Assessing the needs of East Sussex families in their own homes Recruiting, training and supervising our home-visiting volunteers Liaising closely with various statutory and voluntary organisations The successful candidate will have experience of working with families and will have knowledge and experience of Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures. They will take a strengths-based approach to … Read more
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Delivering the Freedom course, assessing, supporting and empowering women-survivors of domestic violence Providing a high quality frontline education and information service to women who have experienced domestic abuse Working in partnership with other agencies The successful candidate will have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse in the context of power and control. She will take … Read more
We have moved into our new offices. Enterprise Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven, BN9 9BA
Thank you to Santander for funding the direct costs of our Newhaven Reflective Domestic Abuse Course. This is the first time we have been able to secure funds for a course in the HSES office home-town.
With thanks to BLF Awards for All we are able to deliver our reflective domestic abuse course again in Brighton early in 2018. See our services page for further information.
We are delighted to announce that BBC Children in Need has awarded us a grant of £90,000 over three years. This grant will fund our School Readiness Programme and help make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people right here in East Sussex.
A Big Thank You to Denton Community Primary School Nursery who have chosen us for their Charity of the Year for 2017. All the proceeds from their fundraising events will go towards the work that we do at Lotus Families.
We have received funding to develop and deliver a pilot project. The Home-Start Freedom project will pilot a three month course running in Eastbourne and Hastings for women who are interested in finding out more about the reality of domestic abuse, whether they are in or have left a domestic abuse relationship, including women who have no … Read more
Here’s a picture of some our fabulous trustees who were fundraising at the Lewes Skittles Tournament. The event is run by the Rotary Club of Lewes and is held in Grange Gardens. They raised £214 by organising a raffle. Thank you very much to everyone who helped.
A HUGE thank you to to Sue our lovely, cheerful and endlessly patient volunteer, who helps in the office every week to help with the admin overload. She is retired but has worked for Mind and Cafcass and in social housing. We’re not quite sure what we would do without her.