About Us
Frieda's Story
Embodying the voice, wisdom, and resistance of communities who have been marginalised and racialised, We Are Frieda CIC is a Black feminist organisation committed to transforming responses to domestic and sexual violence and abuse.
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We provide intersectional, trauma-informed, and person-centred training, consultancy, and specialist advocacy support. Our work bridges research, lived experience, and frontline practice, ensuring that theory is not detached from the realities of survivors’ lives.
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Through a dynamic mix of accredited training, workshops, strategic consultancy, and systems review, we equip professionals and organisations to take an intersectional stand against gender- and sex-based violence. Alongside this, we provide specialist, culturally responsive workshops and support for victim-survivors, ensuring that those most impacted by structural harm receive support that honours their agency, dignity, and voice.
Our Mission
Grounded in Black feminist and intersectional thought, our mission is to reshape how services are designed, delivered, and evaluated, embedding anti-racism, cultural competemility, and survivor-led principles at every level.
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Central to our work is a call for structural reorganisation: a reimagining of systems so that they are built around the collective needs of those most oppressed, rather than retrofitted to include them.
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We challenge systemic injustice, disrupt victim-blaming narratives, amplify survivor voices, and advocate for transformative change, working towards a society free from stigma, erasure, and inequity.
Our Values
Black Feminism
We are rooted in Black feminist thought and praxis. We centre the leadership, scholarship, and lived realities of racialised women, recognising that racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and colonial legacies operate together. Our work is guided by collective liberation, structural analysis, and transformative justice.
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Intersectional Feminism
We understand violence as shaped by overlapping systems of power. We examine how race, gender, class, disability, immigration status, sexuality, religion, and other identities interact to produce layered risks and barriers to safety.
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Empathy
We meet people where they are. We honour individuals as experts of their own lives, approaching every interaction with cultural humility, curiosity, and care.
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Equity
We work toward structural equity as opposed too surface-level inclusion. This means actively dismantling systemic barriers, challenging discriminatory practices, and redistributing power in service design and delivery.
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Education
We close the gap between research and frontline practice. Our training and consultancy translate theory into action, cultivating cultural competemility, critical consciousness, and applied skill.
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Empowerment
We use strength-based, survivor-led approaches that build agency, restore autonomy, and create pathways for individuals and communities to reclaim voice and power.
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Advocacy
We amplify survivor voices, particularly those most marginalised, and use evidence, data, and lived experience to push for institutional and structural change.
Our Aims
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Deliver specialist, intersectional, and trauma-informed training, consultancy, and advocacy support in the field of domestic and sexual violence and abuse.
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Embed Black feminist and anti-racist principles into service design, governance, safeguarding, and leadership structures.
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Bridge research, lived experience, and frontline practice, ensuring services are evidence-based and culturally responsive.
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Disrupt secondary victimisation and institutional harm by increasing cultural literacy and accountability across systems.
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Amplify the expertise of survivors, particularly those from racialised and marginalised communities, shaping policy and practice reform.
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Challenge perpetration through structural analysis, accountability mechanisms, and critical engagement with power.
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Prioritise emotional, cultural, and physical safety, creating environments where healing, dignity, and agency are protected.
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Advocate for systemic reorganisation so that services are built around the collective needs of the most oppressed, not retrofitted to include them.