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How we can help you
The Family Survival Trust, a charity which has evolved from FAIR, was formed in November 2007 in order to help and advise the many families affected by cults and other ‘personal development’ groups.
The previous organisation, FAIR (Family Action Information Resource), came into being in 1976, in response to the cult concern of parents, families, politicians, professionals, academics and other individuals witnessing the recruitment of family, friends and associates into cults. FAIR provided an advisory service to help those cult parents, cult families and cult victims, and gave information to journalists, academics and interested members of the public. It also published FAIR News three or four times a year. In 2008, FAIR News Publishing Limited was incorporated to continue the publication and dissemination of FAIR News (www.fair-cult-concern.co.uk).
The Family Survival Trust is an independent organisation which deals with the many calls for help it receives as quickly as possible. It is willing to talk to families affected by the loss of loved ones who have been recruited into cults and/or totalitarian groups. It offers discussion with cult members if they are willing to talk and listen, in order to provide them with help and information, which might enable them to decide their own future.
The Family Survival Trust never seeks out cult members, does not use any coercion, nor does it take part in any form of rescue from cults.
Information is constantly updated and shared in the UK and internationally. Journalists and academics consult with The Family Survival Trust on key issues. On request, The Family Survival Trust will provide information to any interested members of the public who seek to improve their cult awareness.
EVENTS
The Family Survival Trust participates in conferences and seminars and has a wide network of international contacts. Lectures and/or seminars take place in London every year. Please see the Events page for more details of past, present and future events.
GOVERNANCE
The Family Survival Trust is run by a board of trustees chaired by former Home Office Minister, Tom Sackville. The Family Survival Trust is in touch with experienced academic contacts in all parts of the world. Information and advice are constantly exchanged.
AIMS
The Family Survival Trust aims to help families to survive the trauma of cult involvement which can affect teenagers, young adults or relatives. The support it gives is needed to ease painful conflicts which can arise. It supplies information and advises on methods of combatting the damage which can affect the family as a whole - its values and harmony. It aims to help parents and individuals to acquire the skills to cope with the pain of separation and the many anxieties which can arise.
The Family Survival Trust gives each family support and helps its understanding of the cult or cults which affect it, and the manipulative techniques used. It helps cult families in coping with grief and abuse (suffered by both cult members and their families) by encouraging them to talk. A family or individual is more vulnerable to the harmful methods employed by cults, such as brain washing, if isolated from wider society, friends and family.