Talking Justice Resources

Helplines and Support

Rape Crisis Scotland (for survivors of all genders and their supporters) Helpline | Rape Crisis Scotland

Rape Crisis England and Wales Get help | Rape Crisis England & Wales

Survivors Gateway for all survivors over 13 in London: Help & Counselling For Rape & Sexual Abuse | London Survivors Gateway

Galop for LGBTQ+ Survivors Galop – the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity

Survivors UK for men (cis and trans), masculine and non-binary survivors UK wide: SurvivorsUK | Get Help 13-18

Ascent Advice Line | Women and Girls Network (wgn.org.uk)

Thriving Survivors, for support and information about restorative justice for survivors in Scotland. Services | Thriving Survivors

Guides and Toolkits 

Self-help resources from Rape Crisis Scotland: For survivors | Rape Crisis Scotland

Rape Crisis’ Survivor Reference Group share their experiences of the criminal justice process: SRG—First-Meeting-FINAL-info-breakdown-web-version.pdf (rapecrisisscotland.org.uk)

Creative Interventions Workbook : Practical Tools to Stop Interpersonal Violence Toolkit | creative interventions (creative-interventions.org)

Safety Plan: from Safe Outside the System KM_C364e-20160204132738 (alp.org)

Transformative Justice — Abolitionist Futures

Jane Fenn: A Practical Workbook for The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 

Janina Fisher Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists

8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health) Audiobook and Workbook.

Books

Staci Haines, The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice 

Truth and Repair, Judith Herman

Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman

Trauma and the Body, Pat Ogden

Beyond Survival, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Love with Accountability: Digging up the roots of Child Sexual Abuse, Aishah Shahidah Simmons 

Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines

Bessel Van Der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score

Self-Care for Black Women, Oludara Adeeyo

Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color  

Things to Watch

Survivors Guide to the Scottish Justice System: Rape Crisis Scotland: Survivors Guide to the Scottish Justice System (2022) – YouTube

Secret Survivors | Ping Chong and Company

Consent Collective’s FREE 2 week Online Workshop on Healing from Trauma: How do people heal from trauma? | The Consent Collective (teachable.com) 

The Meeting : The real life story of Ailbhe Griffiths, a survivor who met her attacker as part of a restorative justice process.

Join

Sisters Uncut

Rape Crisis Scotland’s Survivor Reference Group for Survivors who have been through the criminal justice system Survivor Reference Group | Rape Crisis Scotland

Umbrella Lane for Sex Worker Solidarity HOME | Umbrella Lane

Spit it Out Project for events and workshops across Edinburgh & Glasgow Our Events — The Spit It Out Project

CERT Scotland : ABOUT | CERT (certscotland.com)

Buffer Zones Scotland Info | Buffer Zones Scotland

National Survivor User Network: Home – NSUN website

Reclaiming Justice Network : About | Reclaim Justice Network (wordpress.com)

Support for LGBTQIA+ Prisoners : Bent Bars Project