Care
that
liberates.

Black feminist training and consultancy

For professionals For survivors
Two Black women resting their heads together

We are a specialist domestic and sexual violence and abuse organisation, working from Black feminist praxis, with a specialism in the needs of Black and Black mixed-heritage women and girls.

Our training, consultancy and programmes are intersectional, anti-racist, anti-oppressive and trauma-informed, held together as one unified practice. We build that practice with services, and we carry it into the work we do with survivors.

We work on systems rather than symptoms, which means going after the conditions that produce and sustain harm instead of just managing its effects. That shows in who we train, in how we ask services to account for themselves, and in the spaces we hold for Black and racialised women. We are for abolition. We are for revolution.

What we do

Everything we offer is for one of two groups: the practitioners and services who hold survivors, and the survivors themselves. Both are needed, because care without system change leaves the harm where it is.

For professionals

For survivors

IIDSVA trainingAccredited independent domestic and sexual violence advocacy training, rooted in Black feminist praxis.Dear SisterA healing and learning space built for and with victim-survivors.Training and workshopsPractitioner workshops on intersectionality, anti-racism and survivor support, built to your service.The Brown Girls Guide to FeminismPatriarchy and power read through a culturally specific lens.ConsultancyResearch, needs assessments and organisational development towards structurally accountable services.

Why we do it

These are the conditions our work answers to, and they are produced by systems rather than by the women living inside them.

29%

of Black and mixed-race women live with mental ill health

82%

of Black girls experience sexual harassment

10.1%

of female homicide victims are Black women

Sources: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014, NHS Digital; Plan International UK, 2021, girls and young women aged 12 to 21; ONS, Homicide in England and Wales, year ending March 2023.

Our impact

400+

professionals trained since 2020

200+

survivors reached through our workshops

96%

of learners report increased confidence after our training

100+

IDVAs and ISVAs trained through our accredited programme

Upcoming sessions

Free one-hour online introductions to the Intersectional Risk Tracker Tool, with time for your questions.

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A practitioner at a Frieda workshop
“I didn’t know what to expect because anti-oppressive work was new to me, but it changed not just how I viewed my work, but how I thought about myself too.”
Social worker, West Midlands

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