With the recent media focus following the release of material related to Jeffery Epstein by the US Department of Justice, we are aware that this can evoke some very strong emotions and be a challenging time for many survivors. We want to reassure everyone that The Survivors Trust remains strongly committed to working with our members, survivors and key stakeholders to ensure all survivors of sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse have the support that they need and continue to campaign for effective responses to sexual offences.
Mission Statement
The Survivors Trust’s core belief is that the sexual abuse and/or rape of girls, boys, women and men is preventable, and we challenge society to acknowledge both its reality and our individual and collective responsibility for it.
The Survivors Trust’s core aims are to support and empower survivors of rape, sexual violence and/or childhood sexual abuse through:
- Providing a collective voice and peer networking for member groups and organisations.
- Education about sexual abuse and/or rape and its effects on survivors, their supporters and society at large.
- Informing acknowledgement of, and effective responses to, sexual abuse on a local, regional and national level.
The Survivors Trust’s core values are a commitment to empowering survivors and their supporters to work through and beyond the experience of sexual violence, rape and/or childhood sexual abuse.
We recognise the uniqueness of individual experience and that each experience demands an individual and creative response.
The Survivors Trust supports working in ways that:
- Recognise human rights and dignity;
- Appreciate the variety of human experience and culture;
- Demonstrate a commitment to showing justice in dealing with all others;
- Encourages continual development and improvement of professional knowledge of its member groups.
