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Support for Women

Next Chapter began life as Colchester & Tendring Women’s Refuge in 1976. Since then, our work has branched out to cover all regions of Essex, and our Staff team has grown to over 70 – this growth means we are now able to offer our services to Male clients across Essex.

You can find the support options we have available for Women by visiting our parent site.

About Us

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We are passionate about ensuring that every person has the opportunity to live their life free from domestic abuse

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Vision, Mission & Values

Our vision is for Life without Domestic Abuse with our mission to provide rapid responses to domestic abuse that increase safety for all victims, enabling them to rebuild their lives & create lasting change. We believe in raising awareness through education, training & partnerships in our community.

We take the values of our organisation very seriously - it's the way we set our own expectations about how we work with our service users, partners & each other and how we hold ourselves to account.

You can read our values by clicking here.

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Our Culture

We strive to create an environment that enables our staff to give their very best every day, because we know how important it is to be supported both personally and professionally, particularly when the work you do can be challenging and emotional.

We are immensely passionate about the work we do to support people who have been impacted by domestic abuse. Our organisation is made up of over 60 dedicated and highly talented individuals who work tirelessly to ensure we are able to offer the very best support and advocacy for anyone who comes into our service. 

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Our Staff

We hope that our staff structure offers the most logical way to manage and deliver our services, enabling us to support each other, offer effective services where they are needed, whilst also offering career progression and opportunities to work on exciting projects. Please see our staff structure below:

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Next Chapter Staff Structure

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We have a brilliant team of people, currently providing amazing, life-saving services and we’re looking for the right people to come and join them. Click below to view our current vacancies (this will open our parent website).

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Get Help

Call us for help on 0330 333 7 444 or 01206 500585 or click 'Get Help' to find out how to access our services

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