Our Impact
Imara’s vision is a world where children receive the support they need, where abuse ends and children are free from harm.
Our purpose is enabling a child’s voice to be heard.
Our Impact
Since Imara was founded in 2010, we have worked with more than 2,200 children and young people from more than 1,500 families across Nottinghamshire.
In a typical year Imara provides 3187 therapy sessions and more than 3250 hours of CHISVA support, including 1750 hours partnership working with police, social workers, schools and other professionals working with children in the service (April 2023 – March 2024).
Our Annual Impact Report celebrates our service activities over the last year and gives more detail about our theory of change.
The difference we make
Following support from Imara:
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Say Imara helped them to feel better physically or emotionally
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Say Imara helped others to take notice of what they had to say
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Say Imara helped them to understand and feel better about the police investigation and court process.
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Say Imara helped them to cope better with trauma reactions like flashbacks and nightmares
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Feel better about themselves
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Feel more able to cope when things don’t go well
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Show an improvement in their post-traumatic stress symptoms
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Show an improvement in their dissociation
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Show a reduction in sexual distress or concerns
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Show an improvement in their score for depression
What young people say
“Totally changed my life for the better. I have a completely different outlook on many aspects of life. I feel I’m now in a place I can go on and do whatever I wish to achieve, when I had been stuck for so long. I’ll never be able to thank Imara enough.”
“Imara has been the lifeline through my whole journey. I entered imara for the first time as a lost and sad young girl, and I am leaving a confident and content young woman. I’ll never be able to thank everyone at imara enough, I owe so much to them and I’ll always be grateful for their dedication.”
“I feel I know myself a bit more and think I'm better at saying when I want to do something. Talking about feelings has helped, I'm happier to be me.”
What families say
“I am now in a place I thought I never would be. It has been life changing. I feel calmer, and am able to focus on my family more, as I am not stuck in my own feelings. I have been able to process my difficult memories, and I never thought that would be possible. Thank you”
“Imara have supported us as a family and helped to develop relationships between us where no other service has. They have listened, cared and helped us to work through trauma. An amazing support, I can not speak more highly of. Thank you for all the support you have given us”
“Imara have supported our family when we needed it the most. They understood our needs and I couldn’t of asked for better support. Thank you for everything”
What professionals say
“We have received a lot of support and guidance from Imara in how to support a child at our school. This has helped staff feel supported and gain an understanding of the child. The child always looks forward to Imara coming to see them. As a school we are always happy when we know Imara are involved as we know the children will have a high level of support and we will be able to to seek support if needed." - School Designated Safeguarding Lead
“The work you do is brilliant, long may you continue to provide support to the young people we work with who need a service as good as this.” - Social Worker
“The families you work with always value your support. It's great having you as the link and you have the time to dedicate to them. We don't say it enough, so I apologise, I know I'm guilty of that too, so a BIG THANK YOU!” - Police Officer
What the participation group says
“It's about empowerment… because (you are) able to feel like you’re doing something. You can’t change what happened to you so you get a bit more of a satisfaction out of it that things will change… the more people that are better at doing their job the better, because then the less people have a bad experience… You can use your experience to create good.”
“We are all so passionate about everything that has happened. We are all really outspoken about our experiences and how we feel about things and I think actually when we put our heads together we can come up with some pretty fantastic things.”
“This is an incredible opportunity as survivors to find ourselves again…being surrounded by people who understand and support it best. It will allow us to develop our confidence and creativity in a transformational way.”
