UpFront Survivors Creative Leaders Training
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Are you a Child Sexual Abuse Survivor aged 18+?
Would you like support to lead creative workshops? Are you based within travelling distance of central Leeds? The application deadline has been extended to 5pm on Tuesday 31st October 2023. Watch this YouTube webinar with Viv Gordon and Kate McStraw from Viv Gordon Company about how to apply for this programme:
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Check out the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page here or download below.
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What is UpFront Survivors Creative Leaders Training?
UpFront Survivors Creative Leaders Training is a supported development programme, designed by Viv Gordon Company, to support adult Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) survivors (aged 18+) to step forward into creative leadership.
The training takes place over 13 sessions; some are full day in-person workshops in Leeds and some are 2.5 hour sessions delivered online. By the end of the course, you will have developed the skills you need to run your own creative workshops. You bring the talent - we’ll teach you how to share it. Whether you enjoy crafts, painting, writing, performance or something else - we will help you design a workshop to share your passion with others.
This training is part of UpFront Survivors - a 3-year partnership project with SARSAS, The Green House and Coventry University designed to facilitate CSA survivor cultural leadership and increase creative opportunities for our community.
This training programme will have a focus on holding safe creative spaces for CSA survivors but the skills learnt will build your confidence to work with any group or develop other creative projects. At the end of the programme, trainees will be supported to facilitate a workshop for adult CSA survivors.
Training will take place in Leeds and online over 13 sessions between Dec 2023 and March 2024. Sessions will run in person between 10.30am-4pm and online between 10.30am-1pm. The venue will be shared with you if you are offered a place.
You must be a CSA Survivor aged 18+ based within approximately 1 hour’s travelling distance of central Leeds for the duration of the course.
It is essential that you are able to commit to the whole course.
The course is completely free to access. There are no hidden costs.
We know people face barriers to engaging in training and we work hard to make our opportunities as accessible as possible. If you would like to discuss your access needs prior to applying you are very welcome to.
Please contact [email protected] to arrange a call with Kate (Producer - leads on Access) to chat about this if this would be helpful.
The course will be led by Viv Gordon, a CSA Survivor Artist Activist and Artistic Director of Viv Gordon Company. Viv has over 20 years’ experience of leading creative workshops and courses specialising in working with CSA survivors and adults with mental health needs. Viv will be assisted by Kayla Harkins, a community dance artist and access support worker.
Kate McStraw, Executive Producer of Viv Gordon Company will be running sessions on risk assessments, budgets and personal access.
There will be a trained counsellor at all sessions to offer wellbeing and listening support as needed as we go through the training together. Other members of Viv Gordon Company, the UpFront Survivors partnership team, as well as some inspiring guest CSA survivor artists, will drop in to lead specific sessions.
The training takes place over 13 sessions; some are full day in-person workshops in Leeds and some are 2.5 hour sessions delivered online. By the end of the course, you will have developed the skills you need to run your own creative workshops. You bring the talent - we’ll teach you how to share it. Whether you enjoy crafts, painting, writing, performance or something else - we will help you design a workshop to share your passion with others.
This training is part of UpFront Survivors - a 3-year partnership project with SARSAS, The Green House and Coventry University designed to facilitate CSA survivor cultural leadership and increase creative opportunities for our community.
This training programme will have a focus on holding safe creative spaces for CSA survivors but the skills learnt will build your confidence to work with any group or develop other creative projects. At the end of the programme, trainees will be supported to facilitate a workshop for adult CSA survivors.
Training will take place in Leeds and online over 13 sessions between Dec 2023 and March 2024. Sessions will run in person between 10.30am-4pm and online between 10.30am-1pm. The venue will be shared with you if you are offered a place.
You must be a CSA Survivor aged 18+ based within approximately 1 hour’s travelling distance of central Leeds for the duration of the course.
It is essential that you are able to commit to the whole course.
The course is completely free to access. There are no hidden costs.
We know people face barriers to engaging in training and we work hard to make our opportunities as accessible as possible. If you would like to discuss your access needs prior to applying you are very welcome to.
Please contact [email protected] to arrange a call with Kate (Producer - leads on Access) to chat about this if this would be helpful.
The course will be led by Viv Gordon, a CSA Survivor Artist Activist and Artistic Director of Viv Gordon Company. Viv has over 20 years’ experience of leading creative workshops and courses specialising in working with CSA survivors and adults with mental health needs. Viv will be assisted by Kayla Harkins, a community dance artist and access support worker.
Kate McStraw, Executive Producer of Viv Gordon Company will be running sessions on risk assessments, budgets and personal access.
There will be a trained counsellor at all sessions to offer wellbeing and listening support as needed as we go through the training together. Other members of Viv Gordon Company, the UpFront Survivors partnership team, as well as some inspiring guest CSA survivor artists, will drop in to lead specific sessions.
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Partners
Viv Gordon Company is running this training programme in partnership with SARSAS, The Green House and Coventry University.
It is part of our 3-year national partnership developed and delivered together, called UpFront Survivors.
UpFront Survivors is funded through the Home Office Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (SVSCSA) Fund 2022/25.
It is part of our 3-year national partnership developed and delivered together, called UpFront Survivors.
UpFront Survivors is funded through the Home Office Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (SVSCSA) Fund 2022/25.
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