About
ACTS FAST registered as a UK charity in 2014 and since then has been on an evolving journey to provide support for families impacted by child sexual abuse.
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We support:
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Non-abusive parents and carers of children who have suffered Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).
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Parents and carers who are co-parenting with individuals who have been arrested for online child sexual abuse offences, for example those who have accessed Indecent Images of Children (IIOC) also known as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or those who have had inappropriate contact with children online.
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Child sexual abuse can affect all aspects of parents’ lives, including physical health, personal relationships, employment and financial stability. The Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published in October 2022 explains "Evidence shows that CSA does not just impact on the lives of victims and survivors, but can also have adverse effects on their families. The impacts experienced by non-offending parents – and, in particular, mothers – as a result of their children’s CSA victimisation can mirror those outcomes experienced by victims and survivors."
Parents can find it challenging to support their family at a time when they themselves might be struggling to cope with the emotional and practical strain following a disclosure of child sexual abuse or an arrest of a partner for online offending.
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ACTS FAST believes that by supporting secondary victims we create a foundation that allows families to heal from trauma and lessens the impact of abuse on society.
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At the moment we don't support children directly, we strategically support family members, the secondary victims, so that they can go on to support their children in the long term.
ACTS FAST believes that by supporting secondary victims of trauma we create a foundation that allows families to heal and lessens the impact of trauma on society and future generations.
Our Mission
We are here to support families who have been affected by child sexual abuse, providing one to one therapeutic support.
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We provide early support so that parents, carers, partners and families can recover and thrive again in shorter amounts of time, helping limit any negative impact on wider society and future generations.
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We empower family members with skills, understanding, compassion and holistic care to support themselves and their children.
Our Vision
To live in a world free of child sexual abuse.
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Increasingly becoming the UK leader in trauma informed therapeutic support for families affected by child sexual abuse.
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We want to change the standard of support for families so that they receive specialist care, can access support in a timely manner and be equipped to thrive again.
We will be the organisation that brings hope to families going through some of their darkest times.