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Rape It Doesn’t Happen In Northumberland!

Rape It Doesn’t Happen In Northumberland!. History of Grace. Where were we then?. Map of Gaps. a postcode lottery in their access to basic support services. Map of Gaps.

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Rape It Doesn’t Happen In Northumberland!

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  1. Rape It Doesn’t Happen In Northumberland! History of Grace

  2. Where were we then?

  3. Map of Gaps a postcode lottery in their access to basic support services

  4. Map of Gaps Any act of gender-based violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or affects women disproportionately Rape and sexual assault Crimes in the name of honour 3,000,000 women experience violence each year Domestic violence Stalking Female genital mutilation Sexual harassment Trafficking Forced marriage Sexual exploitation

  5. Formation of Grace GRACE Northumberland Sexual Violence Project

  6. Where are we now?

  7. Volume of Sexual Offences

  8. An Overview of Sexual Offending January 2013 • 404,000 women victim/survivors of sexual violence in a year including 85,000 victim/survivors of rape • 1 in 5 women report being a victim/survivor of some form of sexual offence since the age of 16 • 90% of victim/survivors of the most serious sexual offences in the previous year knew their perpetrator compared with less than half for other sexual offences

  9. Response to Sexual Violence Needs Assessment • 12,742 people would have experienced sexual assault during that year • 2,548 people(2,121 females and 427 males) would have experienced serious sexual assault during that year • 72,925 women and 10,671 men would have experienced any sexual offence since the age of 16 • Of these 18,252 people will have experienced serious sexual assault since the age of 16

  10. Sexual Offences in Northumberland1 Feb 12 to 31 Jan 13

  11. Sexual Offences Feb 12 to Jan 13Northumbria Police Figures 8 4 3 7 2 5 55 17 12

  12. Sexual Offences Feb 12 to Jan 13RCTN Estimates 80 40 30 70 20 50 550 170 120

  13. Sexual Offences Feb 12 to Jan 13Northumbria Police Figures 8 4 3 7 2 5 55 17 12

  14. What do we do now?

  15. Who Do We Work With? • Women only • 16+ • No upper age limit • Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender • Black, Minority Ethic, Refugee • Women with physical disabilities • Women with learning disabilities

  16. Counselling • One full-time counsellor • Provide outreach counselling in Blyth, Morpeth, Hexham, Alnwick and Berwick • Person-centred/Women-centred counselling • Use creative counselling techniques to reach some of the more traumatic memories

  17. Grace Figures1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 8 15 29

  18. Case Study

  19. Telephone Support Helpline • Run jointly with Tyneside Rape Crisis Centre • On a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 6.00pm to 8.30pm • It runs from Northumberland on a Wednesday • Entirely staffed by woman volunteers from Northumberland • Volunteers undergo an extensive training and development programme before taking calls

  20. Talks, Briefings and Presentations • Networking meetings • DA/SV Forum, DA/SV Thematic Group, LMAPS • Networking events • Briefing to Team Meetings • Talks and presentations

  21. Training to Professionals • Working with Adult Survivors of Rape and Sexual Assault • Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse • Understanding Self Harm • Working with People who have a Learning Disability who have experienced Sexual Violence

  22. Training to Professionals • Working Creatively in a Therapeutic Environment • Working with Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence (2 day) • Practice Issues and Self Care for People Working with Sexual Violence: Counsellors • Practice Issues and Self Care for People Working with Sexual Violence: Non-counselling staff

  23. Information • How do you report to the Police and what happens when you do? • What is involved in the court process if I decide to pursue a prosecution? • Who supports male (heterosexual and gay) survivors? • Who supports women who have experienced domestic violence without a sexual element?

  24. Where are we going?

  25. New Governance Structure

  26. Business Plan • Northumberland Advisory Group • Continue to provide outreach counselling reviewing bases and counselling hours • Provide support to survivors through email, and possibly text • Research reducing age limit to 13, if we work with a younger clientele we anticipate we will have to work in a different way

  27. Wider Issues • Change in Funding Landscape • Reporting • Criminal Justice System • Young people’s attitude to sex • Media

  28. Supporters’ Scheme

  29. Questions? • Andrea Perrett • Co-Chief Executive and Northumberland Development Worker • aperrett@rctn.org.uk • 0191 222 0272 • 07921 556 532

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