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Helpline Open:
10am to 4pm Mon to Fri
07547 680839
Breaking Free Of Trauma
The project aims to focus on healing these
traumas through group discussion, which is held
every Tuesdays and Thursdays between 7pm to
Breaking free is a female support project set
9pm and one to one phone helpline support.
up by a small group of females that have had
years of experience in this ﬁ eld and have also
experienced traumas too.
We aim to protect show trust and respect
and keep the group safe and encourage the
individual to grow, thrive and eventually break
The group aims to offer support to females
free from the abuse and trauma .
over the age of 18 who have experienced
any or all forms of trauma due to emotional,
mental, physical, sexual/rape abuse from
Are you a female or know a female looking for
childhood to now
this support then please contact Alison via the
phone helpline, email or letter .
They also cover family and relationship
concerns and provide general information on
breaking3@googlemail.com
other like minded projects and courses and
beneﬁ ts etc.....
www.breaking3femalesupportgroup.co.uk
159 Victoria Hill, Old Town, Swindon SN1 3BU
That’s a Funny Thing to Say!
At full tilt ~ to go at full To have a fi eld day ~ to have an enjoy-
speed or as quickly as able time
possible This is military term relating to when troops
Probably originating exercises out in the ‘ﬁ eld’ - the area of
from the fourteenth cen- operations. In the US navy it is a day for
tury when medieval knights often took part cleaning the ship ready for inspection.
in the sport ‘tilting at the quintain’. A dummy
As dull as ditch water ~ boring and unin-
head was attached to a spike in the ground
teresting
which enabled it to spin around when
This refers to the appearance of water in
struck. The knight would tilt at full speed on
ditches which is usually dirty and muddy.
horseback and attempt to hit the head with
In stark contrast to the water in a stream
his lance. If he failed to strike the head in
which is bright and clear
the right place it would spin around and hit
him on the back before he could get clear.
To break cover ~ to come out into the
open
By the skin of one’s teeth ~ by the nar-
This relates to the world of hunting. The
rowest margin
night before a hunt the den of a fox was
Teeth have no skin, and therefore the task
blocked so it would need
has been achieved by a narrow margin.
to ﬁ nd alternative shelter.
The phrase is evident in the bible: ‘My bone
The next day when it left
cleaveth to my skin, and to my ﬂ esh, and I
the new shelter the hunt
am escaped with the skin of my teeth’ Job
was on!
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