Start With Survivors: A learning event for those shaping services, systems and policy affecting survivors of sexual violence.

Keynote Speaker: Sophie Olson, Author of “The Flying Child”

Date: Friday, 2nd October 2026

Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm

Venue: One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle

Together with ARCH Teesside and RSACC Darlington and County Durham, we are delivering a learning event for those shaping services, systems and policy affecting survivors of sexual violence.

This event aims to create space for professionals to listen, learn and reflect on what helps, what harms, and what makes support services truly effective from a survivor’s perspective.

We are aiming to bring together commissioners, funders, policymakers, elected representatives, health professionals, criminal justice partners and voluntary sector organisations.

We will also be welcoming Sophie Olson, author of The Flying Child, as our keynote speaker!