About the Engagement Event Survivors Manchester has partnered with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to deliver on behalf of the MOJ, a consultation event for male victim/survivors of Sexual Abuse, Rape or Sexual Exploitation. The purpose of the event is to collect the thoughts, opinions and experiences of male survivors on questions relating to the proposed ‘Victims Law’ with the once in a generation intention to influence the development of the law that will better fit for sexual abuse victims/survivors.
Confidentiality All participants agree to adhere to Survivors Manchester’s confidentiality agreement, providing all individuals with the safety of anonymity and restricting members of the consultation from discussing other’s experiences or comments outside of the consultation. However, this does not preclude individuals from talking to anyone they choose as to their own input into the consultation or identifying themselves as a participant. The limits Survivors Manchester has to confidentiality within the consultation is that if identified that anyone is at immediate risk of harm to self or other, then there may be a need to discuss this outside of the consultation and/or the organisation.
Rules of Engagement •
Participants must be invited by Survivors Manchester and are ‘actively’ open engagement
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Conversations, comments, ideas and opinions will be confidential, unless identified that an individual is at immediate risk of harm to self or other(s) and participants agree to keep all other participants identity anonymous
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The event will be contained to the date, time and venue, unless agreed by both the participant and Survivors Manchester
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Survivors Manchester will have the responsibility for writing up the report that will be submitted to the MOJ
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Survivors Manchester will seek explicit agreement from all participants for their contributions to be passed on to the Ministry of Justice and used in a confidential, anonymised format as part of the Victims’ Bill Consultation
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The report will be submitted to the MOJ by 4:00pm on Wednesday 2 February
