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The Iris Trust has been registered as a charity since 27th July 2007 and is still in its infancy. We can be found on the web site of The Charity Commission.

The Iris Trust has a dedicated team of committed people who are prepared to go into refuges and work with the women there who have suffered from domestic violence.

Our key facilitator, and co-founder of The Iris Trust, experienced an abusive relationship herself from which she fled with her daughter to a refuge where she stayed for 14 months before being placed in temporary accommodation and finally re-housed.  Her knowledge of meditation helped her greatly through that difficult period and was the tool which led to her recovery from all the traumatic experiences she endured.  Her understanding of the dynamics of abusive relationships and the effects this has on the emotional and mental state of a person are reflected in the course content, as well as the difficulties of living in a refuge, and starting a new life.