Bambu Project
Total Investment: £995,298.00 over 2 years
The Bambu Project is a new service that provides specialist support to meet the holistic needs of children and young people impacted by domestic abuse.
The service began on 1st August 2022 and is being delivered by Rise Mutual and the Richmond Fellowship;
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Rise Mutual deliver therapeutic interventions to young people that have been impacted by domestic abuse aged 15–24-year-olds.
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Richmond Fellowship deliver therapeutic interventions to young people that have been impacted by domestic abuse aged 11–14-year-olds.
The programme is delivered in eight boroughs:
- Enfield
- Haringey
- Islington
- Tower Hamlets
- Croydon
- Lambeth
- Hounslow
- Hammersmith & Fulham
Domestic abuse in childhood can have a significant impact on a child’s mental and physical wellbeing, as well as their behaviour. Providing support to children at the earliest opportunity is important to address the trauma and harm caused by the abuse.
Many studies show that children that grow within this environment may internalise their distress and withdraw from other people. They may have a lowered sense of self-worth. Within older children, the affects of the abuse can affect their engagement with school and has been linked to self-harm and alcohol and drug dependency.
Services like the Bambu Project will intervene and help children to understand that the abuse that is taking place is not their fault and they are not to blame.