There is one lady who I know who has been a sex-worker since 2005, and she has been on a long personal journey. She has repeatedly left one partner, got another one. […]
Women’s Work (Lyndsey’s Blog Part 4) : The vicious circle of drug addiction
Women’s Work: Helping families, and children, have choices
Women’s Work is not just about women. It is also about the family, their relationships, parenting and the children….and there are projects to address all perspectives. Where one, or both, of the […]
Women’s Work (Lyndsey’s Blog Part 3) : Sex work outreach – view of life on the streets
CLICK HERE FOR PREVIOUS ARTICLES FROM LYNDSEY’S BLOG / WOMEN’S WORK I was in town today. There’s a sloping wall that takes you round from the car park to Argos, and as I […]
Domestic violence is not always physical. Freedom to take back control!
Domestic abuse and violence are part of a range of tactics, predominantly perpetrated by men, to keep women under control. Many of the methods of abuse do not involve any form of […]
Chaotic lifestyle of a vulnerable sex-worker, a future with her son, and the threat of cancer.
I was born in 78. I lived with my Mum – I can’t remember living with my Dad. She had a bloke who she met – she had another kid with him. […]
Women’s Work (Lyndsey’s Blog Part 2) : Sex work outreach – view of life on the streets
CLICK HERE FOR PREVIOUS ARTICLES FROM LYNDSEY’S BLOG / WOMEN’S WORK Domestic Violence Women’s Work’s street sex work outreach time provide a vital service, and a unique insight into the lives of the […]
Women’s Work (Lyndsey’s Blog) : Sex work outreach – view of life on the streets
Women’s Work’s street sex work outreach team provide a vital service, and a unique insight into the lives of the women who find themselves drawn into these difficult circumstances. Lyndsey Rook, is […]
Women’s Work : Being “1 in a Million” – positive change for abused women.
In March 2015 I wrote an article called The ‘1 in 4’: Men! Why are we not angry about the shocking reality of violence towards women? highlighting in stark terms the extent […]
Living with a ‘House Devil – Street Angel’: Recovering from Domestic violence
“ A couple of my friends died because of domestic violence from their husband, and a lot of them ended up on drugs and drink because, you know what, if you get […]
Invisible voice: unchaining the circle of abuse and addiction
When Rachel was born in 1983, in Milton Keynes, it would have been reasonable to have thought that her future was full of free choices. However, she became a link in a […]
Positive Policing : A sensitive approach to Prostitution in Derby.
Standing on a street corner, meandering, trying to be conspicuously inconspicuous, looking into cars expectantly, but with trepidation, searching, hoping, but in all ways, totally desperate. It’s not about food, or sex, […]
