual exploitation, you may already have spent years dealing with systems, appointments, and people asking you to explain yourself. This isn’t that.
The Survivors isn’t here to assess you or fix you. We’re here to offer connection, steadiness, and spaces where you don’t have to justify what you’ve lived through.
Support here is simple and human. You come as you are. You take part as much or as little as you want.
What support looks like
Support doesn’t start with forms or interviews. It starts with being around people who understand. For many survivors, the most helpful thing isn’t advice or intervention. It’s being in a group where you don’t have to explain the basics of what happened to you.
Some people talk. Others sit quietly. Some come regularly. Others check in occasionally. There’s no right way to do it.
We focus on creating environments that feel safe, respectful, and unhurried, so that connection can happen naturally.
You set the pace.
An art and nature-based approach
Not everyone wants to process experiences through conversation alone. Many people find it easier to settle their nervous system and reconnect with themselves through practical, creative, or outdoor activities. That’s why our local groups are built around gentle, shared experiences rather than formal therapy sessions.
This might include things like making art, walking together, spending time outdoors, or working with simple creative materials.
These activities aren’t designed to analyse or diagnose. They’re there to create calm, build trust, and give people space to breathe. Talking can happen if it wants to, but it isn’t required.
The aim is to support recovery in ways that feel natural rather than clinical.
What this looks like in practice
Last year we ran a small pilot weekend retreat for survivors, focused on art, time outdoors, shared meals, and simple companionship rather than formal therapy. The aim was to create a calm, steady environment where people could rest, reconnect, and be around others who understood, without pressure to talk or perform recovery.
The weekend confirmed what many survivors already tell us: that safety, creativity, and gentle connection can be more helpful than structured interventions.
If you’d like to read a short report about what we learned, you can find it here.
Local support groups
We are building small, local groups so survivors can connect with others nearby, in person, at their own pace. Each group is shaped by the people in it and supported by trained facilitators. They are not treatment programmes or structured courses. They are steady, community spaces.
Our first groups are expected to launch in Shrewsbury and Liverpool in Autumn 2026, with more to come. If there isn’t one near you yet, please contact us with a request to start one. This helps us understand where support is most needed and where to focus next.
We would rather grow carefully and do this well than move quickly and get it wrong.