OUR SERVICES.

Our qualified and dedicated professionals are on hand to provide the following support:

Crisis support

We offer practical and therapeutic support to vulnerable women who may be experiencing or at risk of poverty, abuse and exploitation.

We work with women on a one-to-one basis, providing support in person or over the phone.

We can support women with benefits, council tax, housing, legal matters, child custody and welfare check-ins.

Social work students from universities across the region assist us in this work during their long-term placements - typically 70 or 100 days - at the project.

The time they spend - working under our close supervision - gives them invaluable experience of front-line social work.

Supporting young people

We work with young girls from the age of 11 and with boys under 18 who are at risk of or are experiencing exploitation.

Many of them have experiences of child sexual exploitation, sexual assault and rape, difficult lives in residential or foster care, or chaotic and neglectful home environments.

Many are homelessness or precariously housed. We routinely encounter girls who are not in school, college, training or employment.

Some are self-harming, harbouring suicidal thoughts as they struggle to live with post-traumatic stress and depression.

Tellingly, many have had overwhelmingly poor experiences of the adults working in statutory services who were meant to be there for them.

Our drop-in service

Drop-in operates from a large kitchen/lounge at the back of our building and is the heart of the project.

Women come here for a break from the world outside and we provide hot food, clothes, toiletries/sanitary products, laundry facilities, and a shower.

Every minute of contact with the women is vital. We use this time to gain their trust and to put together detailed plans to help them now and in the future.

We host weekly or regular visits by specialist external services for addiction, sexual health, and Hepatitis C.

Leicestershire Police’s sex worker liaison officer is a frequent visitor, and a great ally and advocate of the project.

Our outreach service

We go to the streets where the women work at night, offering something as simple as a kind word, along with a cuppa and a sandwich and sexual health

We also speak to them about issues of personal safety and

These are some of the most vulnerable and socially-excluded women we encounter in the course of our work.

They are caught up in a cycle of violence and exploitation, so it is essential we do all we can win their trust and ensure we we are there for them when they need us.

This form of outreach was central to our purpose when we created the New Futures Project 25 years ago.

Our counselling services

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Our counselling service supports people living with poor mental health, including trauma linked to sexual abuse and exploitation.

Counselling sessions for people assessed as being in 'crisis' are free for six month. In this time they are supported by a key worker from the team here at the project.

We also offer a low-cost 'non-crisis' service for people who are struggling with their mental health. This service is designed to be as affordable as possible.

These fees help us fund our broader work, including our crisis counselling, outreach and drop-in.

People working toward qualifications in counselling and therapy support this work when they come to us on placement, as required by their courses.