NCAP Network National Conference 2010
Bookings are now open for the NCAP Network Conference. It will be held on the weekend of 15th-17th October and we will be returning to the stunning location of Hothorpe Hall in Leciestershire. For more details and the booking form please click here. Please note: we no longer have any more single rooms available, but there are still plenty of twin, double and multiple rooms.
Beyond the Streets
NCAP as a registered charity underwent a name change to Beyond the Streets in 2008. ‘The NCAP network’ will still be used as the name for the affiliate network of outreach projects which Beyond the Streets facilitates. The name, Beyond the Streets, enables the charity to communicate its vision more clearly, in supporting the possibility of peoples’ lives beyond prostitution. Please see www.beyondthestreets.org.uk for more information.
Chain Breakers Appeal
In 2007 the UK celebrated the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This marked the beginning of the end of three centuries worth of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. However, over 200 years later, thousands of people are still enslaved by sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. In response to the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, the NCAP network seeks to continue to offer freedom and change to the thousands who are caught up in prostitution today.
We ask you whether you could stand together with us by considering becoming a Chain Breaker. We are looking for 200 people to respond by committing to give £10 a month – less than 50p a day – to enable the NCAP network to continue its work and plan securely for the future.
For more information please see chain breakers flyer.
Good Practice Guide launched
The NCAP network has launched a Good Practice Guide for local community projects and organisations supporting individuals involved in prostitution. There are an estimated 80,000 people involved in prostitution in the UK. For many years communities have been responding to the needs of those being sexually exploited in their towns and cities. Churches and local people have formed small groups of volunteers and taken to the streets, often with very few resources. They have listened to the stories, taken risks, grown in numbers and reflected on their experiences. Many were advised by those working in prostitution themselves on what their needs were. As a result a wide variety of services have been developed, from drop ins, street outreach, prison outreach, court diversion schemes, day centres, home visits, safe houses, counselling services and rehabilitation support.
The Good Practice Guide has been developed by practitioners who originally got together in the mid 1990s to support each other in their work, exchange ideas and share information. The Guide captures their shared knowledge gained over many years in the hope that it will help other projects build the capability they need to deliver their services as effectively as possible. The NCAP network now has over 700 staff and volunteers who are part of affiliated projects, who work together to offer freedom and change for those caught in prostitution. Ann Morisy (author, speaker and former Director of the Commission on Urban Life and Faith) agrees, “This has to be one of the most thorough, accessible and engaging good practice guides on the market, and to add to this, it probably represents the best value that is to be had. There is a host of experience and knowledge supported by lots of examples and explanations. This good practice manual speaks of deep generosity from the NCAP network, with people sharing their hard won expertise for the benefit of others. This manual really does cover everything that a project / organisation needs to know, and the layout is a model of clarity and accessibility. This manual has been designed specifically for those working with people caught-up in prostitution but its relevance and usefulness is far wider - even the most experienced practitioners will find themselves being drawn in to the material that is presented. This publication is real gift to the faith-related social action sector.”
For more details, please see: GPG flyer and order form
“Press for Change”
This is a guide for journalists reporting on prostitution and trafficking by Julie Bindel, which can be found at the following link - press for change.pdf