Imagine getting a call that your child has disclosed sexual assault.

Imagine hearing your child say someone has hurt them.

Your world stops. Your stomach drops. And suddenly you’re trying to hold your child’s trauma, your own shock, and the weight of a situation no parent is ever prepared for. You’re expected to stay calm, stay strong, stay functional — while inside everything is shaking.

This is happening to families every single day.

Child sexual abuse is far more common than people want to believe. 1 in 6 girls will experience sexual abuse before the age of 16.

Behind every statistic is a child — and a parent trying to survive the fallout. Because when a child discloses abuse, it doesn’t just break their world. It breaks the parent’s too. The fear, the rage, the guilt, the sleepless nights, the flashbacks, the isolation — it hits like a bomb. And most parents have nowhere to put it, nowhere to talk about it, nowhere to get help.

ACTS FAST is one of the only charities supporting these parents.

They step in when families are at their most shattered. They provide trauma‑informed counselling, education, and group support so parents can stabilise, breathe again, and actually be able to support their child’s recovery.

CSA doesn’t just harm children. It tears through entire families.

ACTS FAST helps them rebuild.

Your donation gives a traumatised parent the support they desperately need — and strengthens the adult who is fighting every day to help their child heal.

Thank you for anything you can give.

Learn more: https://www.actsfast.org.uk/