Survivors Manchester




		A very warm and safe welcome to Survivors Manchester. *SURVIVORS MANCHESTER* is a non-religious, voluntary, survivor-led/survivor-run project that aims to create and facilitate a safe space for male survivors of sexual abuse and rape in Manchester, in order for survivors to work through personal, and sometimes painful, issues and so begin a journey of supported discovery and self-healing. The main focus of *SURVIVORS MANCHESTER* will be a survivor-led/facilitated support group that will meet weekly in a suitable and safe enviornment. Other services will include an online forum for peer support and information; an online and digital directory of relevant services in the North West; web space for survivors to display their creative work, such as photo's, poems, short stories, drawings, etc; and downloadable resources for survivors and concerned others. In time, Survivors Manchester hopes to be able to run a telephone helpline; email support; a face to face drop in service; and 1-2-1 counselling with a qualified counsellor working under the BACP ethical framework. Survivors Manchester fundamentally believes in working ethically and is committed to, and adheres to, working within the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. A copy of the document can be downloaded by accessing: BACP Ethical Framework In order to help and support Survivors create a safe space, SURVIVORS MANCHESTER is unable to work with or offer any assistance to sexual offending adults. SURVIVORS MANCHESTER truly understands how much courage its taken, and how brave you have been to, access our website... Well done, a very warm welcome from us... although you may feel it, I can 100% guarantee that you are not alone! SURVIVORS MANCHESTER is currently in the process of being created, founded and established, after the sad discovery of the lack of specific services in Greater Manchester. This is a huge task to complete and as you will see many parts of the website are still under construction with pages still being written; the full directory still being compiled and the email support function still being worked out. Other tasks being carried out behind the scenes include: meeting with other local agencies and organisations to create a complimentary working partnership that will allow supported access and referral to a wide range of services dealing with many other issues; researching sources of funding to allow SURVIVORS MANCHESTER to be accessed by all survivors at no cost; and importantly finding the right premises to hold the weekly support group - "The Safe Room" - where everyone can feel as safe as they can. SURVIVORS MANCHESTER wants to 100% ensure that it does what it says it does and NEVER be a project/service that lets people down. Whilst we are in the process of sorting all this out, we want to make sure that you don't feel your visit was wasted (it take some people a hell of a lot of guts to come to a site like this). We would highly recommend visiting Survivors Swindon at www.survivorsswindon.com. This truly amazing organisation has helped hundreds of men over the past 16 years (me included and continues to do so) and we wouldn't normally recommend anywhere but we know this is a organisation we can trust. Contact details for other national and local organisations can be found on the RESOURCES page. WE AIM TO HAVE OUR SITE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY END NOV 2008 Stay Safe... Remember, it stops with us!