The Survivors Trust
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| Formation | 1999 |
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| Legal status | Registered charity |
| Purpose | Umbrella agency for agencies providing counselling, therapeutic and support services for women, men and child victims/survivors of rape, sexual violence and sexual abuse. |
CEO | Fay Maxted |
| Website |
thesurvivorstrust |
The Survivors Trust is a national umbrella agency for over 125 specialist voluntary sector agencies throughout the UK and Ireland providing a range of counselling, therapeutic and support services working with women, men and children who are victims/survivors of rape, sexual violence and sexual abuse.[1] The organisation aims to offer a national collective voice to support and empower survivor groups, to educate and inform acknowledgment of and response to sexual abuse on a local and national level.[2]
About
The origins of The Survivors Trust go back to 1999/2000 when key individuals within five specialist support agencies began to actively seek a peer group.
The Survivors Trust became a registered charity in 2005[3] and since then has continued to develop new partnerships and to work at a national level. As at 2008, The Survivors Trust has over 120 member groups.[4]
As a charitable organisation The Survivors Trust has received funding from the Victims Fund and the UK Government[5][6] to carry out its work, among other sources. The UK Government Home Office has also recognised The Survivors Trust as one of the main umbrella groups which provides support to the sexual violence and abuse voluntary sector in the UK and representatives from The Survivors Trust sit on the Stakeholder Advisory Group on Sexual Violence and Abuse - an advisory group to the UK Government.[7]
Core aims
The mains aims of The Survivors Trust are to support and empower survivors of rape, sexual violence and/or childhood sexual abuse through:
- Providing a collective voice and peer networking for members;
- Raising awareness about sexual abuse and/or rape and its effects on survivors, their supporters and society at large
- Informing acknowledgement of, and effective responses to, rape and sexual abuse on a local, regional and national level.[8]
External links
- The Survivors Trust, Official website of The Survivors Trust
- Home Office Crime and Victims - Sexual Offences, Information about the UK Home Office Sexual Offences Unit
- Directory and Books Services (DABS), DABS is a specialist book and information service for people who are overcoming childhood abuse, sexual abuse, or domestic violence, and for those who live or work with survivors.
References
- ↑ "The Lantern Project: The Survivors Trust". Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ↑ "Home Office website: Guide to Partnerships on tackling sexual violence" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ↑ "Charity Commission: The Survivors Trust". Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "The Survivors Trust website: About us". Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ↑ "Speech given by Vera Baird QC MP, Solicitor General: Sexual Violence and Abuse in Context" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ↑ "UK Government Equalities Office: Newsroom". Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "UK Home Office - Crime reduction: Victims Care". Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ↑ "The Survivors Trust website: Our Aims". Retrieved 2008-08-15.