I woke up from the JWs for good in 2011 after discovering some lies that had been taught, and for me if they could lie on one subject I wondered if they had lied in other ways too. Well my mind was about to be blown! As I researched I found lie after lie. However […]

Lime Culture is a sexual violence training and consultancy organisation in the UK. They offer training to those who have a professional role to respond when a man, woman or child has been raped or sexually assaulted. They recently approached Speak to Protect, a group I am part of for some help in putting together […]

The thought of leaving a high control group can be scary. Maybe the group is all you’ve ever known. The real possibility of losing family and friends can be worrying. Take one step at a time. Here are some to get you started from people who left high control groups themselves: Do your research. Perhaps […]

This is a very well researched and helpful insight into the problems that the JW organisation has and is one of the reasons I talk out about child protection.

People often express to me that they wonder how it is I was in a high control group when I can see clearly how wrong it is. Not only that but I often am asked how to wake up friends and family who are in such groups. In order to answer this you first need […]

The Inquiry was setup in 2015 for England and Wales This picture was taken October 2015 when my friends Marc and Cora and myself delivered a letter to number 10 Downing Street asking for an inquiry to be done into the JWs. It took many years of campaigning until eventually the IICSA did give us […]

In the UK we are currently having to isolate and social distance due to COVID-19. People are being told they are to stay indoors and only go out if necessary. If they do go out then they are to have no physical contact and stay a safe distance from others in order to not transmit […]

So last week I was listened to by some lovely people at the Truth Project which is part of The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). I felt it was important to have my story listened to as IICSA is looking into where children have been failed in the past by organisations with a […]

  This is a subject close to my heart, being a survivor, working on being a thriver. I came across Survivors UK when searching online for help recently, although having seen my abuser sentenced and sent to prison, and having had therapy and counselling I still suffer with dark days and was looking for a […]

So this weekend I was in London, having booked my flights and accomodation months ago, not knowing quite what to expect. I was going for a protest along with what I was hoping would be a few more than just me, which is what had happened a few weeks previous when I went to the […]