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Invisible Boys and Men:
A West Yorkshire Conference
Bradford Specialist
Understanding andAbuse
Sexual Violence & Responding to Male Sexual
Advisory Group
Victimisation in the 21st century
Current Knowledge and Emerging New Directions
Date: 10th June 2011
Venue: The University of Bradford, John Stanley Bell Theatre
Bradford Specialist
Sexual Violence & Abuse
Advisory Group
This conference can be used as evidence for professional CPD - please check with your professional registration authority.
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2. Current Knowledge and
Emerging New Directions
Since the birth of the modern sexual violence movement, the emphasis has been on
building appropriate therapeutic service provision to meet female need. This has often
been against a background of both cultural disbelief and political indifference. During that
complex and often socially strained campaign, the sexual victimisation of boys and men has
often seemed a distasteful issue to raise, given that the evidence is clear that most crimes
of sexual violence and abuse are committed by males.
The statistics are complex, as there is no agreed universal definition of sexual abuse. What
is agreed, however, by most stakeholders, including international governments, is that the
prevalence of sexual victimisation is believed to be 1 in 4 for females, and 1 in 6 for males.
It is also agreed that most sexual abuse experiences takes place in childhood and are never
reported to criminal justice agencies.
Therefore, it might be more appropriate to state that we actually don’t know the true
extent of sexual victimisation of children (nor adults for that matter), as most incidents are
never reported, and therefore the 1 in 4 and 1 in 6 figures are very conservative baselines.
This conference will look in detail at the often hidden issue of crimes of sexual violence
and abuse committed against boys and men. The Coalition Government, thankfully,
recently published its strategy for women and girls who have experienced any form of
interpersonal violence. Currently, neither central government, nor any local government
authority, including the NHS in West Yorkshire, has carried out any assessments into the
support needs of non-offending boys or men in West Yorkshire, many of whom will have
experienced a range of sexual crime during their lifespan. These are crimes which are often
hard for them to disclose, given the powerful social and cultural forces which silence such
disclosure. Boys and men can’t be victims in our culture. Sadly the research evidences
millions who live with such silenced experience and the outcomes from that silencing are
felt across society.
Who should attend
GP consortia commissioners - mental health
and general well-being
Health and well-being leads in local
authorities
Drug and Alcohol workers - leads
Regeneration specialists
NHS Mental Heath Foundation Trust social
inclusion leads
Social care providers
Third sector mental health day service
providers
Male survivors, their families and friends
Faith leaders
Educators and learning providers
Employers and trades unions
Community workers, community
development workers, community
engagement specialists
Community mental health team workers
Faith group workers
Community well-being practitioners
Social enterprise development agencies
NHS Foundation Trust governors Volunteer
Bureaux representatives
Personalisation implementation teams
Police
Social Workers
Conference Aims
• Evidence the need for full male CSA/rape victim needs assessment
• Empower the creation of a county-wide strategy to meet male CSA/rape victim need
• Empower a West Yorkshire wide service model to deliver such a strategy.
The conference will run workshops and close with a Question Time section for the
discussion of audience questions.
Chairs
Dr Peter McParlin (morning)
Peter is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a chartered child and educational
psychologist. He has spent most of his professional life campaigning for vulnerable
and dispossessed children. Peter’s research has been instrumental in improving the
psychological support provided to young people from complex emotional backgrounds.
Peter is a survivor of childhood abuse.
Barbara Siedlecki (afternoon)
Barbara is manager of the Star Project (West Yorkshire). She has for over 8 years led one
of the most innovative sexual violence/abuse initial support projects in the European Union.
It has pioneered imaginative approaches to victim support, proactive partnerships, and
training. This has empowered and developed Star’s victim-focused work, which Star is
known for delivering progressively and professionally (www.starproject.co.uk).
Care coordinators
Community psychologists and psychiatrists
Advocacy workers
Service user involvement teams
Advice, information and guidance
organisations
Local authority councillors and portfolio
holders
Social inclusion workers
* Please note this conference does not
welcome sexual offenders of any gender.
Key Themes
Psychiatric and psychological insights
Male Survivor voices
Ethnic and cultural issues in engaging
with men
Building male service provision based
on evidence and best practice
New technology and service provision
- options and possibilities
Conference Aims
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3. Keynote Speakers
Ann MacDonald
Max Clarke
Anne’s background is in social work and person centred counselling.
She specialised in mental health and childhood sexual abuse and has
worked primarily in this field for over 20 years.
Max has been a social worker since 1988. He was recently a
Melbourne-Boston Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre Exchange
Scholar. The past 11 years have been an exciting and challenging journey
for Max working with male survivors of sexual assault at the South
Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault, Melbourne, Australia. Max is one
of the few men employed by the Centres Against Sexual Assault in the
Melbourne area. He has learnt so much from his generous and patient
clients.
Leaving statutory social work to join the voluntary sector, she was
firstly Project Director of Penumbra Respite Care’s Cairdeas House,
Scotland’s first community based mental health respite care facility,
she then joined Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project in Fife as Project
Manager.
Following a petition by Anne to the Scottish Parliament in 2000, the
Cross Party Group on Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse was
convened. The CPG’s work has been instrumental in the development
of the Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Survivors of
Childhood Sexual Abuse, SurvivorScotland.
Anne is currently a Professional Advisor to the National Strategy and
remains Vice Convenor of the Cross Party Group.
Presentation Title: Male Survivors: A Scottish Strategic
Perspective
Sue Hampson
Sue was Beyond Trauma National Training Officer at health in
mind Edinburgh until 2006. She was then appointed Training for Trainers
(CSA) Coordinator at the Scottish Association for Mental Health in
2007. The training programme is ‘Safe to Say’. The training is delivered
to staff in the community, in male prisons for Scottish Prison Service
and to mental health student nurses at the University of the West of
Scotland. She has worked as a person centred counsellor, trainer and
supervisor for the last 18 years. She has a background in working with
refugees and as a lecturer in further education. She has worked as a
counselor in the NHS, in GP practices and in a mental health team. She
has a great deal of experience of working with people who self harm
and who survived CSA. In 2007 she co wrote Yes you Can working
with survivors of childhood sexual abuse with Sarah Nelson and
in 2009 produced Lifting the Lid men who survive sexual abuse as
children which won the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
Documentary and Factual Award 2009.
Presentation Title: Scottish Male Survivors
Documentary: Lifting The Lid. English Premiere
http://www.secasa.com.au/index.php/survivors/10/435
Presentation Title: Back On Track: Survivor and
therapist reflections on making a male survivor recovery
film.
Films reviews - Back On Track
This documentary about men who have experienced sexual abuse in
childhood is touching, informative and useful. It is moving in the way it gives
viewers a close-up and intimate view of the stress and distress, frustration
and loneliness of six individual victims. It presents factual information about
the statistical extent of the problem, the wide range of perpetrators - family
members, football coaches, clergymen, staff in orphanages and other
institutions, friendly neighbours - and the long-term adverse effects on the
victims
Freda Freiberg The Melbourne Age 2011
Dr Simon Mullins
Simon Mullins is a consultant psychiatrist working within the NHS
supporting people who are given psychiatric diagnoses that include
Psychosis, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder. His practice
focuses less on labels and more on creating relationships that enable
people to identify the roots of their distress. He has dedicated time to
improving the experience of survivors in the NHS particularly those
who miss out on services due to the diagnoses they have been given.
His goal is to influence the culture of mainstream services to recognise
the complex consequences of childhood abuse more effectively. To
this aim he is involved in training initiatives for staff and promotes the
Department of Health’s call to professionals to ‘Ask the Question’
routinely.
Presentation Title: Male Survivors In The Mental Health
System
Dr Michelle Davies - Psychologist
Dr Michelle Davies is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University
of Central Lancashire, UK. Her research interests include the effects
of male rape, attitudes towards sexual assault, fear of crime, and
homophobia. She has over 30 published articles in print to date, and is
the co-editor of the Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research.
Presentation Title:
Effects of Male Rape on Long-Term Psychological
Functioning.
Julie Fraser
Julie Fraser is the Project Development Worker for the Rape and Abuse
Line (RAL), a charity based in the Scottish Highlands. Julie has worked at
the organisation for 7 years, firstly as a volunteer support worker, then
as the chairperson where she was instrumental in strengthening the
business foundation and the progressive developments that followed.
She is currently working on accreditation for RAL’s training packages
and her vision for future services is fuelling further development in
numerous areas. Julie has an honours degree in Psychology alongside
her extensive and ongoing training in rape and abuse issues.
Presentation Title: Rape & Abuse Line (Using new
technologies to engage male victims)
Keynote Speakers
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4. Conference agenda
Conference Details
Invisible Boys and Men:
Understanding and Responding to Male Sexual Victimisation
Current Knowledge and Emerging New Directions
Date:
08:45 - 09:15 Registration and Refreshments
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome and Introduction Dr Peter McParlin (morning Chair)
09:30 - 10:00 Simon Mullins: Male Survivors in The Mental Health System.
Dr
10:00 - 11:00
Max Clarke and Brett: Back On Track (An Australian male survivor film plus
Survivor and Therapist reflections on making the film)
11:00 - 11:20
Break and Refreshments
11:20 - 11:50 Michelle Davies: Effects of Male Rape on Long-Term Psychological
Dr
Functioning.
10th June 2011
Venue:
The University of Bradford, John Stanley Bell
Theatre, D Floor, Richmond Building.
Parking:
Recommended parking for the conference
is at the NCP on www.ncp.co.uk/car-park.
html?cpid=813132amp%3Bname=New%20
Southgate
The car park is 5 minutes’ walk from the
University and discount tokens will be
available at registration for delegates who
require them. The token can be applied when
collecting your car after the conference.
12:00 - 13:00
Workshops x 3
13:00 - 13:50
Lunch
13:50 - 14:00
Afternoon Introduction Barbara Siedlecki (afternoon Chair).
14:00 - 15:00
Sue Hampson: Scottish Male Survivors Documentary: Lifting The Lid.
1500 - 15:30
Ann MacDonald: Male Survivors: A Scottish Strategic Perspective.
Hotels:
15:30 - 15:45
Break and Refreshments.
15:45 - 16:15
Julie Fraser: Using New Technologies to Engage Male Victims/Survivors.
16:15 - 16:45
Question Time panel Chaired by David Ward MP.
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Jury’s Hotel is the newest in Bradford and
only 5 minutes’ walk from the University.
16:45 - 17:00
Summing up and close (afternoon Chair)
Travelling to the University:
www.brad.ac.uk/about/find/
Other hotels within a 5-minute walk of the
University
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Workshops:
1. CSE - A West Yorkshire Overview: Blast / Hand in Hand / Turnaround
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2. Boys Men Healing: A US Cultural Perspective on Male Victims
3. The English courts have woken up to child abuse”. Plus the crisis in relious communities
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around sexual violence and abuse litagation
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4. n overview of the latest research looking at the cultural social support needs of male
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victims of sexual violence/abuse.
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5.
Jane Gregory (Bradford Rape Crisis) Bob Balfour (Survivors West Yorkshire)
‘Working in Alliance’.
Delegate Rate
Delegate rate @ £60 includes lunch and two refreshment breaks. A
workshop of your choice, subject to numbers, on a first-come, firstallocated basis (please indicate your preferences by numbering 1 2 3 on
your booking form). Plus each delegate will receive a detailed guide to
male survivor evidenced support and service models, as well as access
to the full keynote programme as detailed in the brochure programme
(please note we reserve the right to alter the programme due to
unforeseen circumstances).
All bookings must be made by Monday 30th May 2011 and no refunds
are available once a booking is made. Delegate places are transferable
to colleagues if the original delegate is unable to attend. However, in
the event of the conference being cancelled due to unforeseen events,
delegates will be able to carry forward their place or request a refund.
However, we would advise that all out-of-pocket expenses should
be insured against, for example, travel problems and illness, as the
organisers are unable to cover such loss.
All bookings are being administered by BSSVAAG’s conference and
events partner Interminds Events and all conference inquiries should be
made to them.
Your conference place/s cannot be confirmed until receipt of payment/s.
Payments can be made by credit/debit card, cheque or official purchase
order. (Intermind Events are the payment agent for this conference. –
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Once a payment has been secured you will receive an email
confirmation of your place/s. Please do not book travel or
accommodation until you have received your confirmation from
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administration issues.)
If you need to cancel or transfer your place to someone else, you must
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This conference can be used as evidence for professional CPD - please check
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Conference Agenda
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Workshops (please indicate you prefer workshops - 1 for first choice and so on)
1) CSE - A West Yorkshire Overview: Blast/Hand in Hand/Turnaround
This unique joint workshop offers the opportunity to be briefed by three of the leading service providers in West Yorkshire,
supporting boys who are experiencing sexual exploitation, both on the current needs of boys in West Yorkshire and future issues.
Boys Men Healing: A US Cultural Perspective on Male Victims
2)
Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and
the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays courageous
non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives, while giving them a powerful voice to speak out and
take bold action toward prevention for other boys. Boys and Men Healing is produced in association with the International
Documentary Association. www.bigvoicepictures.com
“The English courts have woken up to child abuse”. Plus the crisis in relious communities
3)
around sexual violence and abuse litagation
This will chart the development of the law over the last 15 years or so. It will be led by David Greenwood, David Greenwood
has been committed to working with adult victims of child abuse since 1997. He heads a team of lawyers and works with
psychologists and barristers to obtain compensation and assist survivors to plan for their future when the case is over. He has
worked closely with clients throughout the country and has great success with co-ordinating a number of large and small group
actions. David works mainly on actions against local authorities, church organisations, foster carers, and other accountable
organisations. David is a member of the Law Society’s Specialist Personal Injury Panel and is a member of the Association of Child
Abuse Lawyers Executive committee. He is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
overview of the latest research looking at the cultural social support needs of male victims of
4) An
sexual violence/abuse.
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) Jane Gregory (Bradford Rape Crisis) Bob Balfour (Survivors West Yorkshire) ‘Working in Alliance’.
To Pay: Debit/credit card: www.intermindsevents.com (follow the payment instructions and please tag your payment as ‘Invisible Boys’ with your
name or collective names if paying for a group). Please note there is a card fee for payments by debit or credit card. Further please retain your
payment receipt.
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If you wish to speak to someone about your booking please telephone: 01274 288 998
Delegate Booking Form
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