CIOS Safer Futures Service

Cornwall Safer Futures – supporting children, young people and families who have experienced domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Barnardo’s are commissioned by Cornwall Council and First Light to deliver the Safer Futures service which provides support, education, recovery and behaviour change programmes for children, young people and families affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. Safer Futures also offers Domestic Abuse training to professionals.

The SUsie Programme (The Susie Project) provides trauma informed psycho-educational support to men and women who are recovering from domestic abuse. This support programme is tailored towards enabling clients to recover and positively move forward with their lives. The strengths based programme focuses on long-term wellbeing and is designed to address the impact of abuse and enable victims to develop future protective behaviours.

The Reconnect Programme is a needs-led support programme tailored towards children and young people (CYP) aged 8-18 years who have experienced/witnessed Domestic abuse. The programme focuses on the long-term recovery and resilience of children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

The Reconnect Respect Programme is a programme providing behaviour change for children aged 8 to 16 years of age whom are displaying abusive behaviours or violence, whilst providing support to their parents or carers, helping to improve family relationships.

Change 4U provides three tiers of support available to men and women to change behaviour and develop healthier relationship skills, knowledge and understanding.