25/09/2026
📢 Just 1 Week to Go: Start with Survivors
In just one week's time, professionals, commissioners, strategic leaders, practitioners and survivor-centred organisations from across the North East will come together for Start with Survivors.
Hosted by ARCH Teesside, RSACC Durham & Darlington, and R**e Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland, this important learning event will explore how we can create more responsive, effective and trauma-informed systems for people affected by sexual violence.
We are delighted to welcome Sophie Olson, author of The Flying Child, as our keynote speaker. Through lived experience, professional insight and sector expertise, Sophie will challenge us to consider what happens when services and systems truly start with survivors.
The conference will provide opportunities to:
🔹 Hear directly from survivor voices and lived experience perspectives
🔹 Explore the role of commissioning, policy & strategic leadership in improving outcomes
🔹 Share learning and examples of effective practice
🔹 Strengthen partnerships across sectors
🔹 Identify opportunities for collaboration to improve support pathways
This promises to be a thought-provoking and inspiring day focused on learning, partnership, and change.
📅 2 October 2026
🎟️ Only one week to go - secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/start-with-survivors-tickets-1992063061241?msockid=21862c4d75ee6e54288f390674c96fb4
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