With our support, Jo gained the strength she needed to leave an abusive relationship. She has shared her story with us in the hopes to inspire other people. Watch her story here.

We supported P to get her stalker convicted. P showed bravery and courage and has agreed to let us share her story to help other people in the same position.

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We supported T within a person centred approach and provide ongoing emotional support. We understood that we needed to liaise and work in a multi agency partnership to provide a holistic rounded support to T and her child.

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Tarana founded the #MeToo movement in 2006 to help survivors of sexual abuse. She created the saying as a way to empower sexually assaulted people- particularly vulnerable women of colour, through empathy, solidarity and strength in numbers by demostrating how many people have experienced sexual assault and harrassment. In 2017 the movement spread virally due to the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood film producer.

Mary Sharp, Laura Hughes and Lauren Preston all waived their right to anonymity and banded together to secure a conviction against Martin Butler. The three women did not know each other. They only met when Laura put out a Facebook appeal asking for victims of Butler to come forward. Butler recieved 11 years in prison, restraining orders were put in place to prevent contact with his victims and he must sign the sex offenders register.

The Bronte sisters were writing about coersive control long before it became recognised in law, most notably in their novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Ayre.

Georgia Harrison was a victim of revenge porn by her ex-boyfriend. She waived her anonymity in order to raise awareness of this issue and speaking openly and frankly about the barriers she faced. She also managed to secure a conviction, her ex boyfriend was jailed for 21 months, has to sign the sex offenders register and is not allowed to contact Garogia for five years.

Raye released her song ‘Ice Cream Man’ to detail her experiences with sexual abuse.

Zara has made documentaries about revenge porn and rape culture, including discussing her own experiences of having nude images leaked online.

Mel has a long track record of speaking openly about the domestic abuse she has suffered. She has also campaigned against the abuse she has suffered including creating her video ‘Love Should Not Hurt’ and working alongside domestic abuse charities.

Emily’s documentary ‘Asking for it’ explored her experiences of being sexually harrassed online daily. In it she questioned the culture of blaming the victims for the harrassment, rather than the perpetrator.