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This project successfully funded on 5th May 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
Women Rise Rooted: Nature Connection for Survivors
Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Aim
I’m running a 10K to fund life-changing support for women recovering from domestic and sexual abuse across Brighton & Hove.
Women Rise Rooted CIC supports women to reconnect - to themselves, to other women, to nature, and to their often-forgotten female heritage - as part of healing from domestic and sexual abuse.
I created Women Rise Rooted not only from over 30 years of working in the Violence Against Women and Girls sector, but from lived experience as a survivor of domestic abuse myself.
Again and again, I saw the same gap.
Women were offered crisis support, therapy, and safety planning - all essential - but very little that helped them rebuild a deep, embodied sense of self, reconnect with life, and rediscover their strength, voice, and belonging.
This is the programme I - and so many of the women I worked with - desperately needed, but couldn’t find.
🔶 WHY THIS MATTERS NOW
We have successfully delivered this highly-evaluated programme for over three years through a local domestic abuse charity. Due to funding cuts, the programme is no longer being funded - but the need has not gone away.
Women who have completed the programme continue to seek connection and community, and local organisations are still referring survivors to us.
We need your support to keep this work alive.
We are also living in a time where women’s rights, safety, and dignity are increasingly under threat. At the same time, many women carry anger, grief, and power that has been silenced for generations.
Women’s voices are not just important right now - they are essential.
🔶 WHAT WE DO
Women Rise Rooted is not only about recovery. It is about reconnection, reclamation, and rising.
Through our 8-week nature-based programme, women come together to:
- rebuild trust in themselves and others
- reconnect with their bodies and life force
- explore voice, anger, and agency safely
- rediscover a sense of belonging — to themselves, to each other, and to the natural world
🔶 THE 10K: WHY I’M RUNNING
To help fund this work, I will be running a 10K.
This isn’t just a fundraiser - it’s deeply personal.
As a survivor, and as someone who has supported hundreds of women to reclaim their lives, this run represents movement, strength, and the refusal to stay silent or small.
Every step I take is for the women rebuilding their lives - and for those who are still finding their way.
🔶 HOW YOUR SUPPORT HELPS
Your donation will:
- fund places for women who could not otherwise access the programme
- help us continue delivering this vital work in Brighton & Hove
- support the growth of a community rooted in healing, solidarity, and change
🔶 CALL TO ACTION
Please sponsor my 10K and help women not just survive - but rise, rooted and resourced.
Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a real difference.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made