Get active for IDAS! In 2019 we have places available in two sporting events: York 10K (4th August 2019); Sheffield 10K (23rd September 2019) We will cover the cost of your place in the race and provide you with...

I am the Executive Director of Harrogate Hub - a charity offering a safe place to turn to where trained compassionate volunteer pastoral carers provide unconditional listening, befriending and signposting support to anyone who has a need. Our centre...

I always knew I would do something to help other people who had suffered sexual violence I just didn’t know what for a long time. I had spent twenty years trying to piece myself and my life together after...

In October 20014, on an unsupervised, unsafe access visit with our children, my abusive ex-husband barricaded my former marital home and set fourteen fires alight with petrol that he had bought just two days earlier. He then joined my...

My background is in the arts and art psychotherapy. I have worked or volunteered in the charity sector for over 10 years, both in York and in my hometown, Middlesbrough. I was aware of IDAS through my work in...

On May 8th, 2008, I received a phone call from my mother - "It's Becca, she's dead, he's killed her". At the time I was a Traffic Officer for Cleveland Police. My sister was murdered in 2008 by her...

I am a poet living in Otley. I was in an abusive relationship for years. My ex was volatile, drank heavily, and our home was fraught with rows and unhappiness. There were some good times, but I was always...

Joining the IDAS Trustee Board, as either a trustee or a committee member, is one of the most important forms of volunteering in the sector. The trustees give direction to a charity and are ultimately legally responsible for its...

Whether you volunteer in our offices or work independently as one of our Champions there are lots of ways to support our work as a volunteer and make a difference to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Our volunteers...