We held a Raffle Prize Draw on Sunday 28th February 2016 and raised a whopping £1,890! Funds will go toward providing free training over the course of the coming months. Our heartfelt thanks go to all those who supported us by buying tickets and special thanks to all of the organisations and individuals who donated … Read more
We have so much interest in our training from service providers but keep hearing that there is no money for training because of austerity measures. We have therefore launched a fundraising drive so that we can offer free training to vital front line services. Whilst we have had to postpone plans for an event with … Read more
Safe to Say was initially established in 2014 as a company limited by shares, as the simplest and quickest way to begin operating. Social objectives have always been central to our mission and we have now formally recognised this by changing our constitutional status to a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and social enterprise. … Read more
We are sad to announce that James Rhodes has had to postpone his performance for Safe to Say which was to be held in the Queens Halls in Edinburgh on 28th January 2016. We will of course keep you informed of the new date when it has been agreed. This is likely to be in … Read more
Sue and Irene were invited to write a piece for the Scottish Association of Social Work’s publication PSW Scotland on the importance of listening to survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Published in the November 2015 issue, the feature article titled What we can learn from survivors highlights the devastating impact CSA can have on … Read more
We are delighted to share that our documentary film ‘Lifting the Lid’ produced to raise awareness of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse, was screened at an International Film Summit in Bengaluru, India on 25th October 2015. ‘Lifting the Lid’ was developed as part of the Safe to Say Training Programme to equip frontline workers, managers and … Read more
At a time when survivors are being urged to come forward to disclose historical abuse, it is appalling to witness the impending closure of specialist services across the UK; services well placed to hear, respond and support people through the devastation of abuse. It’s already been stated elsewhere but the revelations of systemic abuse in institutions … Read more
November 2015 We have been working recently with COPFS (Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service) assisting with the development of a new training course for their staff on institutional abuse of children. October 2015 We were back in Glasgow in the week beginning 5th October, working with Alliance Scotland staff based in Deep End … Read more
We are pleased to announce the availability of this new course which we piloted with a social work team in North Ayrshire in May 2015. The training was exceptionally well received and further details of the course aims can be found in the Training section of the website. If you manage a staff team who … Read more
We were honoured to have our Documentary Training Film, Tell Tale Signs, shown at Parliament on 25th February 2015. Johann Lamont MSP hosted the event and a number of MSP’s from various parties attended. We also had over 80 guests from 3rd sector organisations and representatives from NHS, COPFS, SPS and Edinburgh University. We had … Read more
We had a fruitful experience recently delivering our core Safe to Say training to a group of post-doctoral students from the Psychology Department of Edinburgh University. The commitment to learning evident in this culturally diverse group of women was an inspiration and many expressly stated in their evaluation the importance of it to their development … Read more
On 25th Feb, Johann Lamont MSP is hosting a showing of our award winning film Tell Tale Signs. If you are interested in attending please contact info@safetosay.co.uk.