Safe, secure accommodation and specialist therapeutic support services for young women, girls and their children affected by sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse in Sheffield, UK. Therapeutic support for young women (aged 16 – 25 years) and their children who have been affected by sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and intimate partner abuse.

• A Safe Place to Live – provides accommodation and housing support to establish a safe and secure home, providing the crucial foundation for recovery. Accommodation offered: shared safe house, self-contained single flats and houses for women with children, resettlement support, outreach service if a young woman already has somewhere safe to live, but would benefit from specialist therapeutic support services.
• Therapeutic support and practical help – person-centred, holistic support, based on the individual needs. Together with specialist support workers, clients develop their support to enable them to achieve their personal goals, alongside therapeutic interventions and activities.
• “Protect Yourself” – Groups and one to one session for girls and young women – person-centred, holistic approach to personal safety and healthy relationships.
• “Parents As First Teachers” – Groups and one to one sessions for young women and their children – successful research and evidence based parenting support programme for “at risk families”.

Zest is a Sheffield-based community organization, primarily serving Upperthorpe, Netherthorpe, and Langsett. They offer a range of community-driven activities and services for children and adults, encompassing leisure, health, and employment support. To provide a healthy living centre delivering responsive services to tackle local inequalities. Services include:

• Physical fitness – including gym facilities, swimming pool and exercise classes
• Health and wellbeing activities
• Library, including an IT suite
• Activities for children, parents and families
• Zest for Work – employment support or help to find volunteering activities
• Dementia friendly services
• Steel City Dads – for Dads and Co-parents who have children from pregnancy to 2 years old and are experiencing mild mental health and/or supporting Mums with perinatal mental health, birth trauma, child loss and miscarriage.