Trauma Recovery CIC activities from 1/8/24-31/7/25 The company offers Trauma Focused therapeutic support primarily to victim/survivors of sexual, domestic, and relational trauma. The company launched in October 2020. During the financial year 2024-25 Trauma Recovery CIC has provided the following services to the community in Hertfordshire: Individual time limited trauma therapy to direct victims of sexual violence aged 18 years and over. The trauma therapy programme covers an initial appointment with the team, plus up to 12 sessions of fully funded therapy. Time limited trauma therapy to parents whose children aged under 18 years have experienced sexual violence to support them to support their child. As part of the multi-disciplinary support in Hertfordshire, raised awareness of the impact of sexual, domestic and relational trauma and support services for victim/survivors to reduce barriers to services. Attended review meetings, multi-agency planning meetings, events and conferences Spoken at events and conferences hosted by other organisations. Worked with a nationwide addiction service providing our 12-session trauma therapy programme for their service users to support their recovery. Expanded our low-cost open-ended counselling service with support offered by volunteer counsellors, securing funding to provide longer term (up to 12 months) free therapy to those who cannot afford to self-fund even at the lower rate. Expanded our student volunteer counsellor programme to provide 12-month placements for 2 student counsellors with lived experience of sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma through their final placement. We reviewed our recruitment process to ensure that it is fully trauma-informed and inclusive and began the process. Provided mentoring and development support for our team, many of whom have lived experience of sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma or other relevant lived experiences such as addiction and mental health service use. Provided clinical supervision to front line workers in partner organisations, supporting both the individual and the organisation to provide trauma-informed care. Expanded our lived experience community team to offer lifelong peer support for people in Hertfordshire who have experienced sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma. Enhanced the co-production of the lived experience community by introducing lived experience volunteer Ambassadors and a voices forum to develop services based on the wants and needs of the community members. Provided peer-based community connection groups in Welwyn Garden City in person and online for people who have experienced sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma. Provided a psychoeducation based group programme online for parents of children aged 18 years or under who experienced sexual violence and live in Hertfordshire. Provided peer support groups for parents whose children aged under 18 years have experienced sexual violence, living in Hertfordshire Attended Hertfordshire Pride event jointly with Herts ISVA’s and Beacon victim support service to promote our services jointly and to improve our engagement with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. Spoken at the Lived Experience Charter to support new organisations to sign up to recognising the importance of lived experience in the workforce and supporting those with it in the best possible way. Secured further funding to continue our work with an addiction organisation. Secured further funding to secure our work with victim/survivors of sexual violence. Completed a joint project with Bedfordshire IOM team providing trauma therapy for IOM service users. Completed an NHS funded project providing trauma therapy for people of all ages living in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire who have experienced sexual violence within the past 12 months and attended a SARC. Support in numbers: Total number of individuals supported: 467 Total number of appointments offered: 4103 Feedback from those who have been supported: “She has taught me tools that I (genuinely) use outside of therapy, and they work at keeping me calm! She knew when and how to reel me back from going into a spiral or from moving away from the point and I never (ever) felt like I had to mask what was really going on for me. Which is huge!” “The therapy I received is top class!” “Just professional, compassionate and practical gave me access to lot of useful day to day resources that impact on my life” Commenting on the 12-week trauma therapy programme where Trauma Recovery CIC work in collaboration with an addiction service: “I found the experience to be life changing - dramatic I know but it's how I feel 6 weeks after the last session. It instantly gave me techniques and tools to deal with my emotions. I found the course of sessions structured, focused yet felt personalised.” In response to the question “What ongoing support do you think would be helpful?” “Peer support would have been my first suggestion but can already see that this is being developed and offered by TRCIC.” “Group sessions perhaps” “I will explore peer support” “meet people who been in the same thing I went through” Action taken: We have expanded our peer support service using a co-production model and applied for funding to further expand. “I think having a refresher every now and again is helpful for your mental health. You forget things along the way so reminders of why you’re doing things and what resources to use from your toolkit would be helpful.” Action taken: In response to this comment and other similar comments, we commissioned a service to consolidate the trauma therapy programme into workbook to be sent to all clients accessing the programme. This will be launched in September 2025. Commenting on the NHS England funded project “Just brilliant, helped me understand a better self-awareness and how to deal with certain circumstances.” “Helped me to understand my feelings and how to put boundaries with a family member without feeling guilty.” Benefits to the community can clearly be seen in the feedback above. Other benefits are: Reducing isolation and the subsequent impact on mental and emotional wellbeing of victim/survivors of sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma by expanding our peer support lived experience community. Supporting people to connect with each other and use their voices to create a service that works for them. Understanding gaps in the support and how to fill them, working in collaboration with partner professionals and those accessing services. Breaking down barriers to support by meeting people where they are and in a way that works for them. Outcomes measures from our collaborative project with the addiction service show that those who were offered the 12-session trauma therapy programme during this period on average reported: 39% reduction in trauma symptoms 39.4% reduction in stress and symptoms of anxiety 42.1% reduction is symptoms of depression and low mood 86% of the clients we worked with on this project successfully completed the trauma programme This success of this project has opened conversations with other mental health providers around providing trauma therapy for those in active addiction and secured further funding for this project to continue.

The company’s stakeholders during this period have been residents of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex who have experienced sexual, domestic and/or relational trauma. The directors of the company have developed the business model based on working in the field of trauma for the past 20 years, and talking with current and previous clients, other professionals, and potential clients about what is needed to support to heal from the effects of trauma. We ask everyone using Trauma Recovery CIC services to complete a short feedback form following accessing TRCIC services. This has helped us to develop our services and respond to current needs, ensuring that we are able to meet our aim of a dynamic, flexible service. How we responded to the needs identified has been covered in detail above.

Directors’ remuneration to July 2025, for 4 directors, was £131.5k for the financial year. (1 director retired in Aug24)

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