The sex industry is complex and diverse. The women we support and journey alongside are dealing with complex life situations and multiple disadvantages. We have observed the huge barriers for women facing sexual exploitation to get the help and support they need. Women may have difficult housing situations, be experiencing domestic abuse, and/or have drug dependency. They may have experienced coercion, violence, or trafficking, with associated levels of trauma and distrust.
They may have tried to access support and have not been believed or listened to or have been seen as a ‘problem’ or ‘nuisance’. Often the label ‘prostitute’ or ‘sex worker’ comes with a range of stereotypes and connotations that are barriers to accessing services or finding routes out of sexual exploitation.
Prostitution is not all about sex. It is often about inequality, lack of opportunities, poverty, abuse of vulnerability and abuse of power. Beyond the Streets is committed to helping professionals, volunteers and interested members of the general public learn more about the complexities of the sex industry.
Beyond the Streets occupies a unique role as a charity – we are not simply a service delivery organisation nor a regular campaign organisation: alongside our direct work with women, we equip and support other projects across the UK to tackle the sexual exploitation that happens in every community.
We provide training for the third sector and statutory professionals, and create resources and reports informed by research, lived experience, and practitioner experience. Our training and partnership work seeks to equip professionals to understand the sex industry, particularly survival sex and sexual exploitation, and to support them to engage with women selling sex in a trauma-informed way.
If you are interested in pursuing training with us then contact us and we will arrange a diagnostic call, so we can best hear about your training needs.
Due to an increase in demand for bespoke training delivery, we have taken the decision to pause our open training sessions. If you'd like us to deliver training to your team or organisation, please contact us at training@beyondthestreets.org.uk.
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Our training sessions can take place online or in-person, depending on your needs and budget, and are delivered by trainers with years of specialist experience in this sector.
All of our training draws on women’s lived experience, academic research and over 20 years’ of practitioner experience.
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