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Survivors
Northern Ireland is a new organisation currently establishing itself in
Northern Ireland.It's sole aim will be to provide information and a
listening ear to male survivors of abuse and rape.
The organisation
is at the 'infant stages' and currently working on a constitution but
you can help in several ways. You could
1. Become
a member of a working management committee which will take the
organisation forward with an aim of becoming a service provider in Northern
Ireland.
2. Join
as a member and help fundraise and raise awareness on the issue of male rape.
3. Take
part in the Survivors Northern Ireland training.
Please read on.
Working
Management Committee
The hope is to form a
management committee that will take the organisation forward and establish it as
a service provider in Northern Ireland. membership is open to anyone
irrespective of sexual orientation or gender. Interested email survivors@ireland.com and
have as your subject Management Committee
Survivors Member
This is for people who
want to be kept up to date on progress and as this is a totally non funded
organisation members will help with fundraising. Interested email survivors@ireland.com
and have as your subject 'please register me as a member'
Survivors
Training
The first project to be
undertaken by survivors Northern Ireland will be to have an awareness training
day in Derry/Londonderry open to individuals and organisations working with
men. It is anticipated that the training day will cost around £50 per
person and be around late April 2001. The reason for the fee is to pay for
the trainer(s) from London and the venue. Interested email survivors@ireland.com
and have as your subject training.
Finally, as you
know male rape and abuse is an issue NOT very often discussed. We hope to
bring it to the public agenda and raise awareness of this issue which will
benefit survivors.
At present the group is
still setting up and can only be contacted via email. Any enquiries at all
email
survivors@ireland.com
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