Weaving stories of peer sexual abuse: Insights from a youth co-created animation project

Weaving Stories is a pilot animation project developed by County-Durham arts education company, Changing Relations and funded via the UK Prevention Research Partnership consortium, VISION.

The animation was co-produced with secondary-aged students, survivors of peer sexual abuse, and an artistic team, to amplify young people’s voices on the theme of unwanted sexual behaviour and the culture that enables it. An interdisciplinary Steering Group of academic researchers, creative practitioners, and child protection and sexual violence specialists from a North East school and Rape Crisis centre, were also involved in the project.

With this animation and associated school based learning programme, Changing Relations seeks to influence knowledge, behaviour, and institutional change using the impactful animation as stimulus for reflection. Following this pilot project, VISION and Changing Relations have organised a one-hour webinar for UK policymakers and practitioners.

This webinar will be of interest to a wide range of professionals who work with adolescents and / or in violence-prevention. Educators, social workers, academics, and third sector, central and local government policy analysts and researchers in particular may be interested.

There are two dates to select, allowing you to choose between a more practice or policy oriented session:

• Thursday 8^th May 1- 2pm for policymakers
• Wednesday 14^th May 3 - 4pm for practitioners

Registrants will receive the calendar invitation with the Teams link on the morning of their selected date.

For further information on the project and the webinar, please see Weaving stories of peer sexual abuse on the VISION website.

For questions or problems registering, please email VISION_Management_Team@citystgeorges.ac.uk with the subject heading Weaving Stories.