'Counselling Saves Lives' - three little words which sum up the New Futures Project

We have decided to adopt a phrase which encapsulates the vital importance of what we do here at the New Futures Project.

It's just three words: 'Counselling Saves Lives'.

From now on, you'll see it underneath our logo, on our news stories, social media posts and promotional material.

Its launch today, (Monday, September 7), coincides with the beginning of a series of stories and social media posts highlighting the counselling courses we offer.

You will find details of our forthcoming classes here on our website. If you think it's for you, get in touch and we can talk.

Our courses are externally validated and accredited by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, (CPCAB).

Our director Della Kagure Brown said: "We decided to use the slogan Counselling Saves Lives because it describes perfectly the importance of the work we do at the project.

"The project supports women and girls who have experienced significant trauma and abuse and provides crisis and low-cost counselling in addition to practical and emotional support.

"As our counselling training programme is developing and more people are applying to study counselling with us, we want our potential counselling students to understand the real value of training to be a professional counsellor with the New Futures Project.

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Della Kagure Brown.

"Our counselling courses are an intrinsic part of the work of the charity – training counsellors is another way the charity supports vulnerable women and girls.

"We really hope that potential counselling students will be inspired by our slogan and the work of the charity and choose to train with us.

"Training to be a professional counsellor at The New Futures Project supports our work in so many ways.

"All profits from our training courses go towards supporting vulnerable women and girls.

"Our trainee counsellors support our client group directly through completing placements at the charity and most importantly when our trainee counsellors qualify, they continue to use the expertise they have gained through our training within their future practice with clients within the wider community.

"Counsellors training with the New Futures Project will continue to support the work of the charity throughout their career.

"In return we offer a rewarding and worthwhile career and the satisfaction of supporting our clients to achieve their full potential and becoming part of our community.

"Why wouldn’t anyone want to be a counsellor when doing so means they have a career helping them to recover from abuse and trauma and to live with hope and peace?"

The New Futures Project offers a comprehensive welfare and counselling service for women and young people dealing with sexual abuse or exploitation, domestic violence, trafficking, poverty and debt, substance use or mental ill-health.

Call us on 0116 251 0803 or send us a message at: info@new-futures.org.uk

You can find us at 71 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0PE.