#AskRapeCrisisScotland

It’s appalling and becoming more appalling with every day. The joining of dots and seeing the connections between many of the people involved is mind blowing and not in a good way.

NachoBabe solidarity to you and your friend. 💐

FindTheTruth: we believe there has been a breach of copyright, yes, hence the kerfuffle. I am advising my friend to lawyer up and go to the press because the ERC are in damage control mode regarding this and other negative press right now.

Do ERCC have permission from the authors of Rising Free to distribute it? Hope this isn't a derail but it speaks to the attitude of MW / ERCC ignoring survivors and rape victims voices.

www.ercc.scot/rising-free/
Rising Free is a deeply moving anthology of creative writing by survivors who have used our services.

HOW TO GET A COPY
Copies of Rising Free, are available by donation from our centre or can be posted out for a donation, plus £3 postage and packaging. Please email [email protected] if you would like a copy.

[quote Chickenyhead]twitter.com/shirleyross78/status/1426075606345715712?s=19[/quote]
using the ‘Rising Free’ book on TGF without consent from the authors, who are themselves survivors

trying to get my head around what's going on. Have The guilty feminists and Wadwha taken the book, edited it and passed off the work as the original? What format is it in? Is it a free book to help survirvors? is it being sold anywhere? Is it a book or a an PDF?

INAL but isn't this a copyright/theft type issue?

EXCERPTS from twitter.
Rising Free authors.

the book is being advertised through the @GuiltFemPod by the new manager without any of us knowing

there Are 7 authors my chapter has been removed.

Why has my chapter been removed?

Why is the book being used without us knowing?

Has there ever been such a disastrous appointment? Has this person done anything right since he took on the role? And why the people responsible for hiring and hiring are just sitting on their hands is beyond me....surely he would still be under probation. He is utterly incompetent and the wrong person for a whole host of reasons. Not least because he isn't a woman!

twitter.com/shirleyross78/status/1426075606345715712?s=19

Though a page admin can delete comments on facebook.

I've seen this somewhere too. Probably on twitter, maybe on #AskRapeCrisisScot or on forwomenscot sometime over the weekend.

I await it hitting the mainstream (and the excuses to follow).

No it’s not hit socials yet. Mumsnet exclusive. I’ve got screenshots but it’s not my place to call how the authors decide to handle it so can’t give more details yet, apologies.

(Hi, sorry, new here, long time lurker, second-time poster: I posted this in another thread and was kindly redirected.)

MW is in hot water regarding using the ‘Rising Free’ book on TGF without consent from the authors, who are themselves survivors, and failed to contact any of them since being appointed CEO over three months ago. A non-apology email has been sent to the group.

[quote Jaysmith71]...advises the police on violance against immigrant women, but sides with Yaniv, despite not being familiar with the details....

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/wadhwa-yaniv-and-the-all-about-me[/quote]
Many thanks for the link; it is truly shocking that a person will tie themselves on knots rather than admit the obvious. Natal women are being abused by men, and it's OK? I'm speechless.

...advises the police on violance against immigrant women, but sides with Yaniv, despite not being familiar with the details....

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/wadhwa-yaniv-and-the-all-about-me

Saw this today: twitter.com/WeAreFairCop/status/1426446777037819905/photo/1

It's not a wider climate in which Wadwha can operate to Wadwha's advantage and take over a rape crisis org - Wadwha personally created these conditions!

I love our when people talk a lot misinformation toll or context - when the actual words are there for all to see.

MSP Maggie Chapman said misinformation was being spread about the services

What is being shared and is causing utter outrage is nothing more than the exact information given by the CEO!

If it's misinformation take it up with the CEO. If by misinformation you mean 'talking about things that make us really uncomfortable to face up to' well then good, frankly. Face it. Own it. If it sounds wrong to you, there's a reason for that.

Not mentioning tricky things (like reality) does not disappear it. It is not naughty to keep mentioning reality.

Could you not run an equally effective but leaner service with volunteers focusing on the job at hand, keeping overheads to a minimum? These charities increasingly appear to be tools for propaganda rather than organisations to help people in need.

Volunteer led services are still quite expensive to run - either you need to train volunteers (which is costly for this type of service), or draw in people who are already trained. You need people to support the volunteers, and people to recruit and train them. While some volunteers stay with an organisation for years, many more come, get the training and maybe stay for a few months and then you’re back into the recruitment and training cycle.

It’s actually more sustainable to have a small, decently paid staff augmented by a small group of committee volunteers.