Unit 3A Tweed Mills
Our Safe Oaks Project, located at our premises in Selkirk, offers essential community support. All staff are friendly and welcoming, with a deep understanding of the effects of abuse and trauma. Our support facilities provide confidential assistance free of charge, ensuring that your safety and trauma recovery are our top priorities.
Our Facilities
Our home since 2022, we strive to make it a comfortable, relaxing, and inviting place for community support. You are welcome to visit and become familiar with our staff and surroundings before accessing any of our support facilities. We have a large 'living room' area that hosts our groups, two therapy rooms for trauma recovery, a kitchenette, and a disabled access toilet. We also provide ramp access to our front door.
Outdoor Area
Our new garden area was made possible with funds raised by our Senior Recovery Practitioner Rachel Bailey, built by the Criminal Justice Team and filled with plants from Borders Act for Change. This garden serves as a vital support facility, cared for by our Peer facilitated Support Group. It offers a peaceful space for community support, where individuals can come together to nurture plants, share connections, and build resilience. It’s truly a place of growth, both botanical and personal, contributing to trauma recovery.
Recovery is a Garden
At first, the ground may feel barren—dry, overgrown, neglected. Recovery begins with preparation: pulling weeds of old habits, clearing stones of shame or fear, and breaking the hardened soil of denial. This process is supported by community support and dedicated support facilities, making it slow and, at times, uncomfortable work.
Planting comes next. Seeds of change, small acts of kindness, new thoughts, and healthier boundaries are placed with care. Initially, they seem insignificant, invisible. Nothing appears to be happening. But beneath the surface, roots begin to form, and healing starts to take shape.
Growth requires consistency: daily nourishment, rest, and sunlight. It's not about perfection but rather presence. Some days are cloudy; others are full of light. There are setbacks, pests, droughts, and unexpected storms. That doesn’t mean the garden is failing; it means it’s alive.
Not every seed will flourish, but many will. Trust takes root. Confidence pushes through. Joy blossoms.
Over time, the garden changes form, and so does the gardener. Recovery, much like gardening, isn’t about fixing something broken; it’s about nurturing something living with the help of community support and trauma recovery resources.
And eventually, things bloom.