# Hear Me

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC044106
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** June 27, 2013
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC044106


## Contact

- **Address:** PO Box 7010
- **Postcode:** DD8 0BJ
- **Website:** http://www.hearmecounselling.com/



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Hear Me provides a highly specialised counselling service for adults and children (age8+) of all genders, who have experienced the trauma of sexual abuse at any time in their lives. Hear Me also provides specialist training and continues to raise awareness of the issues of sexual abuse locally and in the wider community.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;People with a particular ethnic or racial origin&#x27;,&#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** 1 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are advancing health (4.1 ? 4.7 listed below) and advancing education (4.8 listed below): 1.1 By enabling and supporting people who have experienced sexual abuse to self manage their own mental health  1.2 By enabling and supporting better mental health in all people who use our service 1.3 By enabling and supporting increased independence and autonomy in what people who use our service do 1.4 By enabling confidence in service users to have a say in matters of direct concern to their mental well being 1.5 By helping equip the service user with better and safer coping strategies to manage their mental health problems 1.6 By enabling the service user to have more awareness of opportunities and what they can hope for themselves  1.7 By enhancing the service users well-being, with increase in confidence, self-esteem and self belief 1.8 By the provision of training to volunteer counsellors and the wider community





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Angus
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






