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Sacro Restorative Justice Services for Adult Survivors Abused in Care as Children - Time to be heard Final Report
12 December 2011
Restorative Justice is a process that aims to repair the harm caused by a criminal offence or serious wrong-doing. It is informal, voluntary and confidential. Sacro is the main provider of Restorative Justice services in Scotland. Participants in Time to be heard were offered access to a pioneering Restorative Justice process designed and delivered by Sacro especially for adults abused in care as children. In designing this service Sacro included the results of a consultation with stakeholders and a review of research and practice in other countries. This innovative pilot service was successful in using Restorative Justice techniques to help survivors deal with the harm they suffered, and Quarriers to accept responsibility for this harm. The pilot shows that that Restorative Justice can be a positive remedy for some survivors. Sacro will be looking again at the design and delivery of the service, with help from stakeholders, and hopes to be able to make this option more widely available to other survivors in the future.
Resilience Research
23 September 2011
The Time to be Heard Report recommended that Scottish Government should fund research to identify which factors make some individuals more resilient to the effects of abuse. To see what information is already available, SurvivorScotland has commissioned and independent literature review, with help from our internal research experts. This review will be completed in early December 2011 and a report of the findings will be available on the SurvivorScotland website. If you would like a copy and are not already on our mailing list, please contact us on 0131 244 4749 or send an email to survivorscotlandfeedback@scotland.gsi.gov.uk We will be keen to hear your views and to consult you about any 'next steps'.
National Confidential Forum Scoping Project
12 September 2011
The New Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children (formerly SIRCC) has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to help with scoping work on the National Confidential Forum numbers and estimates for a possible reparation scheme.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Service Provision for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Exercise for Statutory and Voluntary Sector Services in Scotland
24 August 2011
Male Survivors is one of the priority areas for funding by the National Strategy. SurvivorScotland agreed that work should be commissioned to scope what services there are for male survivors across Scotland in both voluntary and statutory sectors to provide an accurate a picture as possible of what was currently available. Health in Mind was funded to undertake this task. The main outcome of this important exercise is to enable us to promote and increase awareness of the prevalence and effects of male childhood sexual abuse and their needs to health and social practitioners and wider society. The National Reference Group and the SurvivorScotland Team will consider the findings of the Report and discuss with our relevant stakeholders ways forward to ensure the needs of male survivors are considered and responded to positively
National Strategy Funding open for applications
27 July 2011
SurvivorScotland is now taking applications for National Strategy funding for eligible projects from appropriate organisations.
Time to be Heard feedback from the events
1 March 2011
After publication of the Time to be Heard Report, four events were held in early March 2011 to give people information about the Report and the chance to give their views. The presentation which Tom Shaw, the Chair of Time to be Heard gave at the events is available in our document library along with the summary of Scottish Government action and a summary of feedback on the Report from the 150 people who took part in the events.
