Shirley Oaks Survivors

Shirley Oaks Survivors

The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association (SOSA) is a support group that has been set up to listen and document the accounts of those who have suffered or witnessed a variety of horrific abuse whilst in care in Lambeth Children's Homes. Not all children suffered sexual abuse but to date we now know the victims ran into the hundreds. The distruction didn't stop there. When you add those who were physically abused and those who suffered mental trauma the numbers become alarming. Most of this was down to inadequate house parents who failed to address the physiological issues of growing up without parents.

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