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Rose McGowan gave a message of support for all the survivors supported by CSASS at Storyhouse Women

Storyhouse Women: Rose McGowan – Brave

Rose McGowan rose from the ashes to offer survivors this message of support Members of CSASS went to watch Rose McGowan in conversation with Sam Baker at Storyhouse in her...

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Storyhouse Women: Everyday Rape Cultures and Religion

On Sunday 28th April, CSASS Centre Manager, Alison Breadon, joined theologians Dr Katie Edwards and Dr Dawn Llewellyn on The Garret stage at Storyhouse as part of the Storyhouse Women...

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Venus is Rising

CSASS took part in Re-Presenting Women, the Chester Women’s Aid Art Trail. There were 12 artworks around the city for people to find.CSASS Outreach Manager, Kaety Moon, created a Venus...

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Meet the new staff…

CSASS has doubled over the last few months! Kaety Moon - Outreach Manager Kaety Moon, CSASS Outreach Manager “Hello, I'm Kaety, and I work in outreach with our local community...

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Our sparkly new website!

Thanks to Rape Crisis England and Wales, who have sent some Tampon Tax funding* our way, we have been given the resource to transform our CSASS website. The last one...

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Reclaim the Night!

Reclaim the Night 2018 was a huge success and we had a fantastic afternoon making banners at Storyhouse before Handbag of Harmonies sang for us as we marched across the...

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Walking Tall for Survivors

"On a lovely autumn Sunday I donned my trainers and made my way to the Riverside entrance of the university, to join an increasingly large group of people, all with...

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Music for the Soul

We were delighted to raise just over £500, while also raising awareness about support available to survivors, and having a great evening out too. Very many thanks to all the...

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British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)
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New Work - #ArtTherapistsArt #OnlineGallery by Artist, Art Therapist Kaety Moon. ‘Mother Earth Sleeps’, Watercolour & acrylic paint on cardboard assemblage, January 2019. Τhanks for sharing your work Kaety! View more here: https://t.co/POhKPETwkN https://t.co/nLPIFJuL3Z CSASS Retweeted
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Survivor Art This is always and incredibly powerful exhibition - please consider contributing. And get the date in your diary to visit, too.
Yes, we are back - This year, we have 3 different venues. Chester, Liverpool, and Crewe. So if you ... 8 Likes

Posted: Yesterday
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CSASS Take a look at what we got up to at the last Saturday Social..morse code messages, crochet and a cuppa. Our next one is 1st June...check our Events for details :). We'd love to see you there.
Monthly creativity drop-in ... 4 Likes

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Saturday Social Our monthly craft drop-in at Just Footprints, Chester. See our events page for more information.
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We have been gifted this wonderful handmade unicorn by one of our members. She will be keeping our doll company in the CSASS office...but she needs a name...ideas below please! #nametheunicorn #SaturdaySocial #unicorn https://t.co/UOQUQBs93V
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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We are making morse code bead bracelets tomorrow at #SaturdaySocial! Come along to @J_footprints tomorrow at 10.30-12,30pm and make yourself a message of self-care or a reminder of how far you've come #selfcare #csass #rapecrisis #rcew #peersupport https://t.co/LbL3e7SuvU
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Photos from CSASS's post Our first Saturday Social was a relaxing get together at Just Footprints. For the first part of the drop-in we had crafts, cake and crochet. For the second part we discussed self-care and looked at things which drain us and ... 10 Likes

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Very excited - we think we've got a brilliant performer ready to entertain our amazing supporters at our AGM next month! Get it in your diary if it's not there already . . . 11th June, 6pm, and Watch This Space . . . 2 Likes

Posted: 6 days ago
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Rose McGowan has a personal message for all of our incredibly brave survivors...
#brave #lifeashing
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Posted: 3 weeks ago
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BBC Radio 4 You don't need a prescription to come along to our Saturday Social. The next one is on Saturday, June 1, 10.30-12.30, at Just Footprints Chester.
Email kaety@csass.org.uk if you'd like to come along.
Dr. Daisy Fancourt argues that doctors should ... 4 Likes

Posted: 2 hours ago
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The wonderful and brave @rosemcgowan offered an incredible message of support for @CSASService survivors at @StoryhouseLive last week. #brave #lifeashing https://t.co/RVK7KETJ0X
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Blurt Foundation We believe you...
Oh gosh, yes, this.
📷 Sonaksha Iyengar
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Storyhouse Women: Everyday Rape Cultures and Religion - Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service Storyhouse Women was such an incredible event and we were so privileged to be a part of it...
On Sunday 28th April, CSASS Centre Manager, Alison Breadon, joined theologians Dr Katie Edwards and Dr Dawn Llewellyn on The Garret stage ... 14 Likes

Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Thank you to the always lovely Diana for doing a card making session for us at 5⃣5⃣ Club this morning. We also had a visit from Kaety from @CSASService to tell us about some of their support services.
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Our next Saturday Social is May 4th 10.30-12.30pm. Come along for a catch up with self-care and crafts. At Just Footprints in Forum Shopping Centre. If you want a buddy to walk in with, a worker can meet you outside. ... 7 Likes

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Harlow rape survivor's case discussed at House of Commons | Rape Crisis England & Wales This is an interesting article
The case of a rape survivor from Harlow and her experience of the criminal justice system has been raised by her MP and discussed in the House of Commons today (Wednesday 15th May 2019). 1 Likes

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Storyhouse Women: Rose McGowan - Brave - Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service "Everything in your arsenal that you’ve learned will help you grow. Everything that was stolen from you cannot be replaced, but you can rise up from the ash. You have it in you, and you can do it."
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Saturday Social Morse Code bracelets Monthly creativity drop-in for Survivors
CSASS added 11 new photos — at Just Footprints Chester 4 Likes

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This is the finale poem I wrote. It's completely unedited, so ignore any grammatical/punctuation errors and the rough formatting.
It was such an inspiring event to be part of. https://t.co/Y2mX127eTi CSASS Retweeted
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Posted: 3 weeks ago
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Clothes Are Not Consent - Survivor Stories Hello! This is a request for stories...We are collecting people's anonymous survivor stories for use in a display and zine...if you would like to take part you can email Kaety@csass.org.uk for more info, or write your story anonymously by filling ... 4 Likes

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New Work - #ArtTherapistsArt #OnlineGallery by Artist, Art Therapist Kaety Moon. ‘This is the Story of How I Came to be’, Watercolour & pencil on paper, July 2018. Τhanks for sharing your work Kaety! View more here: https://t.co/POhKPETwkN https://t.co/3OsNnKDuBj CSASS Retweeted
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Top Chester lawyer becomes President of Chester Business Club | Chester Business Club Congratulations to Julie Mogan on becoming the first female President of Chester Business Club...
One of the area’s leading legal figures has been appointed President of the influential Chester Business Club. Julie Mogan, Regional Director of international law firm Excello ... 10 Likes

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Timeline Photos In our next step towards becoming a #plasticfree office, we've had our first milk delivery from Mortons Dairies
The Bluecoat Chester, Cheshire West Voluntary Action and Cheshire and Warrington Carers Trust have all joined in to help #MakeChester plastic free!
... 1 Comments Helen RG Fab people at Mortons!! 💚 milk tastes better out of a glass bottle too 😋 18 Likes

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Photos from CSASS's post We have been gifted this wonderful handmade unicorn by one of our members. She will be keeping our doll company in the CSASS office...but she needs a name...ideas below please! #nametheunicorn 6 Comments Kathy Roden Burkes How about Sassy xxxMolly Austen Eunice the unicorn!!!Susan Haynes Andra strong and courageous 11 Likes

Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Photos from CSASS's post We had a great time at the Storyhouse Women Weekend and created a display called 'Clothes are Not Consent' to challenge the myth that whatever someone was wearing somehow contributed to them being raped. The items of clothing with the ... 3 Comments Sheila Houghton Reading this made me cry. What a brave thing to do I’m so proud of you wonderful ladies 🤗 Barbs Williams Really powerful! 💓Cathy Powell Well done 13 Likes

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Chester We're celebrating one of our wonderful volunteer counsellors achieving 100 hours of counselling with us - that's 100 hours of one-to-one specialist support for survivors in Chester, transforming lives. Definitely worth a cake or two. If you're interested in volunteering ... 7 Comments Alli Higginson Congratulations, KathySarah Chris Mourant Congratulations your a star xxSue Lloyd Forde Congratulations hunni xx🥳🥳 17 Likes

Posted: Yesterday
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Step one of breaking the harassment cycle: take women seriously https://t.co/wWGQDPxX4O @ConversationUK https://t.co/2AOxaDQ7bP
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)
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New Work - #ArtTherapistsArt #OnlineGallery by Artist, Art Therapist Kaety Moon. ‘Watercolour and Waves, Sighs and Lines’, Watercolour, ink, and graphite with digital after-drawing, August 2018. Τhanks for sharing your work Kaety! View more here: https://t.co/POhKPETwkN https://t.co/u0bIc1EPBN CSASS Retweeted
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Step one of breaking the harassment cycle: take women seriously "Some researchers even argue that the sexual harassment of women workers has been a problem for as long as women have worked outside the home."
The mere existence of mechanisms to report incidents at work is not enough – whistleblowers ... 1 Comments Phil Roberts I think it started long before that. 2 Likes

Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Storyhouse Women was such an incredible event and we were so privileged to be a part of it... https://t.co/AGLwBm7iqb @StoryhouseLive https://t.co/aSOCJp9ZKZ
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