The Feeling Safe resources guide facilitators to run sessions that encourage children, young people and women to explore their own experiences of domestic abuse in its many forms, and look at positive ways of dealing with their feelings, using creative interventions with a therapeutic outcome.The two Feeling Safe group programmes for children and young people, and for women are intended to be run in parallel.The packs are designed to give facilitators a theoretical framework and practical tools to set up and deliver the group work.The packs detail pre- and postgroup activities and the 10 weekly sessions that make up the programme.These can be used in the order presented, as a whole or in parts to suit a particular group.The exercises and information are flexible and facilitators may add their own materials.

The materials look at:
-what domestic abuse is
-the theory of domestic abuse
-how children/young people and women experience abuse
-consequences of abuse and how to look after feelings safely
-self-worth/self-esteem issues
-assertiveness/confidence
-building support network.

Click here to view the women's group facilitator resources
Click here to view the children's group facilitator resources