# CIS'TERS - SURVIVING RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184857
- **Other names:** CISTERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 12, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1184857


## Contact

- **Address:** CIS'ters, PO Box 119, Eastleigh
- **Postcode:** SO50 9ZF
- **Phone:** 02380338080
- **Email:** admin@cisters.org.uk
- **Website:** www.cisters.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FEMALE SURVIVORS AGED OVER 18 WHO, BORN AS FEMALE, DURING CHILDHOOD WERE RAPED, SEXUALLY ABUSED OR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO WERE RAPED, SEXUALLY ABUSED OR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED BY A MEMBER OF THEIR IMMEDIATE OR EXTENDED FAMILY; EMPOWERING SUCH SURVIVORS IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL HEALING THROUGH THE MUTUAL AFFIRMATION, ACCEPTANCE, RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF OTHER SURVIVORS AND, SUBJECT TO FUNDING, TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OR DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES FOR OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE PROVIDING SERVICES, OF THE IMPACT ON CHILD VICTIMS/ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD RAPE/SEXUAL ABUSE/EXPLOITATION AND THE ASSOCIATED COPING STRATEGIES USED BY SOME VICTIMS; AND TO PROMOTE AN IMPROVED SERVICE RESPONSE TO THE UNMET NEEDS OF SUCH CHILD VICTIMS/ADULT SURVIVORS, AND OTHERS AFFECTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY EXPERIENCES OF SEXUAL CRIMES.

**Activities:** CISters is a survivor led specialist service for females aged 18 or over who, as female children, were sexually abused/exploited by a member of their immediate and/or extended family. We offer female survivors the opportunity to meet other women in a group context and within an empowerment model.  Meetings vary in type/focus and include an Annual Residential Weekend Workshop. We meet in Hampshire.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £31108 | £56283 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £41582 | £70573 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £92784 | £63417 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £9351 | £52079 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £89531 | £53675 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Samantha Peggy Richley** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 16, 2020
- Catherine Handley — appointed Nov. 17, 2020
- Dr Eileen Ross Gorrod — appointed Aug. 16, 2020
- Gillian Lynn Finch — appointed Aug. 16, 2020
- Jude McBride — appointed March 25, 2024
- Louise Charlotte Bird — appointed Aug. 16, 2020
- Theresa Stephens — appointed March 25, 2024