S:VOX is a national voluntary organisation, created to address issues that affect survivors of any form of violence and abuse, be that physical, emotional, sexual or spiritual, experienced in childhood or adulthood. We use the term "survivor" as a shorthand for people who have experienced any form of abuse in childhood or adulthood, but encourage people to use whatever language they feel comfortable with in relation to themselves.

we have just created a Facebook page and a Twitter feed

to obtain an invite to our Facebook page email us here

follow us on Twitter @svoxuk

S:Vox will be at Greenbelt 2010 with two self-help sessions for survivors adn there supporters on

* Friday, 19:00, Soverign Lounge (Talks)
* Saturday, 20:00, Soverign Lounge (Talks)

We will also have informal gatherings each day, for details of where to find us join email here

YOUR HELP NEEDED

S:VOX is currently recruiting for volunteers to enable us to continue our activities.Please download and read the volunteer information pack and get back to us if you would be interested in contributing to one of the roles we're looking for. The roles include self-help weekend facilitators, web moderators, self-help weekend practical helpers and trustees. Our next prospective Volunteer Day will be in the Autumn - watch this space! (though if you are unable to make this, alternative arrangements to meet can be made). (A word version of the application form can be found here)

S:VOX's aims are to:

1. Facilitate the development of self-help networks that support abuse survivors and those who support them, in order to assist healing and recovery
2. Educate the wider community about abuse, its effects and prevention
3. Advocate with and for abuse survivors and those who support them, both on a social policy and individual level.

Please note that SVOX does not provide counselling or therapy, either on a one to one or in a group setting. 

S:VOX origins and current activities.

SVOX has evolved in part from the "survivors programme" at the annual Greenbelt Arts Festival where for the last 8 years we have run self-help groups for survivors and educational seminars for the wider community on issues relating to abuse

Go to the page on SVOX work at the Greenbelt Arts Festival for more information. We run a well established web forum for survivors who have attended the self-help groups at Greenbelt. We have just launched new forums for abuse survivors and friends so do register for these and join our on-line community. For more details on how this works, go to the forums info area. In addition, we have run self-help weekends at least annually since 2005 - 2008 and plan to resume these in 2010. We will be running self-help facilitator training in the coming months so if you are interested in helping to facilitate self-help weekends or groups, please do contact us.  For more information have a read of the self-help weekends page and the s:vox training page for a picture of whether these might be interesting for you. We also run training to educate the wider community about abuse and its effects.

One of S:VOX's trustees, Jane Chevous, has written a book about abuse,

its causes, effects and prevention. It has recently been published by SPCK

Other useful places on the site to visit:

• attending self help weekends
• joining one of our web forums
• receiving training from S:VOX
• becoming a Friend of S:VOX

If you are interested in any of the above, please contact us through the Contact Us page on the menu. We will acknowledge your contact and send you information as soon as it becomes available.