Founded in 1991, Respond is a national charity providing therapy and specialist support services to people with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced abuse, violence or trauma.

We are committed to bringing about positive change for our clients and their families, enabling them to lead richer and more resilient lives.

We provide a range of trauma-informed services for children, young people, adults and professionals. These include psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning and other support services which aim to prevent abuse and equip individuals and their families to come to terms with their experiences and live more positive lives.

We also provide specialist training, supervision, reflective practice and consultancy to equip agencies and providers in developing and delivering trauma-informed services.

Vision

Our vision is that all people with learning disabilities and autistic people who experience trauma are empowered to thrive.

Mission Statement

We reduce the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, by developing trusting relationships, through psychotherapeutically informed services.

Values

Respond’s work is guided by our core values

Respect

Respect We are considerate about the thoughts, feelings, rights and opinions of everyone we connect with.

Safe

Safe We build and develop ongoing professional relationships based on trust

Inclusive

Inclusive We bring together and reflect on a broad range of diverse contributions to drive our unique approach.

Empowering

Empowering We enable people to build on their strengths in order that they can achieve their goals.

Compassionate

Compassionate We listen and understand that people’s experiences may impact the way they relate to others .

 
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Respond's offices in London and the Midlands are now open and following from our learning from the pandemic, our staff have also now moved to hybrid working, continuing with some working days in the office and the remainder working from home.

Therefore we are now providing both in person and online services.  We ask that anyone with symptoms not to attend in person, but to let us know in advance so that we can offer online contact in these circumstances.

We recognise that whilst the government requirements have changed, we are still guided by recommendations in order to keep both our staff and our clients safe.