International Abuse Awareness Conference, 11 March 2022
Join us for survivors and experts coming together to shine a light on different areas of abuse including:
- What is Coercive Control?
- How to spot Narcissistic Abuse
- How to recover from a toxic relationship
- What is financial abuse?
- How to divorce an abusive partner
- Top tips for navigating the family courts
- Trauma recovery advice and support
- Learn about domestic violence
- How to use your voice and story to make a difference .....And lots, lots more…
This one day event is hosted by The DASH Charity, Unsilenced Voices, and Sara Davison, The Divorce Coach to openly discuss issues of Abuse, Trauma and Recovery in UK.
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International Speaker Line Up:
Dr Karen Williams - Psychiatrist 'Impact of the legal system on survivors of abuse'
Richard Grannon – The Real Reason you can't recover from Narcissistic Abuse
Naomi Riches – Gold Medal Paralympian
Jane Monckton-Smith – Professor of Public Protection at University of Gloucestershire, Homicide Specialist
Alison Bourne - CEO The Dash Charity
Dr Adrienne Barnett - Senior Lecturer in Law and practiced as a family law barrister for over 25 years
Sara Davison – The Divorce Coach - Turn your pain into your power
Natalie Page - From #thecourtsaid "What is post separation abuse"
Michelle Jewsbury - CEO Unsilenced Voices
Rosie Lyons – Survivor story of abuse and financial abuse campaigner
Nicole Jacobs - Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales
Nicola Sharp- Jeffs OBE – Surviving Economic Abuse
Wendy Stephenson - How your experiences can lead to opportunity
Christine McKay - Negotiating your best life after abuse
Survivors Panel discussion
The Dash Charity:
Supporting people experiencing Domestic Abuse in the communities of East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire for 45 years. They provide specialist support to adults and children experiencing mental health issues, modern slavery, immigration, trafficking, homelessness and complex needs associated with Domestic Abuse, empowering them to live a life beyond crisis and ensuring their voices are heard.
They help victims access free legal help, obtain injunctions, arrange for them to have screens and video-links if giving evidence at court and we will support them on the day.
They also speak up for them and advocate on their behalf with housing teams, police, social care. They provide safety devices to help them feel safer in their own home and help source donations of anything they need to make their life a little easier or a little brighter whilst they are trying to stay safe.
Sara Davison:
Best known as The Divorce Coach, Sara Davison has created revolutionary new ways to cope with break-ups and divorce. Sara is a multi-award winning Coach, twice bestselling author, podcast host of Heartbreak to Happiness, Founder of The International Divorce Coach Centre Of Excellence, Coach Trainer, media commentator and patron of The Dash Charity.
Sara has a global client base helping people to heal and move on from any breakup, specialising in toxic relationships and divorcing abusive partners. She offers coaching with her and her accredited Coaches as well as online programmes, trainings and retreats.
Unsilenced Voices:
Founded by Michelle Jewsbury, a survivor of domestic violence in 2017. The organization currently operates in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Rwanda , and the USA where they work with partners to implement sensitization programs, legal assistance, vocational training, medical and counseling to victims of domestic abuse and sexual gender based violence.
Michelle Jewsbury is an international philanthropist, speaker, author, and coach. In August 2016, Michelle focused her efforts on ending domestic violence. Her desire to help victims of domestic abuse came from personal experience in such a relationship. In July 2017, Michelle founded Unsilenced Voices, a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on inspiring change in communities around the globe by encouraging victims to break free and survivors to speak up about domestic violence and sexual assault. She has since completed and published her personal memoir, But I Love Him. Michelle offers digital courses and private coaching programs to help people overcome challenges to create even more personal and professional success.
Event programme:
10:00: Welcome from Sara Davison, The Divorce Coach & Michelle Jewsbury, Unsilenced Voices
10:15: Dr Karen Williams, Psychologist - Client trauma following family court system
10:35: Richard Grannon – Narcissistic Abuse
11:00: Naomi Riches MBE - Don't rock the boat
11:20: Jane Monckton-Smith, Professor of Public Protection, Homicide Specialist - The homicide timeline
11:40: Alison Bourne, CEO The Dash Charity
12:00: Dr Adrienne Barnett - Contemporary Issues for Victim/Survivors of Domestic Abuse in Family Court Proceedings
12:20: Sara Davison, The Divorce Coach, Patron of The Dash Charity
12:40: Natalie Page - What is post separation abuse?
13:00: Michelle Jewsbury, CEO Unsilenced Voices
13:30: Rosie Lyons – A fairer financial future for sufferers and survivors of domestic abuse
13:50: Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales
14:20: Nicole Sharp- Jeffs OBE – Surviving Economic Abuse
14:50: Wendy Stephenson – How your experiences can lead to opportunity
15:10: Christine McKay - Negotiating your best life
15:30: Survivors Panel discussion
16:00: Event close