Coming up...

Zebra Day CSA - 31st January 2025
National Creative Social Change Network (NCSCN)
Monthly, every 3rd Wednesday, 17:00 - 19:00 BST | online
Next meeting: 15th January
Future dates:
We have shifted the focus of our monthly NCSCN meetings to work towards a shared creative campaign, Zebra Day CSA (click here to read more about the change).

Zebra Day CSA is a child sexual abuse survivor pride event on Friday 31st January 2025. Our theme for the 2025 event is building community. On Zebra Day CSA, we will be inviting CSA survivors and allies to stand together to bring an end to stigma and celebrate our collective survival.

Here's how you can support the campaign:
  1. Join our #ZebraDayCSA Video Campaign! We are inviting contributions from CSA survivors and allies aged 18+, and you can find instructions on this form. If you want to get involved, you can submit your entry via the form or send it directly to us at [email protected] before Friday 10th January at 10am.
  2. Wear and share zebra on Friday 31st January 2025 - post a photo of yourself on social media wearing zebra print to amplify the voices of the CSA survivor community. Use the hashtag #ZebraDayCSA and tag us on @VivGordonCompany
  3. Post your intention to wear and share zebra on the lead up to the 31st January 2025 to encourage others to get involved - ask your friends, family, colleagues and followers to stand in solidarity with our community. Use the hashtag and tag above. Allies can use the hashtag #IStandWithSurvivors
  4. We’ll be hosting a FREE online event on Zebra Day! This will be a space where we can share the video compilation and gather together as a dazzle on the day.
    >>> Sign up here

Restless Punk Theatre Residency

14th January - 7th February 2025
Online & Ashburton Arts Centre, Teignbridge, Devon
The residency will include a punk gig, creative community workshops for Teignbridge residents with mental health needs, and professional access training.
Ashburton Arts Centre:
Restless Punk Gig
Fri, 7th February 2025, 7:30pm - 9pm

Keep an eye on our socials for the ticket link!
Writing Rage / Punk Songs with Viv Gordon and Composer Thomas Johnson
Sun, 2nd February 2025, 11am - 5pm

A writing workshop to express righteous rage in the morning session and putting those words to punk music in the afternoon session.
>>> More information and book
Viv Gordon performing at a Restless punk gig at Lost Horizon in Bristol. Photo (c) Paul BlakemorePicture
Viv Gordon performing at a Restless punk gig at Lost Horizon in Bristol. Photo (c) Paul Blakemore
ONLINE: Mental Health Access and Inclusion Training with Viv Gordon
Tue, 28th January 2025, 10am - 1pm

An introduction to Mental Health Access and Inclusion in the cultural and community sector covering general mental health awareness, the social model of disability and the access and inclusion approach, language and communication and approaches to support and signposting.
>>> More information and book
The residency was made possible through the support of Culture West, with funding from the West of England Combined Authority and Arts Council England.

UpFront Survivors

FINDING THE WORDS
6-week Writing Course with Jemima Foxtrot
Tue 11th February - Tue 18th March
FREE | online
Using exciting and surprising imagery in our writing is what makes it really sing. In this workshop, we will explore our survivorship by creating gorgeous and grizzly images both individually and in our small groups. Join writer, performer, theatre-maker and facilitator Jemima Foxtrot in a safe(r) writing space to explore different facets of our experiences and create new material.

The workshop will run online every Tuesday evening from 6 pm - 8 pm from Tuesday 11th February to Tuesday 18th March.

This workshop is warmly welcoming those within the CSA community of adult survivors, family, allies, friends, advocates (18+).
SAVE THE DATE: Pop-up Cultural Space 2025
Tue 11th - Sunday 16th March 2025
Gloucester
This will be our third and final UpFront Survivors pop-up cultural space, after Bristol in 2023 and Leeds in 2024.

The event will feature a varied programme of creative workshops, performances and events for adult survivors of CSA, friends and allies.

More information coming soon!
UpFront Survivors Pop-up Cultural Space at East Street Arts, Leeds, 2024. Photo: Jemma Mickleburgh - JMA Photography
UpFront Survivors Pop-up Cultural Space at East Street Arts, Leeds, 2024. Photo: Jemma Mickleburgh - JMA Photography