Write To Be Heard
Write To Be Heard
Raising Funds & Awareness For Mums Facing Post-Separation Abuse & Coercive Control
Raising Funds & Awareness For Mums Facing Post-Separation Abuse & Coercive Control
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A powerful new book has just been released, giving a voice to those silenced by coercive control and post-separation abuse. The launch event will take place in Sheffield in November.
‘Write To Be Heard: Voices of Survivors of Coercive Control and Post-Separation Abuse’ is a collection of writings by survivors. The project was created to give people a voice, to raise awareness of the realities of such abuse, and to raise funds for Sheffield-based charity, Mums In Need.
After raising funds on Crowdfunder, Write To Be Heard invited women supported by Mums In Need to take part in therapeutic writing workshops. Participants, and others affected by coercive control and post-separation abuse, were then invited to submit their poems and prose to be featured in a book. To protect all those involved, all writing in the book is anonymous (although writers retain their rights to their own words).
‘Write To Be Heard: Voices of Survivors of Coercive Control and Post-Separation Abuse’ is now available to buy on Amazon. The words inside are not always easy to read. Its many voices tell of pain and struggle, but also hope and resilience.
You can buy your copy here, with all profits going directly to Mums In Need:
Write To Be Heard is also hosting a book launch event in Sheffield on Tues 25th November at 6.30pm, where you can meet some of those involved in this extraordinary project and hear some of the work from the book.
Should you wish to know more about Write To Be Heard, you can contact them at WeareWriteToBeHeard@gmail.com.
The two extracts below come from the forewords written for the Write To Be Heard book.
‘It is a travesty that these women are unable to own their stories publicly but this book lifts the lid on the unrecognised abuse that thousands of people are facing every day… …I hope that you will read this book and then buy another one for someone you know who needs to hear this message.’
Laura Riley, Mums In Need
‘If you work in family justice, child protection, or any adjacent field, this book is essential reading. Not because it will make you feel good -- it will not -- but because it will show you the consequences of our collective failures with unflinching clarity.’
Saskia Lightburn-Ritchie, Domestic Abuse Experts
If you want to get your business or workplace involved, please contact enquiries@mumsinneed.com and we will send you an information pack with full simple instructions. We are also on hand if you need further help on organising it.
If you want to get your business or workplace involved, please contact enquiries@mumsinneed.com and we will send you an information pack with full simple instructions. We are also on hand if you need further help on organising it.
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