Bringing Survivors together to shape Lambeth’s new Night-Time Strategy
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Survivors in Lambeth are being invited to share their views on how to make the borough a safe, welcoming, equitable and accessible place at night.
A ‘Survivor Forum’ event has been co-produced with our Gender-Based Violence Experts by Experience Panel and is hosted in collaboration with Council officers from acrosss the Resident Services, Strategy & Communications and Economy, Culture & Skills divisions.
This night-time focused Survivor Forum is open to victims and survivors aged 16+ who live, work or study in Lambeth will take place at Brixton Library at 6-7:30pm on 6 August 2024. It is one of a range of engagement activities taking place across the borough to help shape Lambeth’s first ever Night-Time Strategy
Lambeth’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2021-27 sets our vision to make Lambeth a borough where everyone is safe. To support this we have established an Experts by Experience panel – made up of local people with lived experience – and a quarterly Survivor Forum bringing together victims and survivors from across Lambeth. These groups amplify the voices of people affected by violence and abuse, helping us to ensure that our work to tackle these issues is informed by their expertise and insight.
Our Experts by Experience panel was recruited in Autumn 2023 and their first meeting was held in December. Panel members worked together with the Safer Communities team to co-design and deliver our first ever Survivor Forum with service users at our commissioned VAWG support service, the Gaia Centre, in May.
We look forward to welcome attendees to our second Survivor Forum event in August where we will explore feelings of safety at night and the activities and services survivors want to see provided in the borough between the hours of 6pm and 6am.
The event will be led by members of our Expert by Experience panel, and we are committed to ensuring that the event is a safe and welcoming space for attendees. As with all Survivor engagement events, there is no requirement that participants share personal experiences. Refreshments will be provided and attendees will each receive a £15 voucher to thank them for their participation.
For more information and to register interest visit the event page.
You are also welcome to sign-up for updates about future Survivor Forum activities.