Prevention
Young people often tell us about sexual violence they experience in many areas of their lives – in relationships, peer groups, homes, education settings and in work, both on and offline. Increasingly, they tell us that sexual harassment, intimate image abuse, sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence are a problem.
Education on issues like consent, gender equality and healthy relationships is key to preventing sexual violence and to making lasting change. These issues sit at the heart of our conversations with young people, which also create opportunities to let them know how they can access support if they need it, and that they’re not alone.
We are committed to preventing and eliminating sexual violence in Moray, and beyond. We believe that greater awareness, understanding and education are key to achieving this. We work with young people in Moray in our dedicated National Sexual Violence Prevention Programme workshops. [link to document]
If you would like to find out more about our prevention and training programmes or would like to book a workshop or training, please get in touch with us at contact@morayrapecrisis.scot.
Sexual Violence Prevention Workshops
Our national Sexual Violence Prevention Programme is funded by the Scottish Government to deliver free, educational workshops to young people (aged 11-25) across the whole of Moray. Workshops within secondary schools are delivered within timetabled PSE lessons.
“It can be awkward to talk about this stuff but it is important to be taught about it.” - S4 Pupil from a Moray High School
The workshops cover topics such as Power, Consent, Healthy Relationships, Understanding Sexual Violence and Pornography, each adapted for different age groups. These workshops give young people space to discuss their questions and concerns, and help young people develop the skills and confidence to be able to make and maintain healthy, consensual and safe relationships with their peers and others. They also help to challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours that enable sexual violence to occur and provide information on where young people can access support if something happens.
If you, or someone you know, needs support you can contact us by phone, text, or email. We are open 9-5 Monday to Friday.
- Phone: 01343 550407
- Text or WhatsApp: 07759 031 557
- Email: contact@morayrapecrisis.scot
Outside of this time, if you are aged 13+, you can contact the Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline, open 5pm to midnight every night.
- Phone: 08088 01 03 02
- Text: 07537 410 027
- Email: support@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
- Webchat: www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
If you are younger than 13 and wish to access help and support, you can contact Childline.
- Phone: 0800 1111
- Visit their website: www.childline.org.uk/get-support/
The prevention programme promotes children’s rights to protection from violence and abuse – find out about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child here and view the training tool here. Read Rape Crisis Scotland’s Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment here. It is also designed to support other key frameworks such as Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), Equally Safe, the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework, and the Scottish Government Single Outcomes.
Equally Safe At Schools: a whole school approach
Equally Safe at School (ESAS) is a whole school intervention which aims to positively influence the school culture by fostering a shared, consistent, preventative approach to gender-based violence. By working closely with the whole school community and looking at all parts of their school system, we can support schools in addressing gender-based violence and promoting equality.
The intervention comprises six key parts; whole school assessments, a pupil-led action group, staff training, policy development, curricular enhancement and a pupil-led school campaign.
Underpinned by principles of equality, accessibility and safety, Equally Safe at School places young people’s voices at the forefront and works with them, as well as with school staff, to identify how schools can best prevent and respond to incidents and disclosures of gender based violence.
You can visit the Equally Safe at School website here.
For more information on Equally Safe at School, please contact us.
Colleges & Universities
We can offer a range of services to support further and higher education institutions to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), respond to disclosures, and support students and staff affected by it, as part of the Equally Safe in Colleges and Universities (ESCU) national strategic work. Services include:
ESCU GBV First Responder Staff Training
Two-tiered training delivered by Rape Crisis, originally in the Equally Safe in Higher Education (ESHE) toolkit, that equips staff with the knowledge and skills to respond to disclosures of GBV, and improve students’ experiences of seeking help. Further training is available which specifically looks at domestic abuse and understanding and responding to BME women’s experiences of domestic abuse. This is delivered by Scottish Women’s Aid and Shakti as two half-day events.
GBV eLearning Module:
A free 45 minute interactive module for students that includes information on gender-based violence, consent, bystander approaches and how to access support. Universities and Colleges can easily embed the module as part of their prevention work.
Let’s Talk about Sexual Violence (Peer Education Program)
A peer education programme designed to equip students with the skills to deliver a workshop to their peers on issues related to sexual violence. This program requires someone within the college/university to coordinate and support students involved.
You can find out more by watching this interview filmed with College Development Network, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For any other enquiries about our prevention work, please contact us.
