Survey for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse launched by Rotherham MP

Ms Champion, who is also the chairwoman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, said it would give survivors a voice and help the Government “to make policies more reflective of the views of the people experiencing them”.

Any information provided in the survey will be anonymised. 

The survey has been created by the APPG to support its response to the Government’s new Victims Strategy, which looks at a victim’s journey through the criminal justice system. 

The APPG aims to provide the Government with views of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The survey explores survivors’ experiences of support services and the criminal justice system. 

Ms Champion said: “The purpose of the APPG is to give a voice to adult survivors of child abuse. Too often the needs of survivors of childhood sexual abuse are forgotten.

“This survey is a crucial part of recording survivors’ views. This will help us to send a strong message to the Government — it will help the APPG to press the Government to make policies more reflective of the views of the people experiencing them.

“We want the views of people in every part of the country and we would really encourage organisations, activists, survivors and members of the public to share the survey so we can achieve this.”

The APPG will be holding evidence sessions to complement the survey before producing a written response to the Government’s consultation on the Victims Strategy, set to launch in the New Year.  

To survey can be found at https://goo.gl/forms/K1JGUFZ27cYX2gfF3 

The APPG for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is a cross-party group of MPs and Lords. It was established in conjunction with the Survivors Trust, a UK-wide national umbrella agency for 130 specialist organisations for support for the impact of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse throughout the UK and Ireland. 

The below helplines and websites may be useful for anyone who might want to talk to someone about their experience of abuse:

The Survivors Trust — 0808 801 0818 — https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org

NAPAC — 0808 801 0331 — https://napac.org.uk 

Male Survivors Partnership — 0808 800 5005 — http://www.malesurvivor.co.uk/ 

Rape Crisis England and Wales — 0808 802 9999 — https://rapecrisis.org.uk/