‘There is no beginning and there is no end’ (Troggs, Love is All Around Me, 1967)…. Written by Kate Melvin with Concetta Perot Earlier in the summer, a group of survivors attended an all-day meeting, where they explored the journey of recovery through their own and others’ experiences. Survivors were asked to describe their individual […]
Author: Concetta Perot
The Ache of International Women’s Day
I rejoice at the progress made for women (and for men, for if we liberate women we liberate us all) in the last 100 years. I am glad International Women’s Day exists to celebrate each shift away from gender-based hurt, harm and injustice and towards equality, mutual respect and love. But the truth for […]
From Pain to Power – untapping the experience of people affected by abuse to bring positive change
Survivors’ Voices is a small, national organisation, run with few financial resources but with a deep well of strong relational connections among our growing membership. Some of these connections go back as far as the time we began by running self-help groups at an arts and justice festival 17 years ago. Over the years, […]
