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Marc Bayliss, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, meeting WMRSASC Early Intervention and Prevention team

“18th March is National Child Exploitation Awareness Day . The Branch Project, a team of dedicated child sexual exploitation specialists at WMRSASC, strives to empower children by providing them with a comprehensive understanding of grooming and exploitation through tailored intervention.

With their expertise, the team works tirelessly to support and educate children who may have experienced or are vulnerable to sexual exploitation. They create a safe and nurturing environment for children to openly discuss their experiences, enabling them to develop a deep understanding of healthy & unhealthy relationships.

Through their compassionate and gentle approach, The Branch Project ensures that children are equipped with the knowledge and skills to move forward positively. Their commitment to promoting and advocating child safety is crucial in preventing, identifying, and responding to this form of abuse.

The photos are real examples of work completed with clients in their 1:1 session.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.wmrsasc.org.uk/our-services/the-branch-project/

We are delighted to announce that WMRSASC has been shortlisted for the AIM Qualifications & Assessment Group's 2023 Empowering Futures Awards.

The AIM Empowering Futures Awards celebrate the achievements of end-point assessment organisations, AIM recognised centres and employers in the past year.

AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group’s Chief Executive Officer, Kevern Kerswell, said: “We’re delighted that for these inaugural awards we have received so many entries dedicated to celebrating the achievements of AIM’s centres and partners. All the entries are of a really high standard and demonstrate great commitment to supporting and empowering individuals to go on to do amazing things. Congratulations to all finalists. We look forward to celebrating their success as an industry on the 9th November.”

Simply The Best – Kerrie’s OARsome Rowing Challenge

WMRSASC is delighted to have the support of fundraiser Kerrie Best, Head of Operations for Purple Leaf, who is undertaking a rowing challenge in aid of the counselling service.

Taking place on 6th May 2023, Kerrie will row 21,097m, (half marathon) without breaks, at Roots Fitness in Droitwich, where she has received expert coaching and support.

When asked about the challenge, Kerrie said: “I’ve worked at WMRSASC for 15 years now and I’m very aware that the counselling service struggles to receive consistent and sustainable funding. I have completed several fundraising events and I love a personal fitness challenge that requires resilience and endurance. I ran the London Marathon in 2018 but needed a new challenge with lower physical impact. I would really like to raise enough funds for 10 specialist counselling sessions, which is roughly £600, but raising awareness of WMRSASC and our services is just as important to me.”

“I’d like to say a huge Thank You to Roots Fitness who are providing the equipment and for all their support and coaching, prior to this challenge I’d only rowed about 500m as part of my general fitness workout, and they have helped me push through to this next level.”

If you would like to help Kerrie reach her target and raise much-needed funds for WMRSASC, please donate using the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/kerrie-rowing

We are at the NEC in Birmingham for the Health & Wellbeing at Work 2023 exhibition. Visit us on stand 161 to talk about sexual harassment in the workplace. ‘See Something, Say Something – How to safely be an active bystander at work’.

Today is National Bystander Awareness Day. We are proud to be delivering Bystander Intervention training for Cheshire Police and launching Bystander Intervention eLearning packages for West Mercia Police and Essex County Council as part of Safer Streets 4 projects.

Today the Women's Business Forum welcomed Jocelyn Anderson, CEO, and Kerrie Best, Head of Operations, to Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce where they gave a presentation on Feminist Leadership and Power.

Purple Leaf (preventative arm of WMRSASC) are training professionals working in the night-time economy to know how to safely and effectively challenge sexually harmful behaviours when they see them and be active bystanders.

Today marks the start of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week. Throughout the week we'll be sharing information about our services and the work that we do across West Mercia to raise awareness of the impact of sexual violence and the support that we offer.

The staff at St Mary’s RC School Hereford 100% agreed we improved their students’ knowledge of:
✅ Healthy & unhealthy sexual relationships
✅ Sexual abuse & exploitation
✅ The importance of challenging inappropriate behaviour
✅ Where to go to for help & support

For more information, or to book sessions, please email [email protected]

R**e Crisis England and Wales 24/7 National Support Line can be contacted on 0808 500 2222 or alternatively follow the link for Live Chat and more information: https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

It is useful to teach all young people about menstruation so that everyone is able to have open, supportive conversations about it if they wish to. Register for Brook and Lil-Lets Big Period Lesson Live on 1 March 2023 at 10am

Brook x Lil-Lets: Big Period Lesson Live Teach Year 6 or 7? Register for the Big Period Lesson Live on 1 March 2023. Essential period education for your students from Brook experts. Free to access.

Thank You to everyone who donated to our Big Give Christmas Challenge. With your support we raised over £1000, enabling us to start our project: to deliver education to help young people feel safer at school and in the wider community, with the ultimate goal of reducing inappropriate sexual behaviour.

With 18 hours to go, can you help us reach £1000. Follow the link to donate: https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900002O4oQEAAZ
Thanks You.

If you would like to donate, please follow the link: https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/donate/a056900002O4oQEAAZ
Thank you.

We’re providing a free Active Bystander workshop for staff who work in hospitality and the night time economy on Thursday November 17th at Heroes in Worcester with our training and education branch Purple Leaf, email [email protected] for more info or to book a place.

We’re working with partners across Herefordshire to make our streets safer, crack down on perpetrators, and provide support for victims and survivors of sexual abuse or violence.
No-one should live in fear of abuse. We want to support a community-wide response to ending violence against women and girls – in our schools, workplaces and beyond.
More about Time for Change https://timeforchange.info/

The Protective Behaviours process is about our right to 'feel safe' It is used successfully across the world in abuse prevention and in safeguarding practice. To book on our next course 12th/18th Oct email: [email protected]

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We're hiring! Visit wmrsasc.livevacancies.co.uk for further information and to apply.

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Another great review of our schools' programme

We have a limited number of places available. Please book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sibling-sexual-abuse-ssa-assessment-tool-training-tickets-382907906857. To request further information please email: [email protected]

Great to see our work recognised in the Worcester Evening News
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/20255881.south-worcestershire-showcase-safer-streets-project-partnership-event/

South Worcestershire showcase their Safer Streets project at partnership event A number of partner organisations from across South Worcestershire have formally launched a new campaign to encourage everyone in the county to…

Purple Leaf have been delighted to work with Lord Scudamore Academy and Hampton Dene over the past couple of weeks delivering our Safer Streets Education programme with West Mercia’s Women’s Aid. Both schools strongly agreed that we met the primary learning objectives of helping young people understand healthy relationships, increase awareness of sexual abuse and the importance of challenging inappropriate behaviours

Why do so few r**e cases go to court?
-Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system.

Listen to BBC Radio 4's Law in Action
Today at 4pm or Thursday at 8pm.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018g81

BBC Radio 4 - Law in Action, Why do so few r**e cases go to court? Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system.

Purple Leaf is pleased to be supporting the campaign to get everyone to play their part in tackling sexual harassment.

Healthy Relationships workshops delivered by Safer Streets Cohort:
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/20198304.healthy-relationships-workshops-delivered-safer-streets-cohort/