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contact information
To make a referral or to find out more about the groupwork
programme please contact the coordinators.
local CEDAR office number 01698 891498
Women’s Coordinator Suzanne 07594 141239
Children & Young People’s Coordinator Alison 07596 730406
email [email protected] Website www.wasl.org.uk
Cedar Project, 115 Cadzow Street, Hamilton ML3 6HG
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you can also get help from
Women’s Aid South Lanarkshire 01698 891498
Domestic Abuse Helpline 0800 027 1234
Rape Crisis 0141 552 3201
Social Work (out of hours) 0800 678 3282
Hamilton Police Station 01698 483300
www.cedarnetwork.org.uk
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Photos are posed by models for illustrative purposes only.
The CEDAR Project runs groups for children and young people to help them
recover from their experiences of domestic abuse. Groups are also run for
mothers to help them support their child with the recovery process.
what is domestic
abuse?
It is abuse/bullying between
partners/ex partners including:
Emotional…
Threats, insecurity, isolation
from family and friends,
being degraded,
humiliated and bullied…
Mental…
Mind games, being
controlled, ignored
and humiliated…
Physical…
Slapping, pushing, punching,
strangling, using weapons,
scalding, burning…
Sexual…
Rape, unwanted sexual
attention or touching,
forced to watch or
make pornography…
children’s groups
mother’s groups
groups
confidentiality policy
The
The groups
groups run
run for
for 12
12 weeks,
weeks,
meeting
for
1–1½
hour
meeting for 1–1½ hour weekly.
weekly.
Young
ChildrenChildren
have theand
chance
to
People
aged
4
–
16
years
talk about their feelings and
have the chance to talk about
share their experiences with
their feelings and share their
each other through
activities,
experiences
with each
other
discussion
and
games.
Topics
through activities, discussion
covered
include
anger,
selfand
games.
Topics
covered
esteem anger,
and safety
planning.
include
self esteem
and
safety
Groups
Groupsplanning.
take place
locallytake
in
place
locally
in
community
community venues and are
venues
and
are normally
during
normally
during
the school
day.
the
school
day.
Transport
Transport can be providedcan
to be
provided to get the children to
get the children to and from the
and from the groups safely.
groups safely.
Mother’s groups also run for 12
weeks
andand
meet
for for
around
2
12 weeks
meet
around
hours
a
week.
2 hours a week.
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each session
sessionyou
youare
are
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introduced
to
the
topic
that
introduced to the topic that your
your
be covering
child child
will bewill
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their group. You will get the
group. You will get the chance to
chance to see the materials
see the
materials
that they
that
they
will be using
andwill
find
be
using
and
find
out
about
their
out about their activities. With
activities.
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mothers
other
mothers
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care
and
We can help with childtransport.
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Groups will be held locally at a
transport. Groups will be held
convenient time.
locally at a convenient time.
At the CEDAR Project you
can talk freely about your
experiences, without fear of
what you say being repeated
to people you have not
chosen to share with.
However if staff are
concerned that someone may
be at risk then information
may need to be shared with
relevant agencies. Staff will
deal with all issues sensitively.
An appropriate person at
your child’s school will know
that they are attending the
group. It is up to you who
else you tell.
children and young
childrenwho
andhave
young
people
peoplepart
whoinhave
taken
similar
taken
part
in
similar
groups have said…
groups have said…
It made
me happy
again
I learned
that it wasn’t
my fault
I learned I was not alone
Effects on children…
Can include anxiety, fear,
anger, loss of family/friends,
disruption at school,
being hurt, guilt…
I learnt what domestic
abuse is and how it
changes your life
mothers who have
mothers
who
have
taken
part
in similar
taken part
in said...
similar
groups
have
groups have said…
The group helped me to
come to terms with what
happened
My child and
I are closer
I am more
confident