About
I’m an adult survivor of a childhood home filled with domestic abuse.
My dad never hurt me physically — but I lived in fear for years. I heard the screaming. I saw the damage. And I, like many, have carried the trauma into adulthood.
We were left to survive the chaos — to grow up too fast, hold our family together, and live with the trauma. Now, as adults, when we try to speak out or bring charges, we’re told it’s “too late” or “not serious enough.”
#NotJustMum is a campaign to recognise every adult still carrying what they went through as a child — and being made to feel that it doesn’t count.
We were there. We were hurt. We’re still hurting. It’s time the law saw us.
What I’m campaigning for:
✅ A clear right for adult children to report past domestic abuse — and have it investigated.
🧠 Recognise emotional, coercive and environmental abuse — not just physical violence.
⏳ Scrap time limits on reporting psychological harm from childhood.
👨👩👧👦 Expand the legal definition of domestic abuse to include harm to children in the home.
👮♂️ Require police and CPS to take adult child cases seriously — even without physical injury.
Join the movement and sign the petition. We deserve justice too.
A note on our name
We know the law still fails far too many people living with domestic abuse. And we’re clear: the overwhelming majority of those victims are women. The system continues to let them down — in family courts, in criminal justice, and in access to support.
This campaign isn’t here to distract from that truth — it stands alongside it. We’ve called ourselves #NotJustMum because while we fight for recognition of the children who lived in abusive homes, we also acknowledge that the law still isn’t doing enough for women who are being abused directly.
This is about all of us — but it starts with listening to those who’ve been silenced.
