Guild Cottage was started in 1907 as a home for orphans and children in distress Over the past decade Guild Cottage has also developed a Community Outreach Program with the objective of enlightening the community of the horrors and consequences of sexual abuse and thereby keep children safe and out of the welfare system Over the past ten years Guild Cottage has also developed a Community Outreach Programme with the objective to educate and empower the Community and thereby slow the rise in child abuse