From Surviving to ThrivingSaturday 10th September 2022, 10am-4pm at Leicester Tigers GroundFirst Step are delighted to announce that as part of our 25th Anniversary Year, we will be holding an event for survivors and their supporters, to celebrate our organisational achievements and to look forward to the future but more importantly to recognise and celebrate […]
Prior to Covid-19 First Step provided only face-to-face sessions.We are delighted to have survived through the first lockdown in March 2020 and, within 2 weeks, we were able to move all clients who wished to continue their support onto telephone or zoom counselling.Getting onlineThis required a new series of policies and procedures to be put […]
Rosie, one of our wonderful volunteers, is raising essential funds for our charity by running the Leicester Half Marathon on Sunday 14th October 2018. She says: Historically, male survivors of sexual abuse or rape have rarely disclosed, but First Step has a core principal that everyone has the right to respect, to be believed, and […]
Chester Bennington’s death sent shock waves across the world, but male sex abuse victims may find strength through his life. Many fans are shocked and heartbroken over the loss this week of Chester Bennington, the fierce lead singer for the rock band Linkin Park. Police say they are treating his death as a possible suicide, […]
The Leicester Mercury is working with Leicestershire Police and Warning Zone on the Safe Online campaign. One of the aims of the project is to help Warning Zone raise £250,000 to take its online safety message to more of Leicestershire’s children and young people. The Frog Island charity is unique to our county and largely […]
Paedophile hunters should leave the job to the police, Detective Inspector Shaun Orton says. Detective Inspector Shaun Orton, who leads Leicestershire Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Unit, (Polit), says he is growing increasingly exasperated by the activities of a growing band of online investigators. A number of groups are operating across the country. Some have been […]
Hundreds of stewards at King Power Stadium are set to receive training on how to cope with LGBT, homophobia and other hate crimes. A meeting took place recently between Leicester City bosses and Andrew Bolland of Leicester’s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) Centre in Wellington Street. Andrew, strategic development and partnerships manager at the […]
A new body has been created to support the development of male survivors of sexual violence charities across the UK. The Male Survivors Partnership will develop quality standards for the support of men who are victims of sexual violence, and work with 10 organisation across the UK to develop their work. The partnership is founded […]