I am biking 🚴🏼 300 miles from London to Paris! Starting 13th September. To raise money for The Daisy Programme, a registered charity supporting men and women who are living with or who are affected by domestic abuse in the Breckland Area.

Domestic Abuse has a huge impact on self worth, self esteem and confidence where months and years erode the survivors mental and physical well being. Daisy Programme works with you individually or in groups to come to terms with your own situation and move on , in time, with your life.

http://daisyprogramme.org.uk/

Domestic abuse:
- Will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime.
- Leads to, on average, two women being murdered each week and 30 men per year.
- Accounts for 16% of all violent crime (Source: Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report), however it is still the violent crime least likely to be reported to the police.
- Has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)
Is the single most quoted reason for becoming homeless (Shelter, 2002)
In 2010 the Forced Marriage Unit responded to 1735 reports of possible Forced Marriages.
-approximately 400 people commit suicide each year who have attended hospital for domestic abuse injuries in the previous six months, 200 of these attend hospital on the day they go on to commit suicide - www.lwa.org.uk

One of the great services Daisy provides is the Freedom Programme designed by Pat Craven.

The Freedom Programme examines the tactics used to gain control in relationships, it will look at the attitudes and beliefs of abusive men and how it affects the victims and survivors. It also describes in detail how children are affected by domestic abuse and how the lives of children can change when they are not exposed to it.