Testimonials for "See the Signs" Early Intervention Programme

“THE COURSE WAS SO EDUCATIONAL FOR ME BECAUSE I CLASSED WHAT I HAD SUFFERED AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I HAD BEEN UNDER MY PERPETRATORS REIGN OF TERROR FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT I ACTUALLY HADN'T REALISED I HAD BEEN GETTING ABUSED IN OTHER WAYS AS THAT WHOLE LIFE HAD BECOME NORMAL TO ME. I HAD BEEN NOT ONLY BEEN ABUSED PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY BUT GROOMED, COERCIVELY CONTROLLED, GAS LIGHTED, FINANCIALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS WELL. IT ONLY BECAME APPARENT TO ME AS THE WEEKS WENT ON IN THE COURSE AND IT MADE ME REALISE EXACTLY HOW MUCH ABUSE I HAD PUT UP WITH.”

“THE COURSE GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO KNOW THAT WHAT I HAD ENDURED WAS ILLEGAL, THE COURAGE TO REBUILD AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR LIVES AND THE SUPPORT OF KNOWING THAT IF I NEEDED TO TALK, THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR ME AND LIKEWISE. I NO LONGER FEEL ASHAMED OR EMBARRASSED, BUT I FEEL PROUD OF SPEAKING OUT ABOUT A MAN THAT I LOVED VERY DEARLY WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MY GOOD NATURE FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GRATIFICATION.”

“VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPED ME UNDERSTAND MORE. MADE ME FEEL A LOT LESS ALONE AND OPENED MY EYES TO BEHAVIOUR THAT MAY NOT BE HEALTHY”.

“I DIDN’T REALISE WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCE WAS DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND THIS HAS BEEN EYE OPENING”

“I HAVE LEARNT THAT DOMESTIC ABUSE HAS SO MANY ASPECTS AND IT CAN IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE.”

“I LEARNT THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN I’M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS EXPERIENCES OF ABUSE.”

“I REALLY ENJOYED THE PROGRAMME, AND I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD DO, ESPECIALLY YOUNG GIRLS.”

"THE PROGRAM IS VERY INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE. THERE ARE THINGS I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE SIGNS. THE PROGRAM SEEMED TO BE MADE JUST FOR ME BECAUSE IT ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND IT HELPED ME IN A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN I AM IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATION”.

“I LEARNED MANY NEW THINGS, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED IN A SYSTEMATIC AND ORDERLY MANNER AND WAS PRESENTED WITH MANY INTERESTING EXAMPLES AND VIDEOS. EVEN WHAT DID NOT CONCERN ME DIRECTLY WAS NOT BORING, BUT VERY INTERESTING.”