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How to support loved ones during Sexual Assault Awareness Month and beyond, according to experts
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: an event intended to create space for survivors’ voices, shed light on the insidious nature of sexual violence and amplify calls to action. But this month-long focus on sexual assault can be painful for survivors.
“We have all these events and opportunities to dialogue and create awareness, which is wonderful,” says Jennifer Storm, a survivor of sexual assault, victims’ rights expert and author. “But at the same time, we have to be really mindful about how all of that heightened awareness and education is like a downspout to survivors. It’s really hard to escape it, esp
Umbrella Lane has been awarded funding Picture: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images SEX worker led charity Umbrella Lane is to use new £50,000 funding to set up a street outreach project in Glasgow. Based in Glasgow, the charity works to support people who engage in selling or exchanging sexual services in person and/or online. Now it has earned £50,000 from the The National Lottery Community Fund’s Lived Experience Leaders programme. It comes as many workers are experiencing financial hardship due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Charity founder Dr Anastacia Ryan said: We are delighted to have been successful in our recent application to the Lived Experience Leaders Fund.