Blog Entry January 2025

CEO, Jocelyn Anderson’s Views On The Grooming Scandal. There is something compelling about a fresh start in a new year — a time to reflect and focus on change. Many resolutions will be aspirational, some doomed to failure. There are hundreds of books spouting...

Blog Entry December 2024 – Reclaim The Night Update

We had a fantastic night making a noise at Reclaim the Night. Following the march, there were speakers at The Granary followed by a minute’s silence and a reading of the names of women around the UK who have been murdered by men this year. Their names also hung from...

Blog Entry December 2024

Latest from Jocelyn Anderson, CEO – Celebrating courage of survivors who use services  CHRISTMAS is just around the corner. For some it is a time of celebration, of happiness and of being with family. For others this prospect is terrifying, a time full of...

Blog Entry November 2024

Latest from Jocelyn Anderson, CEO – Reclaim the Night march will be on December 5 Jocelyn Anderson from West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre and Sue Coleman from West Mercia Women’s Aid at last year’s Reclaim the Night march (Image: WMRSASC)  ...

Blog Entry November 2024

Latest from Jocelyn Anderson, CEO, West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC). Like many others, I have been watching the trial of Gisele Pelicot’s former husband along with dozens of other men accused of raping her. The trial began in September. She...

Blog Entry October 2024

Latest from Jocelyn Anderson, CEO, West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC). At a recent meeting I was discussing how difficult it can be to fundraise for an organisation that deals with such a sensitive issue and how people shy away from the topic,...