TY - JOUR T1 - National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) JF - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care JO - J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care SP - 56 LP - 57 DO - 10.1136/jfprhc.2010.0009 VL - 37 IS - 1 AU - Susan Quilliam Y1 - 2011/01/01 UR - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/37/1/56.abstract N2 - The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) is a national charity that supports people who have suffered any form of childhood abuse, including sexual abuse. Until the establishment of NAPAC in 1997 there was no national body to support adults who had been abused in childhood. Since then, NAPAC has developed into a still-unique organisation with four full-time and 10 part-time staff and 40 volunteers who provide a national freephone support line, as well as an e-mail and letter answering service. The charity was originally set up by Pete Saunders, an adult survivor of childhood abuse, who was unable to find any support for himself and so became determined to try and fill what turned out to be a huge ‘gap in the market’. Pete, who is today the CEO of NAPAC, was quickly joined by many others keen to break the isolation and secrecy that surrounds this massive social problem. NAPAC's service users come from every kind of background, as abuse crosses all socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic boundaries. In the UK alone, the exact number of adults affected is unknown, but is estimated to be around 10–12 million. The media tend to focus on the cases … ER -