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News 2003
| NAPAC in the national press |
| NAPAC was featured in Deidre Sanders's advice column.
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here to read more.
09/11/2003 |
| March and rally against child sexual abuse |
| Lots of supporters, survivors and friends and family attended the
march starting at hyde park and ending with a rally at Trafalgar Square.
Thank you all to those who attended, and we hope to see you again next
year.
 
18/10/2003 |
| Survivors' book published |
| NAPAC member Jo Evans has had her book ‘An Invisible Child’
published. It tells the shocking true story of a little girl who was betrayed
and abused by someone she should have been able to trust.
“Absolute terror is the first recollection I have of telling my
friend what had happened. I had been threatened so many times about the
consequences….”
In 1975, at the age of 10, Jo Evans's headmaster, who was also a family
friend, began to abuse her sexually. When she eventually told of her abuse
her parents chose not to take the matter seriously, and kept up friendly
contact with her abuser.
Years later, after seeing her headmaster on TV, Jo made the agonising
decision to go to the police with her story, and the ensuing publicity
brought forth many other victims. Jo makes a stinging attack on the English
justice system as she describes their groundbreaking battle through the
courts.
This book is a testament to the strength and courage of a woman who refused
to be controlled by her past or ignored by the judicial system.
Jo Evans was born in Kent in 1965, the youngest of four children. After
leaving school Jo worked in London and as a nanny and went to America
to work in a children’s summer camp, before marrying and settling
in West Sussex. She is school governor and full time mother of three children
of her own.
ISBN: 1 85776 717 9
PRICE: £12.95
Published by The Book Guild.
25/09/03
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| New NAPAC campaign launched |
| Anthony Worrall Thompson has launched a campaign- which has been featured
in the press and on numerous radio stations- to raise £500,000 for
NAPACs info-line over the next 3 years.
Article
in the Telegraph about NAPAC's campaign
Article
in the Daily Record about the NAPAC infoline
Further information on the info-line
17/09/2003 |
| Fantastic fundraisers! |
| A group of 7 women who work at the British Embassy in The Hague raised
almost £2,000 whilst taking part in the world famous, gruelling
"Nijmegen Marches" which is a large event that takes place every
year in the East of Holland over 4 days. It started out in the early 1900s
as a military exercise which over the years has evolved into the largest
organised walk in the world. The group walked a remarkable distance- 5
of the group walked 40 km a day, and 2 of the group walked 30 km a day.
Thank you!
04/09/2003 |
| Substantial donation granted to NAPAC |
| Over the summer, the Body
Shop Foundation donated £20,000 to NAPAC, with another £10,000
pledged for 2004. The Body Shop Foundation was established by the company
in 1990 as a means of gathering together funds and monies raised by directors,
employees, national and international franchisees and friends of The Body
Shop in order to allocate these to social, human and environmental welfare
issues. Today, it is a grant-making foundation working in the fields of
human and civil rights, animal and environmental protection.
Recently, Peter Saunders took part in the making of a fundraising video
for the foundation which was shown to hundreds of the Body Shop Foundation
personnel. We would like to extend our thanks to the Body Shop Foundation
for helping us to continue our work.
01/09/2003 |
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