Family Matters

13 Wrotham Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0PA

Tel (Helpline): 01474 537392
Tel (Office): 01474 536661
Web: www.familymattersuk.org
Best time to telephone - Helpline: 24 hours (answer machine when not covered by volunteers); Office: normal working hours.

Family Matters works to help relieve the mental and physical distress of children, adolescents and adults who have been victims of abuse, together with their non-abusing family members and partners, and thus help to:

• Break the cycle of abuse.
• Reduce the incidence of suicide and self-harm amongst survivors.
• Reduce the pain, suffering and distress of survivors of childhood sexual abuse and improve their ability to relate to others.
• Promote empowerment, self-awareness and self-esteem, thereby reducing the levels of social exclusion and increasing access to health opportunities.
• Reduce the amount of disruption to schooling.
• Provide other agencies with a suitable referring agency for those identified with problems in this specialist area.
• Raise the awareness of childhood sexual abuse through the provision of courses aimed at counsellors and professionals.

Services provided include counselling and a helpline. Counselling is restricted to South East London and Kent. Open to all from four years upwards.