First Step Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and rape, and their loved ones
Hundreds of stewards at King Power Stadium are set to receive training on how to cope with LGBT, homophobia and other hate crimes. A meeting took place recently between Leicester City bosses and Andrew Bolland of Leicester’s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) Centre in Wellington Street. Andrew, strategic development and partnerships manager at the […]
A new body has been created to support the development of male survivors of sexual violence charities across the UK. The Male Survivors Partnership will develop quality standards for the support of men who are victims of sexual violence, and work with 10 organisation across the UK to develop their work. The partnership is founded […]
A sexual abuse survivor, Russel Dawson, is bringing a support group for male victims to North Devon, the group is called moMENtum. A support group founded by a sexual abuse survivor is joining forces with a successful counselling service to bring care and help to North Devon victims. Russel Dawson now lives in Braunton but […]
Childhood Abuse: The Story of a Male Survivor was taken from socialjusticesolutions.org and has been written by Dennis Randall. I was sexually abused as a child and I have written a book about my experiences. One day over a cup of coffee, I told a friend. The words slipped out of my mouth before I […]
An ex-council boss, Roger Dodds, who forced teenagers to engage in sex acts to get grant payments has been jailed for 16 years. Roger Dodds, 81, also abused colleagues while working for Sheffield City Council’s education department between 1975 and 1993. The council has been accused of failing to act and moved Dodds to a […]
A former bishop, Peter Ball has been released from prison after serving just 16 months of a 32 month sentence. Peter Ball’s alleged victim victim has criticised his early release stating, a poor reflection on the criminal justice system”. The bishop admitted a string of historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. Peter […]
First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are working together with other partner agencies across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to help spread the awareness for the ‘Its Not Okay’ campaign. This week sees the 2nd year of the ‘Its not okay‘ campaign. Partner agencies across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are working together to promote the campaign […]
The film about Kayleigh Haywood, Kayleigh’s Love Story, has received over 1 million views in 24 hours. The movie, Kayleigh’s Love Story, was previously screen in certain villages in Leicestershire to highlight the dangers of online grooming to both parents and children. More than 1m people watched Kayleigh’s Love Story within the first 24 hours […]