Survivors' voices

 

We work with survivors so they can be heard and have influence.

 

BRC&SASS asks women and girls who use our services if they want to be kept informed and let them know about consultations. These women take the lead in making sure there is information about our services at community events and help to run our stalls.

 

West Yorkshire Survivor Leaders Group

 

West Yorkshire Survivor Leaders Group is a partnership of the 3 WY Rape Crisis Centres: BRC&SASS, SARSVL and RASAC. Currently the Steering Group consists of 8 women from across West Yorkshire. The group supports, equips and enables survivors of sexual violence to lead the change in how people and organisations respond to sexual violence.

 

We are creating a community of survivors built on mutual respect and support. We aim to establish a network of survivors and survivor groups that want to fight for change. We will do this by connecting survivors from different backgrounds and parts of West Yorkshire and working in a trauma informed and inclusive way. We want to ensure organisations, institutions, decision & policy makers are listening and engaged with people with lived experience.

 

 

Survivor Leadership Academy – 2025: Get involved!

 

2025 sees the launch of WY Survivor Leadership Academy – women will be offered free training essential to developing the skills to deliver local Survivor Leadership Groups across West Yorkshire. Recruitment to the Academy will take part early 2025.

 

We will be delivering a mixture of face-to-face and online training sessions covering; survivor leadership, social action and campaigning, peer support, diversity of voices, self and collective care, creating safe spaces for survivors etc. Women who complete the training will be invited to create local groups across West Yorkshire supported by the existing steering group.

 

To register your interest and find out more please send your enquiry to: survivorleaders@brcg.org.uk or text M: 07310077313