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Leading Conversations About #CSA through Survivor-Led Training, Campaigning & Support | Sophie Olson | Founder | Author of The Flying Child #ZunTold
United Kingdom
Joined August 2020
I OPENED THE BOX! šøš. (With a little help) š¶ š± . Thank you all for your support and kind comments. Iām feeling all emotions. Will take a while to sink in but Iāve done it. Itās done. Here it is. After all that - my story:. The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults
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Latest Blog:. I have taken a step back after a difficult couple of weeks, when learned, or conditioned responses to feelings of threat or discomfort, especially when unexpected, occurred in the worst possible scenario. #TheFlyingChild #CSA #bodymemory.
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And itās not that I want to be silent but sometimes I wish I could un-say it. My name is Sophie. Not the rape victim. Just Sophie. āIt does not define youā people say to me but it did. It does. I know not everyone feels this way, and Iām not saying anyone else should feel this.
I couldnāt say the word. Not for so many years. I couldnāt say it in my head. I couldnāt read it in a book. I couldnāt even look at a field of yellow flowers. Now I say it all the time. I stand in front of strangers and say it but it isnāt easy. Even now. Youād think after
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RT @banyards_farm: @TheFlyingChild Never happened at my child's school; all helpers DBS checked; no child was ever driven by a teacher evenā¦.
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RT @clerotto: @TheFlyingChild Weāll done bringing this up. I mentioned it years ago and was framed as āparanoidā.When you know you know.
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RT @SheraFamily: @TheFlyingChild Absolutely, expands to parent helpers on event days and sharing of photos on parent sites - clear risks wiā¦.
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RT @ReshapersCIC: @TheFlyingChild I tackled a similar issue years ago with my son's rugby club. It's easily solved. Find the funds to hireā¦.
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RT @TheFlyingChild: @TheWhackyPaki From my perspective it is about not being on the radar of services because of my class, and the perpetraā¦.
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RT @joannamoncrieff: You can catch my podcast interview with @drchatterjeeuk here. "This conversation isnāt about telling anyone what to doā¦.
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RT @pmwennell: Sophie offers an important insight into the impact of sexual abuse in childhood. Social Workers need to hear what she has toā¦.
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RT @jomo14729: Brilliant organisation, this will be changemaking. #survivor #change #social #UKHealth.
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Today #SideBySideCSA - our survivor and practitioner delivered training in Child Sexual Abuse - went to Jigsaw CABAS School in Surrey. We were met by warm and welcoming staff, with an extremely strong safeguarding culture, and we had a very productive morning exploring the
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