Central Scotland Youth Project

The Project

We work with young people in secondary schools in Central Scotland to raise awareness and empower pupils by developing constructive attitudes relating to violence of all kinds. Abuse is physical, emotional or sexual violence.

This website provides additional material for our project.

For those pupils who have poor literacy skills or accessibility issues - we recommend working in a group and discussing the issues raised by the material. When we visit schools we take an interactive approach that includes group work.

If you have Macromedia Flash plugin installed in your browser and your sound switched on, you may want to try
   audio tour of website HERE or our interactive multimedia quiz HERE which is intended to be accessible

Home page HERE

Facts

  1. 1 in 4 Women will be Raped, Sexually Assaulterd or Abused some time in her life.... not 1 of them asked for it!!!
    For support - phone 01786 471771
  2. Rape, Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse are criminal offences.
    No one HAS TO PUT UP WITH IT and no one DESERVES IT
  3. At age 8 you can be found guilty of a crime.
    At age 16 you can be sent to a young offenders institution
  4. At age 12 an Antisocial Behaviour Order [ASBO] can be taken out against you if your behaviour affects quality of life for others.
  5. If you are being abused, it is NOT your fault. Nobody has a right to abuse you.
  6. 75% of Child Sexual Abuse is committed by an adult that is known and trusted by the child.
  7. Self-harm is a way of coping with life, not a bid to die. Injuries are seldom life threatening.
    A survivor may want to kill his or her feelings, not themself
  8. Marriage, co-habitation or dating does NOT give anyone the right to have sex
  9. 1 in 4 males and 1 in 2 females experience some sort of unwanted sexual event before the age of 18.
  10. 1 in 4 girls are raped|abused by the age of 18.
  11. 1 in 7 males will be abused at some point in their lives.
  12. Nearly all female teenage victims know their attackers.
  13. 82% of abusers are known to their victims and 19% are relatives.
  14. 18% of females are raped|abuused by a friend.
  15. 11% of females are raped|abused by a boyfriend.
  16. In 1991, referrals to the childrens panel system found 1,219 girls had suffered sexual assaults.
  17. Of the children who tell someone about the abuse at the time less than 1 in 10 is believed.
  18. Only 5% of incidents are ever recorded and less than 1% lead to prosecution.
  19. Over 95% of adult abusers of children are male.
  20. 70% of sexual violations are planned in advance.

For further information ...... Please phone 01786 849447 or e-mail us at contact@centralscotland-youthproject.co.uk

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