The Home Office and Ministry of Justice ‘Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (SVSCSA) funded a two year project specifically dedicated to sibling sexual abuse. The two-year project, which ended in March 2022, was the largest Government-funded project on sibling sexual abuse to date. The project was led by SARSAS as part of a partnership with Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW),

Out of the two-year project came the first National Sibling Sexual Abuse Conference for Frontline Sectors – It was delivered on Wednesday 2 February 2022, 9:30am-3:45pm (Online)

This conference is designed to share national best practice on supporting children, young people, adult victim-survivors and families affected by sibling sexual abuse. This conference aims to build professional confidence in and knowledge of sibling sexual abuse, enabling appropriate and effective responses to this abuse across different sectors. It will share national best practice, guidance and advice.

Conference speakers include:

• Stuart Allardyce, Director Stop It Now! Scotland / Lucy Faithfull Foundation
• Stephen Barry, Clinical Team Manager and Lead Clinician, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Be Safe Service
• Dr. Andie Collins, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Harmful Sexual Behaviour Team at CAMHS, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Anna Glinski, Deputy Director (Knowledge and Practice Development) Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse
• Professor Simon Hackett, Deputy Provost at Durham University and Professor of Child Abuse and Neglect in the Department of Sociology
• Sadia Hameed, Founder and Director of Gloucestershire Sisters and Four Freedoms International
• Christiane Sanderson, Psychologist, lecturer and trainer in psychology and counselling, (child protection, interpersonal abuse and complex trauma)
• Dr. Peter Yates, Lecturer in Social Work at Edinburgh Napier University

The National Picture of Sibling Sexual Abuse presented by Stuart Allardyce and Anna Glinski

How to work with adult survivors of Sibling Sexual Abuse. Presented by Amelia Anning PHD researcher and Psychologist Christiane Sanderson

Health responses to working with children and young people who have sexually harmed siblings including consideration of the impact of pornography and sibling sexual abuse – Louise Barraclough and Stephen Barry

Perspectives from the voluntary sector practitioners responding to sibling harmful sexual behaviours, and specific considerations when working with Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and families – Spencer Bailey, Ray Tait and Michelle West

Getting it Right: Sibling Sexual Abuse Information for Professionals

Podcast with Fleur Strong Project Manager of the National Project of Sibling Sexual Abuse