Our organisation is a not-for-profit which launched 18 months ago with the aims of supporting parents experiencing Child to Parent Abuse, training front-line professionals, raising awareness, and influencing national policy.

Founding Director Michelle John and her team invited funders, professionals and partner organisations to join Progressing PEGS, a half-day event celebrating the journey so far and looking ahead at what more could be achieved in the future.

The morning attracted 194 attendees from health bodies, police forces, charities and voluntary organisations, the civil service and many other sectors.

A mix of live speakers and recorded videos saw Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs, Jess Philips - Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, John Campion – West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner, Natalie Hancock – Mid and West Wales Regional VAWGDASV Adviser, and Ahmed Bhayat from the Department for Work and Pensions addressing attendees.

Representatives from partner organisations also spoke including those from The Isla Foundation, Community Foundation for Staffordshire, The Kintsugi Collective, isev, and Bright Star Boxing.

Michelle said: “We were thrilled to have so many participants for our first ever virtual Progressing PEGS event – but what was even more fantastic was just how engaged the attendees were. We’ve already had some amazing feedback during the event and on social media, and we’ve identified multiple organisations who we can begin to partner with, as well as strengthening the existing bonds we had with many of the groups who attended.

“The more support we have, the more parents we can support – and that’s why I set up PEGS, to ensure those impacted by Child to Parent Abuse have somewhere they can turn to, where they will be listened to, believed, and empowered.”

Child to Parent Abuse is thought to impact somewhere between 3% and 10% of UK households, with behaviours including physical, financial and verbal abuse – often resulting in parents, carers and guardians needing help from social services, the police, their GP or the child’s school.

PEGS offers free support to all parents affected by CPA (including those who have adult offspring), via advocacy, one-to-one support, confidence and coping technique programmes, and a peer support group.

You can follow PEGS' progress across social media - posts specifically about the event have been shared online using the hashtag #ProgressingPEGS.