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We want to help women we support to escape the poverty trap – this is our plan

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Women whose early years were scarred by profoundly traumatising experiences such as sexual or physical abuse, neglect or domestic violence inevitably carry those memories with them into their adult lives. Many of the women we support here at the New Futures Project tell such stories and we see how those early experiences shape their adult lives …

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‘The women’s strength and resilience inspire me’ – we speak to a member of our outreach team

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My name is Avril, I work for The New Futures Project.  I help out in drop-in, which involves all kinds of things, including cooking nutritious meals for the women who come here and giving out food parcels, clothes, toiletries and other essentials. We can also help the women by contacting people for them regarding housing, …

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‘You’re treated with respect’ – we speak to one of our long-term clients

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Like so many before her and others to come, drug use was her path to sex work. However, now 33 and expecting a child, she is living a more stable life than she has for years. Instead, she is using a heroin substitute rather than the real thing and is no longer doing street work. A …

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All About The Juniper Lodge Sexual Assault Referral Centre

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There are still men out there who think paying for sex gives them a right to rape and assault women. Thankfully, staff at Leicestershire’s specialist sexual assault referral centre – Juniper Lodge – recognise that being raped or sexually assaulted is not something those women should consider ‘just part of the job.’ Juniper Lodge – …

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How we prepare social work students for life on the front line

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The New Futures Project is helping the next generation of social workers get ready for life on the frontline. We offer placements to social work students from universities in Leicester and further afield, enabling dozens of undergraduates to spend between 70 and 100 days at the project helping the women it supports. Each student is placed …

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A history of New Futures – told by a long-serving member of the team

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The New Futures Project, then called Women’s Health in Prostitution, was formed in Leicester in 1995 with a simple aim – to make a difference to the lives of some of the most brutalised and exploited women in the city. It has evolved over the years to become a broader welfare and counselling service and currently supports approximately …

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Ethel Patel says the time spent on placement at New Futures had a profound effect on her.

‘You have to work so fast and think on your feet’, says one of our students

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A social work student who has just completed her 100-day placement with the New Futures Project can look back on the time she spent with the charity with some pride. Ethel Patel says one of the final cases she dealt with – a desperately scared woman who was homeless and heavily pregnant – brought home to …

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How one New Futures supporter turned to us for help in her time of need

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Some people come to New Futures because they’ve reached a point in their lives where they need help. Others come here because they have the skills and empathy required to offer that support. In one woman’s case both statements are true. She began working with the project in 2018 pro-bono, drawing on her legal background, particularly …

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‘I Was Astounded By Their Courage And Tenacity’ – A Student’s View Of The Women Supported By New Futures

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There are carers and there are carers who go that little bit further. I can say with certainty that the people I work with here at the New Futures Project go above and beyond to offer second-to-none support to the women and young people they are here to help. They are a team of case …

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