There are several programmes aimed at supporting survivors of domestic abuse running in Cambridgeshire - please see below for details and please note the referral routes and criteria for each provider.
Survivor Support Programmes
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The Freedom Programme supports survivors of domestic abuse - as well as being delivered in person as per the details on this page, it is also available online for £14
The Meadows Child & Family Wing in Cambridge run The Freedom Programme, as well as drop-in sessions and other activities. Visit their website for more information:
To make a referral
email: info@mcfw.co.uk or call: 07871 780932
Living Keys run a number of programmes for female survivors in Peterborough and North Fenland areas. For more information and how to refer, please visit their website Living Keys
Cambridge Women's Resource Centre run a Freedom Programme which is open to all women, whether they are still in an abusive relationship or not.
for information please email info@cwrc.org.uk
Cambridgeshire Deaf Association run The Freedom Programme in BSL. For more information please visit
Opoka offer Support, guidance and resiurces fro Polish victims
Own My Life group work (Peterborough Women's Aid)
The Own My Life course is an innovative, creative and educational 12-week course for women. It can be delivered online or in-person and supports women to regain ownership of their lives when they have been subjected to abuse or violence. For more details and to join, please visit Own My Life | Peterborough Women's Aid
Young Persons Own My Life Programme Septemeber - December 2026 (exact dates to be confirmed) 2 hour sessions once a week for 12 weeks. Venue will be the Central Library in Cambridge City Centre For more information and for a referral form please email idva.referrals@cambridgeshire.gov.uk - 'For The Attention Of Young Person's IDVA'
Freedom to be me is a 12 week course looking at the way that abusive men behave and what they believe about the roles of men and women in society.
The aim of the course is: To help women who have experienced domestic violence make sense of and understand what has happened to them. To recognise potential future abusers. To help women gain self-esteem and the confidence to improve their lives, instead of the whole experience just feeling like a horrible mess. This is a rolling, women only, programme running for 12 weeks.
Freedom to be me runs at The Edge Cafe in Cambridge.
To self refer please contact: gail@theedgecafecambridge.com
Free Spirit Cambs offer a number of support programmes for survivors of abuse and trauma including:
- Freedom Programme via Zoom
- Freedom Forever (follow-on from Freedom)
- Hope to Recovery
- Domestic Abuse Recovery Toolkit - programmes for adults and children and young people
- Reconnect - mindfulness workshop
For more information please visit: