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Please Note: Dated December 2025 - CIS'ters is in a dire financial situation!

We have been unable so far to gain access to financial support for the coming year.

Our mission to continue to raise awareness of the existence of sexual abuse during childhood, highlight the needs of Survivors and provide information to those directly and indirectly affected is under threat.

Please help if you can by going to CIS'ters page 'Ways You Can Donate' where you will be able to see the many ways in which you can help us to continue with our much need information and support services. Or, you can click on the Donate Button which you will find on the top right hand side of our website.

'Our Vision & Mission' - 'Our History'

_{Gillian - Founder of CIS'ters}

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Mark O'Sullivan's address at the 'ACT on IICSA' Event in Westminster on 13th November 2025. (ACT on IICSA monitors government action and inaction in response to the Inquiry's recommendations, engages directly with departments such as the Home Office, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, and Ministry of Justice, and provides transparent public updates on progress).

Mark O'Sullivan's Address

Three years of inaction is enough. On 20th October 2025, it was 3 years since the Independent Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse published its report (from the 7 years of work and 7000 survivor testimonies) and made 20 recommendations to help prevent sexual abuse, and help support victims.

Not one recommendation has been delivered, and in those 3 years there will have been an estimated 1.5 million new victims - children sexually abused for the first time. Children deserve better. Survivors deserve justice. Please watch and share this film: The Elephant in the Room

This is a Public Health Emergency!

Write to your MP: Here’s a template that you’re welcome to tweak. Find your MP here

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November 2025 - Very sad news to hear about the passing of Baroness Helen Newlove, the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales. She understood the issues completely. The Baroness was a tireless advocate for victims, who boldly challenged justice agencies to treat victims with the compassion, decency and respect they deserve.

Statement from the Office of the Victims' Commissioner's Website

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August 2025 - Three of the UK’s leading sexual violence charities; The Survivors Trust, Rape Crisis England & Wales,
and We Are Survivors; have today warned that vital services are on the brink of closure unless the
Government urgently commits to sustainable funding.

In an open letter to the Home Secretary and the Lord Chancellor, the organisations, including CIS'ters, alongside over 70
other frontline and membership services, say that without action, tens of thousands of survivors of rape
and sexual abuse will be left without the specialist support they need to cope and recover.

Despite their life-saving work, many of these community-based services face an uncertain future,
threatening the support they currently offer for the majority of survivors who never report to the police
or engage with statutory services:

The Press Release

Collaborative letter to the Home Secretary

Collaborative letter to the Lord Chancellor

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Law Society have chosen CIS'ters as their charity for 2025.

https://hampshirelawsociety.co.uk/event/hampshire-law-society-2025-annual-dinner-awards/

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Further Items of Interest