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Please note that we offer four main categories of learning opportunities: training sessions, practitioner meetings, learning sessions and webinars. Each category has a different registration process:

TRAINING, PRACTITIONER MEETINGS & LEARNING SESSIONS: sessions have limited spaces, and we often operate a waiting list. As a result, we cannot allocate a space immediately. We ask participants to initially express their interest by clicking on the individual image, and we will reach out to you if a space becomes available.

WEBINARS: spaces are not limited, so they are allocated immediately. Click the image in the event description, submit your details, and wait to receive the joining information.

To help you navigate these differences, each section is marked at the end as either "immediate registration" or "expressions of interest."

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at laura@WomensSupportProject.org.uk

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Thu 10 September, 10.00-13.00, in-person (Glasgow city centre)

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Thu 10 September, 10.00-13.00, in-person (Glasgow city centre)

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CSE Aware, alongside Encompass, is developing a safety toolkit for women who sell or exchange sex. It will support practitioners to have conversations about women’s safety and take a more consistent approach to assessing risk across services.

As part of this work, we're developing a safety risk questionnaire and are looking for a small group of workers to take part in a feedback workshop. Your views will help ensure the questionnaire is useful in everyday practice.

By taking part, you'll:

explore how different services respond to women's safety needs

help shape a resource for practitioners across the sector

hear about relevant resources and training opportunities.

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Expressions of interest (click on the image to fill out the form)

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Help us shape the new safety risk questionnaire!
Thursday, 10 September, 10 AM-1 PM

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Help us shape the new safety risk questionnaire!Thursday, 10 September, 10 AM-1 PM

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The 2024 Encompass Snapshot revealed that 81 per cent of supported women by specialist services experienced violence linked to their involvement in selling or exchanging sex. Safety was listed as a key concern, with 50 per cent of women requiring support on it.

This training session will help to increase understanding of different safety risks and equip workers with the knowledge and resources on safety strategies available to women.

A variety of participatory activities will be used to explore the following aspects:

General considerations for safety planning

Safety strategies for women selling sex on street

Safety strategies for women in indoor settings

Safety principles in relation to online ‘sex industry’.

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Expressions of interest (click on the image to fill out the form)

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Safety strategies for women who sell sex or images
Wednesday 7 October, 9.30am-1pm, Teams

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CSE Aware is offering a free online training session for frontline practitioners aimed at exploring safety risks and strategies related to different settings of the ‘sex industry’.Agenda Safety risks for women who sell or exchange sex Safety strategies for women selling sex on street Safety strategies for women in indoor settings Safety principles concerning the online ‘sex industry’. Accessing the sessionThe training session will be held on Teams. To create a participatory environment, participants are asked to keep their cameras on during the session.How to registerThis session is open to both statutory and voluntary services based in Scotland, including those focused on violence against women, mental health, sexual health and relationships, substance use, housing, criminal justice, public health, and social work.Individual workers who wish to participate in this training can express their interest by submitting their details below. If a space is available, we will contact you to confirm your attendance. Please note that spaces are not confirmed immediately, as we tend to operate a waiting list.Unlike webinars, our training sessions are not recorded and are limited to 8-14 participants. Please only express your interest if you are able to attend.Cancellation feeIf a worker confirms their attendance but later can no longer attend, we ask to notify us by email at least 48 hours in advance. This allows us to offer the free spot to the next person on the waiting list.Any participant who cancels their confirmed spot with less than 48 hours’ notice will be charged a £30 fee, except in emergency cases. The same fee will apply to participants who do not attend the session and fail to provide the required 48 hours’ notice.If you have any questions, please contact us at at Enquiries@WomensSupportProject.org.ukTo find out more about CSE Aware, please visit: https://www.cseaware.org

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What are the links between commercial sexual exploitation, substance use, and recovery? How do our collective responses support women, and where are the gaps and opportunities?

This event will explore these and other questions by considering the complex journeys women experience, and how substance use and involvement in the ‘sex industry’ may intersect at multiple points, including entry into the sex trade, ongoing involvement, and efforts to exit.

Most importantly, it will consider how we can encourage proactive, non-judgemental, and courageous responses from services and practitioners.

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Immediate registration (click on the image to fill out the form)

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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How do power and inequality operate within the 'sex industry'? How might men’s expectations and market pressures shape women’s choices? And can an industry often described as “empowering” limit women’s freedom?

This learning session explores these questions through the perspectives of those who purchase sex. Drawing on sex buyer reviews, it discusses the dynamics of commercial sexual transactions and considers how unequal power between buyers and sellers contributes to the asymmetrical risks faced by women.

Importantly, the session argues that dominant narratives around the sale of sex tend to focus on reducing interpersonal violence. In doing so, they often overlook issues such as objectification and other more routine, lower-level harms that can escalate into serious incidents and should be recognised as harmful in their own right.

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Expressions of interest (click on the image to fill out the form)

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams