We will be at Parliament in London on 14th January for the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry. The Inquiry will be attended by Survivors, Whistleblowers and concerned members of the public. There will be many speakers from these categories and in attendance will be John Mann MP and Simon Danczuk MP.
Child Sex Abuse Inquiry: A Road to Justice? The long fought for, new, government Statutory Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse is about to begin: Hoping you and you friends can make this vital London meeting and promote it to all and sundry. A chance to discuss how to take forward the campaign for justice for … Read more
“After a childhood of sexual abuse, I am rebuilding my life through Trauma Therapy and with the peer support of Survivors Unite” – Les Newington We would like to thank Les for his contribution and beginning survivors stories. If you wish, you can leave your story anonymously for other to hear or see. What has … Read more
The meeting on 19th November at Scottish Parliament was particularly interesting in that we heard from Catrina Dalrymple, Head of Policy COPFS and Malcolm Graham, Assistant Police Constable Police Scotland. Catrina informed us that they are reviewing their training and outlined the process that OPFS follows when survivors come forward to say that there has … Read more
Barbara, Sue, Sitar, Liz and Roz with the Highly Commended Award in the Mid-Length Documentary category at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival Awards. We were given the award at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh on Thursday 16th October. It was a proud evening for the people who had taken part in the film. The film … Read more
Our training DVD, Tell Tale Signs, directed by Sitar Rose, has received a four-star review at the Eye For Film website. Tell Tale Signs is a 30-minute film in which five parent survivors share their intimate reflections about the effects of childhood sexual abuse, the challenges they face in disclosing to professionals and how it shapes … Read more
Update We have delivered our bespoke Self Injury Training to two diverse groups of people in Glasgow in the early part of this year. Firstly working with the Quarriers ‘What If’ male team and then Glasgow East End Carers. This latter group was unusual in the respect that it comprised parents alongside the staff team. … Read more
We can offer you support for frontline staff – individually or staff groups – who may be working with Survivors of CSA and other traumatic experiences. Please contact us on info@safetosay.co.uk for further information.
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Safe to Say training is award winning having received The Scottish Mental Health Nurses Forum Practice Excellence Award 2014 for Innovations in Education, for embedding the training in the curriculum of pre- registered mental health nurses at the University of the West of Scotland. The evaluation of the training has been published in 2 editions … Read more
“This course has taught me so much in many different ways and will have a significant impact on my practice. It has been a pleasure to be part of, and has left me empowered and energised to progress this work. Thank you so much” ” The learning climate was safe, warm and inclusive it allowed … Read more
At the end of May we worked with the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and the Simon Community on our 5 day Training for Trainers programme. The staff from UWS are lecturers in mental health nursing training and this is the 3rd cohort of lecturers to be trained over the past 5 years. … Read more