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Project aims to break chains of domestic abuse 

Alumah supports people in West Suffolk and South Norfolk to recover from the impact of domestic abuse. Based in Brandon, its growing organisation is rooted in the Christian faith of its founder and trustees Liz Jenkins, who here reports on its work.

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Alumah’s vision is to see people living fulfilled lives, free from domestic abuse or the impacts of domestic abuse. We achieve this through education, support and empowerment. My Christian faith and that of our Board of Trustees underlies all Alumah’s work, and we offer our services to any member of our community without expecting anything in return.

Since 2016 we have been supporting people of all ages and genders to recover from the impact of abusive relationships by offering groups, individual support and counselling.  In response to increasing demand, we now employ five people to work with adults, young people and children impacted by domestic abuse across West Suffolk, South Norfolk and further afield online.  Our turnover has increased rapidly to over £50,000 last year and we would love to grow more so that we can really make a long-term difference in as many people’s lives as possible.

Our Work

We use recovery interventions and individual counselling to establish a self-sustaining network of people in recovery from domestic abuse and to raise awareness and improve access to support for adults, young people and children in West Suffolk.
 
We offer online and in person courses that educate and empower people in abusive relationships – the Freedom Programme is aimed mainly at women and we also offer programme aimed specifically at young people.  We recognise that current programmes are predominantly aimed and focused on the heterosexual norms of society: ie: Male abuser/Female victim and so we are proud to have developed ‘Curve’ our course aimed at people who do not identify themselves within heterosexual norms.  We need to begin to look at and understand domestic abuse from a wider viewpoint. An abuser can be anyone, and so can a victim. It is a human experience and can affect any one of us at any given time.

We also offer group programmes to build self-esteem, again for adults and young people of all genders.

In the wake of the pandemic, we have started to work with local schools to offer support for children impacted by domestic violence.

How can you get involved? 
  • Prayer is vital for our work, please email info@alumah.co.uk if you would like to become a prayer supporter.
  • We are always interested in hearing from people who would like to volunteer with us.  As a rapidly growing organisation we welcome people with a wide range of skills and backgrounds. 
  • Regular giving makes a huge difference to us, £20 a month can enable us to subsidise someone in specialist 1-1 counselling. £50 a month can help us to buy the resources we need to run one of our courses.
  • We are looking for trustees with experience of growing organisations and skills in the following areas: 
    • Financial and business management
    • Strategic leadership
    • Education
    • Fundraising
    • Marketing and publicity 

Click here to read a job advert for new trustees.

Email info@alumah.co.uk to find out more about any of the above.

See our website for more details at: www.alumah.co.uk


 


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