First Step Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and rape, and their loved ones
Over the last 12 months First Step have secured new funding from the Big Lottery and the Ministry of Justice and we are expanding our services. We are now seeking individuals to strengthen our board as we grow our services and organisational infrastructure. You need to be passionate about seeing men move on from the […]
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 […]
A sexual abuse survivor, Russel Dawson, is bringing a support group for male victims to North Devon, the group is called moMENtum. A support group founded by a sexual abuse survivor is joining forces with a successful counselling service to bring care and help to North Devon victims. Russel Dawson now lives in Braunton but […]