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How can we raise awareness of abuse outside of<br />
the sector if we are unwilling to address it within?<br />
I have seen abusive individuals (and a few orgs)<br />
actively try and discredit and sabotage the efforts<br />
of others. I have seen professional jealousy<br />
leading to speakers being 'no platformed' seen<br />
mistakes and failings glossed over, covered up and<br />
- the worst - people being silenced from speaking<br />
out. I have seen abuse tactics displayed from those<br />
who work with vulnerable people, who have<br />
exploited them, who have distorted the law, their<br />
rights, even deliberately prevented the person<br />
needing help from accessing support that would<br />
have served them better by dispensing lies.<br />
Now that I understand so much more about abuse<br />
and how abusers operate, it doesn't surprise me<br />
that they are drawn to areas where victims can be<br />
found. This needs to be weeded out, highlighted,<br />
addressed. When supposed *professionals*<br />
exploit those who desperately need their help by<br />
breaching their confidentiality, by isolating them<br />
and then withdrawing support, by refusing them<br />
the right to complain and - hugely worrying- by<br />
pressurising them into financial decisions, we can<br />
not and must not look the other way. Yes, that is<br />
right, I did say pressurising them, unduly<br />
influencing them, exploiting their desperation in<br />
order to gain financially.<br />
There is a duty , a moral duty to speak up and<br />
speak out. Nowhere has this been more apparent<br />
than in raising the issues of SCAs - the so called<br />
advocates who do more to undermine and<br />
destabilise the wellbeing of a victim than enhance<br />
it. How can we raise awareness of abuse outside of<br />
the sector if we are unwilling to address it within?<br />
These are all questions for 2018, these and more<br />
but for now, I would like to thank everyone who<br />
has supported the conferences and <strong>CCChat</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.<br />
Min xx<br />
PS. For those who find Christmas difficult, you are<br />
moving forwards. It may be small steps but,<br />
nontheless, it is a journey where you are moving<br />
forwards. xx<br />
Merry Christmas from <strong>CCChat</strong>
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