Our Mission and Vision
NAAVoices was founded on two pillars: the lived experience of a survivor and the professional expertise of a nurse.
It brings together survivor insight and clinical, safeguarding-informed practice to support individuals, families, and professionals navigating domestic abuse, mental health, and neurodiversity.
The mission of NAAVoices is to empower people through shared knowledge, validated experience, and access to practical, evidence-informed resources. The platform exists to raise awareness, challenge harmful systems and narratives, and support recovery, resilience, and informed advocacy.
By speaking openly and responsibly about lived realities, NAAVoices seeks to create understanding, reduce isolation, and enable safer outcomes for those affected by abuse, institutional failure, and systemic barriers.
Purpose and Scope
NAAVoices exists to challenge silence where harm has been minimised, dismissed, or ignored. It provides a structured platform where survivors, families, children, and professionals can access information, share experiences, and build informed resilience
The work of NAAVoices is grounded in three core principles that inform all content and resources:
- Validation: recognising lived experience as credible and meaningful.
- Solidarity: ensuring individuals do not have to navigate complex systems in isolation.
- Connection: linking people to practical, usable support and informed pathways.
These principles underpin the platform’s approach across advocacy, education, and community engagement.
A Survivor-Led, Evidence-Informed Platform
NAAVoices was established in response to systemic failures and institutional inaction that resulted in harm rather than protection. It exists as a single, clearly defined space where being believed is the starting point, not the exception.
Survivors and families can engage without judgement. Professionals can access survivor-informed resources that support reflective practice, challenge stigma, and improve responses across healthcare, education, safeguarding, and justice systems.
This is not a replacement for statutory services or professional care. It is a complementary resource designed to support understanding, accountability, and informed action.
Empathy and Professional Integrity
Effective support requires more than credentials. It requires empathy, ethical awareness, and a willingness to listen.
NAAVoices is built on formal qualifications in healthcare and mental health alongside lived experience of domestic abuse, post-separation abuse, systemic failure, and institutional silencing. This dual foundation ensures that resources are compassionate, grounded in reality, and aligned with professional standards.
All materials are developed with consideration for safeguarding, trauma awareness, and the complexities individuals face when engaging with statutory systems.
Who NAAVoices Advocates For
NAAVoices advocates for individuals and families whose voices are frequently marginalised, including:
- People living with domestic abuse.
- Survivors of post-separation abuse and coercive control.
- Families marginalised within family court processes.
- Children facing stigma, misunderstanding, or discrimination.
- Parents struggling to be heard by statutory agencies.
- Victims of minimisation, victim-blaming, or institutional inaction.
- Individuals and families advocating for inclusion, dignity, and gender rights.
The position is clear and non-negotiable: every voice matters, regardless of status or circumstance.
Legal and Safeguarding Position
NAAVoices is a survivor-led educational and advocacy resource. It does not replace legal advice, clinical care, or statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
Content is shared under the right to freedom of expression in line with Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and is informed by UK safeguarding frameworks, domestic abuse legislation, equality principles, and multi-agency best practice.
The platform is designed to support awareness, signposting, and informed engagement. Where there is risk of harm to a child or adult, NAAVoices actively encourages engagement with appropriate statutory services and qualified safeguarding professionals.
NAAVoices exists to complement, not replace, formal safeguarding duties, legal processes, and clinical care.
Looking Ahead
NAAVoices continues to develop as a survivor-led resource hub, creating practical tools, guides, templates, and training-ready materials for professionals, alongside accessible content for survivors, parents, and young people.
The work remains grounded in lived experience and professional integrity, driven by a single principle: no one should feel silenced, isolated, or erased.
Founder Information
The personal journey behind NAAVoices is intentionally documented separately. A dedicated page provides context on the lived experience and motivations that informed the platform’s creation.
This separation ensures transparency while maintaining professional clarity across the wider site.
Values
NAAVoices is guided by authenticity, advocacy, compassion, resilience, and empowerment. These values inform all content, partnerships, and strategic decisions.
Our Purpose
NAAVoices exists to amplify survivor voices, provide accessible and informed resources, support trauma-aware professional practice, and foster a community rooted in recognition, accountability, and collective resilience.
© Laura Prince, Founder of NAAVoices.com | Survivor-Led Educational Resource
About the Author
Laura Prince (pseudonym) BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing | PGCert Psychology & Neuroscience of Mental Health | Certified Trauma Healing Practitioner | Certified Narcissist Recovery Practitioner | Certified Neurodiversity Coach (via CMA- and IPHM-accredited providers).