We are an independent charity providing

• specialist Outreach Services

• Independent Domestic Violence Advisor support

• counselling

• client programmes eg Own My Life, Recovery Toolkit

• associated services to survivors of domestic abuse and their children in Reigate & Banstead, Mole Valley and Tandridge

ESDAS was created in partnership with survivors and the local community in response to the injustice many adult and child survivors experienced in having to flee their homes to escape abuse and losing their support networks.

Many of our staff, volunteers and trustee team are experts by experience and are driven by the belief that abuse is not and should not be accepted as inevitable.

ESDAS takes a strengths-based, needs-led, trauma-informed approach for supporting survivors to build resilience and foster independence.

Founded in 1993, ESDAS has a proven track record of delivering high quality life-saving services to survivors and our work has achieved both local and national recognition including:

• 2022 Women’s Aid Federation England National Quality Standards Stage 1 accreditation

• 2019 Winners of the Glaxo Smith-Kline IMPACT Award

• 2014 Appointed Lead Provider of a partnership of specialist domestic abuse charities across Surrey

• 2005 Awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service in the Community, the highest award granted to voluntary organisations