The Survivors Trust Conference 2024
Gillian and Kate travelled to Stone, in Staffordshire, to attend a major event hosted by The Survivors Trust. The title of the event was ‘United Against Sexual Violence and Abuse in a Changing Landscape’.
There were over100 delegates from a range of services and sectors with a wide range of topics to meet the needs of those attending. The nominated photographer was Tracey Harlow who took amazing photos of delegates and presenters over the two days. During the event Gillian was invited to give a short presentation to explain how TST was originally set up.
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How TST began: In 1999, representatives from six small charities in our sector came together and met on a regular basis, creating a peer support group for Managers. CIS’ters was one of those charities. At that time the peer based emotional support sessions facilitated much needed energy and ideas and created the resilience needed to push forward with a “we can do this” agenda, when the mountain looked too high for each of our individual services. The small group opened up soon after to other services in our sector and The Survivors Trust took off. CIS’ters remains an organisational member of TST. You can find out more about the TST 2024 event via https://thesurvivorstrust.org/news/the-survivors-trust-conference-2024/ |