The Teenage Relationship Abuse Project by

Go-Getta CIC & H.O.P.E Training & Leadership CIC

H.O.P.E Training & Leadership C.I.C is proud to be working alongside Go Getta CIC. Over the past year, we have been delivering our Teenage Relationship Abuse (TRA) Project, striving to educate and raise awareness about abuse in teenage relationships among young people, frontline workers, and parents/carers.

Several independent studies have shown that 40% of teenagers are in an abusive dating relationship. A snapshot survey across Leicester and Leicestershire highlighted that the problem could be much greater.

Abusive behavior between teenagers in intimate relationships remains relatively invisible, due in part to the persistent yet unfounded assumption that domestic abuse is something that occurs between adults. Teenage Relationship Abuse is often overlooked in research, policy and practice. The current definition of domestic abuse leaves young people in abusive relationships falling into the gap between child protection procedures and adult focused domestic abuse policy.

The Teenage Relationship Abuse (TRA) Project was launched in 2024 in Leicester due to an increasing concern around the prevalence and impact of abuse within young peoples’ relationships, both locally and nationally.

Through collaboration with young people, parents, and practitioners, our shared aim is to help end abuse in teenage relationships.