Exeter Community Initiatives’ Transitions project came into Carole’s life when she was struggling to do exactly that, transition from sickness and disability to get her life back on track and start work.
Transitions provides workshops on the practical and emotional challenges people encounter on a daily basis such as managing anxiety, budgeting and decluttering.
Carole, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, attended Transitions’ Connection Refection and Hope workshops.
Carole said: “The support, coaching and training provided by Exeter Community Initiatives’ Transitions project gave me tools to integrate into my daily life which have become routine now. These tools include prioritising my health and self-care, identifying and getting the support I need as well as managing the social relationships I need around me to maintain a healthy balance in my life.
“Exeter Community Initiatives is a great charity with a wonderful team. The support and help I have received goes far beyond what I expected. They know how to put people at ease so quickly. The project really is true to its name. It helped me ‘transition’ to a far healthier place, very quickly. Thank you!”
Carole recently turned sixty and is now an advocate against sibling sexual abuse. She is on the board of several sibling sexual abuse projects and has appeared in numerous TV and radio programmes. She is currently writing a foreword to a book.