Episode 16: CIS'ters Response- Report Abuse In Education
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
Release Date: 06/20/2021
Episode 33 – A heartfelt thank you to Bizpedia who raised funds for us in 2022
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
CIS’ters provides emotional support for females, age 18+ who, as female children, were sexually abused within a family environment. Raising funds, we find, is often difficult as many members of the public feel empathy towards child victims but this doesn’t always extend to adult survivors. In 2019 we were chosen by https://www.bizpedia.com/ to be their 2020 charity and the pandemic made that impossible. In 2022 they unquestionably honoured their promise to us and during a one day event they held in July 2022, managed to raise an unbelievable £34k for us. Even they were shocked at the...
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Episode 32: The Sensitivity of Raising Awareness of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
CIS'ters provides emotional support for females age 18+ who, as female children, were sexually abused within a family environment. Within this podcast we explore the topic around the sensitivity needed, in raising public awareness of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence. We discuss the importance of this topic and how it has changed over the years. We take part in the National Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness WEEK – which in 2023 is 6th – 12th February. To find out more about this important campaign, please click on the link below. – we also deliver...
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Episode 31: Using Self Help Materials
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
CIS'ters provides emotional support for females age 18+ who, as female children, were sexually abused within a family environment. Within this podcast we explore the topic of self-help materials, such as journals, which many adult survivors use as part of their ongoing journey and a reminder to be mindful of issues such as confidentiality. Information is on our website we also deliver training for professionals.
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Episode 30: The Importance Of NHSE, An Interview With Kate Davies CBE
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
Introducing Kate Davies CBE talking about the importance of NHS England to victims or survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Podcast covers specific prevention and response strategy including input from CIS’ters. Featuring CIS’ters trustees Eileen and Gillian. For more information about NHSE go to https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/strategic-direction-for-sexual-assault-and-abuse-services/
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Episode 14: Through the eyes of a Midwife
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
Within CIS'ters, as survivors, we know that many victim/survivors of sexual crimes experience heightened fear and anxiety when accessing midwifery services. In this podcast Kathryn Gutteridge, a past president of the Royal College of Midwives, shares with us how we can help midwives to help us as victims of sexual abuse accessing services and also, importantly, how her own personal insights have assisted in her practice as a midwife and also raising awareness. For further information please see:
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Episode 11: The Power of Music (a revised and re-recorded version of episode 11.)
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
When you are finding life heavy going, it can be a good idea to put together a play list of uplifting music.
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Episode 9: Loss (a revised & re-recorded version of the original episode 9.)
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
Loss is a concept explored with the different perspective of the survivor of sexual abuse in mind.
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Episode 29: Window of Tolerance
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
The Window of Tolerance is a idea developed by Dan Siegal. He suggested we all have 3 key states.
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Episode 28: ACE's
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
ACEs and how important it is to build resilience in children and adult survivors. https://cisters.org.uk/the-impact/adverse-childhood-experiences-ace/
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Episode 27: You Think I Am Alright, You Are Wrong
CIS'ters' podcast- Hidden Harm
Between recovery and resilience, the latter being a more tangible target. The topic includes aspects of trauma and the impact on emotional well-being including suicidal thoughts and also on physical well-ness. The masks that many victim/survivors wear can create barriers to receiving help, not least because resilience as a presentation can be misleading. If you are in a dark place emotionally and not sure that you can continue please contact either the Samaritans and/or your GP. You are not alone.
info_outlineWithin CIS’ters we have highlighted, with other charities, for many years the existence of escalating sexual abuse/rape/exploitation/harassment within our schools. The Department of Education has funded a dedicated NSPCC line for pupils to report abuse in schools, and during the period 1st April to 7th June a total of 426 contacts had been made. Of these, 366 related to sexual abuse, exploitation with references to harmful sexual behaviour and peer abuse. Whilst the scale of the experiences of young people in the education sector is shocking to members of the public and to government officials, it is a sad reflection in that the news was not shocking to us, but an evidence of what we had feared and knew to be the case.
This podcast explores the context of sexual abuse being experienced by pupils and what needs to now happen to change both behaviours but also educate not only children/teenagers and educators, but also the public as well. A further reality is that having sought the voice of the child to express their experiences, there are insufficient specialist resources to meet the demand should children and young people seek help.