Business and Non-Profit Organisations
In workplaces managers, colleagues and HR professionals are often the first people to hear when someone has experienced sexual harassment (either at work or in their personal life). It’s important for all staff to have the most up-to-date training and support to be able to handle disclosures.
We work in partnership with employers across the Southwest to support them in dealing with issues of sexual harassment at an early stage and create safe spaces for all employees.
We can confidently answer questions using our support work experience, knowledge of relevant legislation and trauma expertise.
“I work within HR and it’s so useful to have a better understanding of consent and perhaps can apply this in future policies that might need changing or creating”
Understanding Sexual Violence workshop, The Nelson Trust
“As a freelance safeguarding and wellbeing consultant, I’ve worked with SARSAS for a few years after employing them to work alongside me at several large UK festivals. During these events, SARSAS brought in their amazing team of specialist staff and volunteers to create a safe space for anyone who had experienced sexual assault or harassment, whether it happened during the festivals or before. The care and advice they provided made a huge difference to the people we supported when they needed it most.
SARSAS also ran pre-training sessions on sexual harassment for the staff members, helping them understand what to look out for and how best to assist. Handling safeguarding for tens of thousands of people is no small task, but SARSAS made my job a lot easier by keeping me in the loop the whole time. I highly recommend them and their training team and look forward to working with them again soon!”
Dawn Grant, Welfare and Safeguarding Consultant
To get in touch to talk about how we can help, please contact training@sarsas.org.uk
Check out our short video looking at sexual harassment in the workplace:
*The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 was passed in October 2023 and will come into effect in October 2024. The new legislation means that in less than six months, employers will be required to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent employee sexual harassment in the workplace.
*Workshops can be adapted to suit your time requirements and workplace, but generally, they are delivered in a half-day or full-day format for up to 20 delegates per session. We can offer in-person sessions at our Bristol office or come to your venue — please note that travel time and mileage will be an additional cost for sessions held outside of our training rooms. We can also deliver via Zoom/Teams for up to 20 delegates — all delegates must have access to their own computer.
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