An ABC of CSA - walk through the exhibition (audio described version)

This 25-minute video is a slow walk through the exhibition ‘An ABC of CSA: Finding the Words to Talk About Child Sexual Abuse’ from 6th to 11th February 2023 in Exeter.
This is the audio described version. For the version without audio description please follow this link: • An ABC of CSA - walk t...
The video was carefully co-created with members of our UpFront Survivors Community Steering Group to give remote audiences an opportunity to experience the exhibition at leisure with time to absorb each image. Some of the images are like a warm hug from one survivor to another. Others may feel challenging to be with. Please feel free to pause, forward or stop the video as is right for you. There is no rush.
An ABC of CSA is a creative resource to support better conversations about child sexual abuse. It comes in the shape of a beautiful set of alphabet cards, co-created with over 40 CSA survivors and illustrated by Imogen Harvey-Lewis.
Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) come from all backgrounds and all parts of society, but our experiences are hidden and taboo. Society doesn’t talk enough about CSA, and survivors often lack the words to speak up about their abuse.
Coinciding with Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week 2023, we launched the project with an exhibition of the illustrations, alongside a free week-long programme of creative workshops, performance and film, at MakeTank, Exeter, from 6th to 11th February 2023.
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An ABC of CSA is a project by Viv Gordon Company. For more information, visit www.vivgordonc...
Information, resources and support are available for child sexual abuse survivors, family and friends:
The Survivors Trust Website: www.thesurvivo...
Support is available right now for survivors, friends and allies on the Rape Crisis England & Wales 24/7 Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Line: 0808 500 2222.
You can also use the live chat option on 247sexualabuse....
SurvivorsUK runs the National Male Survivors Online Helpline - a webchat and SMS service for men, boys and non-binary people who have experienced sexual abuse at any time in their lives.
Their specialist support team can chat with you for up to 45 minutes per day by webchat (via www.survivorsuk.org/helpline/) or you can send a text to 020 3322 1860 or email the helpline at [e-mail].
About Viv Gordon Company (VGC)
Our work is a campaign to increase visibility, voice and community with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). CSA remains a taboo subject and is rarely talked about outside therapeutic support settings and, because of this, survivors lack cultural and political representation resulting in CSA survivors being the largest marginalised group most people have never heard of.
There’s an estimated 11 million of us.
VGC’s work seeks to remove barriers to participation for CSA survivors and drive narrative change moving away from ideas of guilt, shame, isolation and cultural silencing towards celebrating survival, joining together and laying claim to cultural space to make noise about our experiences, rights and concerns.
Artistic Director, Viv Gordon has a strong track record as a theatre maker, arts/mental health campaigner & survivor-activist grounded in her lived experience of child sexual abuse.
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