- Date: 7th December 2023
We asked and you answered – thanks for the Christmas presents for the women we support
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We are lucky to have such kind and generous supporters – a number of whom have stepped in to help us ensure the women we...
- Date: 4th December 2023
Our message of solidarity as Falcon Centre homelessness charity fights closure threat
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The New Futures Project was saddened to hear that a respected homelessness service in the county is fighting for its future after councillors removed its...
- Date: 30th November 2023
Our view on alarming rise in eating disorders among girls and young women
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New NHS figures have exposed the frightening scale of the mental health crisis among young people – with one in five young women aged 17...
- Date: 24th November 2023
We’d love to give Christmas presents to the women we support – can you help us?
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We want to ensure the women we support have the best Christmas they can – however, we can’t do that without a little assistance. We...
- Date: 23rd November 2023
‘The culmination of a dream’ – director Della on our new counselling training course
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On the evening of Wednesday 8th November 2023, a dream came true. The New Futures Project is a local charity supporting women who have experienced...
- Date: 10th November 2023
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...
- Date: 8th November 2023
A talented young photographer came to see us and took these wonderful pictures
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Friend of the New Futures Project Natalie Wallinger came in to see us recently facing a rather daunting artistic challenge – to use her photographic...
- Date: 2nd November 2023
Our CPCAB-Accredited Counselling Course begins next week – how to sign up
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Our part-time counselling training course begins next week and there is still time to sign up to take part. The 30-week course leads to a...
- Date: 31st October 2023
Why we are seeking funding for suicide prevention work with our most vulnerable clients
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So many of the traumatised women and young people we see here at New Futures tell us despairing stories of sexual abuse and exploitation, domestic...
- Date: 26th October 2023
How significant grant will help us support some of the most vulnerable women we know
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We’ve received a welcome financial boost to our work with some of the most vulnerable women we encounter. A national funding body – the Weavers’...
- Date: 23rd October 2023
How far we’ve come and where we’re going: New futures director Della’s blog
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You may have known The New Futures Project as a sex work project, writes our director, Della Kagure Brown. When the charity first started we...
- Date: 18th October 2023
We need someone to fill a vital and challenging frontline role – could you do it?
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The New Futures Project is looking for some special people to take on one of the most important and challenging voluntary roles here or, quite...
- Date: 12th October 2023
Why our New drop-in counselling service is a tribute to women we have lost
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The New Futures Project has launched an innovative open-door counselling service for women and young people who are struggling with their mental health but are...
- Date: 9th October 2023
‘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...
- Date: 26th September 2023
Fingers crossed everyone – we’ve been nominated for an award
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We were thrilled to learn this month that we’re in with a chance of winning an exciting local award. We’re delighted to report we’ve been...
- Date: 18th September 2023
Our CPCAB-accredited counselling course begins soon – how to join
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We still have a number of spaces available on an exciting counselling training course we are launching in the next few weeks. The part-time course...
- Date: 18th September 2023
‘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...
- Date: 14th September 2023
We’ve launched a monthly newsletter – this is how you sign up
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We’re about to launch a regular e-mail newsletter to share stories of the women we support and to highlight the work of our remarkable staff...
- Date: 13th September 2023
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...
- Date: 14th August 2023
Rising food prices pile more pressure on the women we support
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The rising cost of everyday foods and other essentials is continuing to place unbearable pressure on many of the women who turn to the New...
- Date: 11th August 2023
The National Lottery and its years of invaluable support for New Futures
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New Futures relies on the support of a number of donors – some large, some small. The National Lottery Community Fund has been a vital...
- Date: 9th August 2023
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...
- Date: 7th August 2023
Report highlights growing threat to women of ‘cyber’ domestic violence
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An increasing number of domestic abuse cases now involve perpetrators using ‘smart’ technology, according to a new report. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee launched its...
- Date: 2nd August 2023
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...
- Date: 2nd August 2023
How New Futures can help you take your first steps as a counsellor
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The New Futures Project is to offer part-time counselling training for people who want to take their first steps on the path to qualifying as...
- Date: 2nd August 2023
‘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...
- Date: 2nd August 2023
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...
- Date: 2nd August 2023
‘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...
- Date: 5th July 2023
Record 4.3 million referrals to specialist mental health services in 2021
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Mental health services received a record 4.3 million referrals during 2021 as the pandemic continued to take a toll on people’s mental health, according to...
- Date: 5th July 2023
Child referrals for mental health care in England up 39% in a year
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Pandemic, social inequality, austerity and online harm fuelling soaring NHS referrals, say experts Click the link below to read more… https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/03/child-referrals-for-mental-health-care-in-england-up-39-in-a-year
- Date: 26th February 2023
‘Why I Love Mondays’ – The New futures Project is a great place to work
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I work at The New Futures Project. It’s a small local charity supporting vulnerable women. Women who are experiencing some difficulties which are making them depressed,...