Shrewsbury based PEGS gets no central or local council funding but looks after many many parents who are abused by there own children. We see what there about and learn about the fundraising walk coming up.
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00:00How are you doing Michelle? We're here at PEGS and fantastic work you do, you've got a bit of a
00:04fundraising event coming up haven't you? Yeah that's right, our team are walking
00:0940 miles during the month of May to hopefully help raise up to £4,000
00:14throughout the year. We've got a project of fundraise for PEGS
00:19going on. Yeah and four years is very significant because it's your fourth anniversary
00:23that's right isn't it? That's correct, we were four in March and I can't believe how
00:28much we have grown. I mean it's also really sad when you think about actually
00:31why we're here, but in the space of four years we have seen our referral rate
00:35grow quite significantly to be honest. So a few years ago we were having maybe a
00:40hundred referrals a month, now we are actually having in excess of 500
00:45referrals a month which is incredible. It's mad isn't it? So we've got
00:50parental education growth support, so basically you look after parents that
00:54are being abused by their own children, is that the basic summary? Yeah that's
01:00correct, PEGS, helping parents hold things together. Cheesy but effective right Steve?
01:04Yeah and that is our mission you know, is to provide that safe space and that
01:10sound in board and provide that emotional and practical support that
01:14quite often parents, carers and guardians desperately need, but are sometimes
01:18overlooked and we're not saying that parents or caregivers matter more, we're
01:22saying they matter too and they do. And this form of abuse is really difficult
01:26sometimes to understand, it's really misunderstood and society doesn't even
01:30accept that it exists. But in terms of reality we know that one parent every 19
01:35days is killed in England and Wales by the hands of their child and so really
01:39we need to be starting doing more, we must start normalising the conversations.
01:44And for £4,000 that will help you in what regards, what can you do
01:51with £4,000? So it's really exciting, so £4,000 will actually provide us with
01:57the funds to be able to deliver a bespoke package of support to almost 40
02:03people, again sticking with that four theme, where they can work one-to-one
02:07with our specialist practitioner team, have access to programmes and specific
02:12workshops, join our peer support group and get that much-needed help
02:16that's out there for them. But sadly due to the constraints of us as a
02:20social enterprise you know we need to be raising much-needed funds.
02:24Well that's it, you know you do need the money, I mean you've helped some
02:27speaking at national events haven't you, in regards to what you do and kind of
02:31giving advice and raising awareness. But there's no money from central government
02:35or anything like that, it's kind of, it is fundraising isn't it really?
02:39Exactly, we're very privileged at PEGS, we have had some incredible
02:43opportunities, you know we have become trusted partners of NHS for Safeguarding
02:47for example, we've created an employer-backed Covenant, we've spoke at
02:51conferences up and down the country, we really are so lucky to have those
02:57opportunities. But sadly whenever we do go out and do those events that are
03:01needed, the awareness raising that we're delivering is a must, it sees an influx
03:06of referrals which again then impacts on such a small team, we're a team of 11 and
03:11we do try and provide that support across the UK, but without those funds,
03:15those grants, those donations, our worry and our fear is that PEGS one day may
03:20not be here. Yeah I mean it's worth saying just in the nine days, you've had
03:2499 referrals kind of drop on your doorstep haven't you? Exactly and the
03:28more that the team, the referral team are incredible and as much as they're
03:32getting through them and making those, you know there's much needed responses,
03:35we're having almost double come back in to meet it, so it's really hard going at
03:40the moment. We have a 10 day response time frame to let parents know that you
03:45know we are really busy but you do matter, we will get round to your referral,
03:49we will get back in touch with you but please allow us 10 working days to do so.
03:53But with those referrals now almost a hundred, we might have to look to extend
03:57that which is really sad. Yeah and there's lots of things coming up through
04:01the year in terms of fundraising, we've got a cyclist that we'll be
04:04catching up with at some point, there'll be a nice colourful kind of run event
04:08coming up. So for this one, if anyone wants to get involved and kind of in
04:13regards to the walk and sponsorship and so on, what do they do, how do they get
04:17hold of you? So if they follow us at Peg's Support for example, drop the pages a
04:21message, we can send a fundraising pack. Our incredible social media Queen Thea
04:25has created a pack to help people to look at what they can do to fundraise or
04:30equally maybe fundraising yourself is not your thing but you'd like to donate
04:35and we would welcome that too. You can find out more through our website,
04:39through contacting us directly and we can pop a link on so anything would be
04:43welcome. So thank you very much.