At the Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre, we're passionate about preventing harm before it begins. Our team delivers professional, supportive services that make a real difference to families and communities. We believe healthy relationships can be learned, and everyone deserves access to early, tailored help.
At the Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre in Gloucestershire, we offer a supportive, trauma-informed approach to strengthening families and communities. Our work is built around early intervention, prevention, and equipping individuals with the tools for lasting, healthy relationships. Our key activities include:
Delivering group programmes for expectant and new parents, focusing on positive relationships during pregnancy and the critical first 5 years of a child's life.
Raising awareness around healthy communication, being a supportive partner and co-parent and identifying and addressing harmful behaviours in your relationship.
Supporting families to build resilience and develop healthy conflict resolution skills.
Signposting to trusted local support services, for support with mental health, debt. health, housing and more.
Delivering specialist training to professionals and organisations on understanding the impact of domestic abuse on children, providing trauma informed support and much more.
Our Building Safer Families Programme focuses on the first 5 years of a child's life, a crucial time for development and lifelong wellbeing.
Here in Gloucestershire, we help expectant and new parents understand the importance of healthy relationships, empowering them with the tools to create nurturing and safe environments.
We support positive parenting, emotional resilience, and safe, nurturing settings for every child. We support families to build a foundation for children to thrive.
At Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre, we offer a range of specialist training and workshops for professionals, schools, and organisations. Our training cover areas such as the impact of domestic abuse on children, understanding emotional abuse, and working with perpetrators of domestic abuse.
Please use the below links to find out more about our training programs.
With nearly three decades of combined experience in frontline domestic abuse support services, the Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre team has worked with both victims and perpetrators of abuse. Our extensive front line experience shapes our approach to delivering effective, accessible services throughout Gloucestershire.
At the Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre, our mission is to create safer, healthier beginnings for every child by empowering families from the very start. We focus on early and specialist interventions, raising awareness about healthy relationships and the importance of safe and nurturing environments where children can flourish. Our vision is rooted in building communities where everyone plays a part in preventing harm and supporting growth. We work towards a future where:
Our core values guide every aspect of our work ensuring families and communities in Gloucestershire receive compassionate, effective help.
Creating safe, abuse-free environments where children and families can grow and feel secure.
Acting swiftly to provide support and guidance to families before problems escalate.
Equipping parents, carers, and professionals with the knowledge and tools to foster nurturing, positive relationships.
Meeting every individual with empathy, understanding, and respect for their unique experiences.
Working alongside families, communities, and fellow professionals to achieve lasting change.
Prioritising proactive measures to prevent relationship harm before it starts.
Ensuring our services are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of the diverse communities we serve.
Supporting positive change while holding individuals accountable in a respectful and supportive way.
These values underpin everything we do, from direct family support to professional training, as we strive for safer, healthier relationships for all.
The Healthy Relationships Awareness Centre (HRAC) offers trauma-informed, healthy relationship support in Gloucestershire, focusing on early intervention, education, and training to prevent relationship harm.
We support individuals, couples, families, professionals, and local authorities in Gloucester and beyond, offering early help for families, parenting support, and professional training.
No, our focus is on early intervention and prevention. We provide healthy relationship support and resources long before a crisis occurs, helping families build resilience.
Some conflict is normal, but repeated arguing or unhealthy behaviours may signal the need for support. Our parenting support for healthy relationships can help address these issues.
Harmful behaviours include coercive control, emotional abuse, and persistent communication breakdowns. We provide emotional abuse awareness support and guidance on building safer connections.
HRAC offers specialised training courses in the impact of domestic abuse on children, domestic abuse awareness, trauma-informed practice, working with perpetrators of domestic abuse and many more. Please see our training page for further information.
