Welcome to Our New CEO – Catherine Miles
Hello from me I feel deeply privileged to be appointed CEO in August of this year. The SARAC we have today is very different from its humble beginnings of over 20 years ago. Sexual Abuse was very much a taboo subject. One of the founders Valerie Burton and her colleague’ s told us that no […]
SARAC News – Alternative Therapy (Tribal Drumming)
SARAC is proud to always be looking for new, engaging ways of spreading awareness and helping our community and service users. This week we were fortunate enough to obtain funding that allowed us to offer alternative therapy, in the form of a tribal drumming session! We hosted it at the Youth Club at Winshill Neighbourhood […]
New volunteer opportunities with sarac!
We are currently recruiting for volunteer charity ambassadors and are looking for committed, passionate people to be part of a volunteer team to provide support with raising awareness of the charity and assisting with fundraising activities. The role requires a minimum commitment of supporting at least 4 events per year and may include evenings and […]
Pop Up Shop Excitement!
Our first pop-up retail shop at CoCo of Burton took place over the August Bank Holiday, providing opportunities for the local community to connect via music and entertainment! The event provided opportunities for any music lover to come along and browse the wide variety of vinyl and CD’s available, whilst connecting with the community to […]
An Introduction to CoCo of Burton
CoCo of Burton has been created, in part, as a wrap-around service for our clients. As you may already know, we offer helpline and face to face emotional support which is hugely helpful to our clients; but they also need to have opportunities to work on the trauma that can be held in the body. […]
Therapeutic Drumming
A group of staff, volunteers and members of the community recently took part in a group drumming session with Nikki Fenwick of Tribal Vibes. The drumming session was a trial for our well-being services being offered to clients and members of the community, as part of our connected, compassionate community initiative. There has been a […]
Exciting Volunteer Recruitment News!
sarac are delighted to announce that a new recruitment for face to face and helpline volunteers is now underway! Volunteering is a fantastic way to learn new skills, meet new people, boost your CV, and most importantly, give something back. If you are able to give up 2 hours of your time a week, then […]
Stretton Methodist Church – THANK YOU!
The team of trustees, staff and volunteers would love to thank Stretton Methodist Church for their generous donation of £300!! The funds will go towards continuing to develop and increase our service provision in the local community. The donation was a lovely surprise! Amanda Baker, Services Manager, recently attended a meeting of the Stretton Ladies […]
THANK YOU DE FERRERS ACADEMY!
A massive thank you to the students involved in the first give project recently held at De Ferrers Academy. We were lucky enough to be supported by two groups of students! Both groups had taken the time to find out as much as they could about the organisation and the students also raised a further £210 by […]
The Truth Project
Are you a victim or a survivor of childhood sexual abuse? Would you like to be heard? Then have a look at the Truth Project! This project was set up in order to encourage victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse to be able to share their story in a confidential but supportive way, if […]
