A Guide To The Most Helpful Links for Rape & Abuse Survivors | World Suicide Prevention Day 2024

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”

Malala Yousafzai

For our first World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), Shake My Hand have put a lot of work into this post – which we’ve branded a ‘guide’ – to an absolute TON of links that we think will be helpful for survivors of rape and abuse; particularly where they’re feeling suicidal or beginning to contemplate making a suicide attempt. We recognise that different coping skills or methods of seeking help can work for different people, so we’ve tried to create an enormous variety of links, and we hope that at least one of these is useful for someone…

Most Frequently Asked Campaign Questions

“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”

Linus Pauling

There’s that saying about curiosity and the cat; but at Shake My Hand, we much prefer the quote above! We appreciate the power of being curious and of asking someone a question, because we recognise that it can leave a person feeling as though someone is genuinely interested and invested in their life, journey, and experiences. And this can really be a supportive and very validating and kind gesture. So, with that in mind, our Founder: Aimee Wilson, thought we should share the questions she’s being most frequently asked in regard to the Campaign…

A Q&A About Being Triggered By Rape & Abuse Content As A Survivor | Inspired by Unbelievable on Netflix UK

“Memories have huge staying power…”

J. G. Ballard

As a rape and sexual abuse Survivor, our Founder; Aimee Wilson, felt she needed to make a conscious decision to watch Unbelievable on Netflix; a series centred around a young girl accused of lying about being raped. We wondered how she managed to emotionally get through doing this, and so we created a bit of a Q&A…

5 Ways To Get Through Reporting Rape & Sexual Abuse

“Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.”

Maggie Kuhn

With Shake My Hand’s ultimate goal or mission being to encourage Survivors of rape and sexual abuse to report their experiences and tell their story as well as the recent launch of our first hashtag movement; #tellthemsooner, we’ve conducted some research (which included polls on our Instagram and Twitter) and through additional talks with Survivors (including our Founder, Aimee Wilson), we’ve developed these five tips to hopefully help you get through the process of reporting your traumatic experiences…

#tellthemsooner

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

Winston Churchill

Massively inspired by our Founder’s experience as well as research on the data and statistics related to rape and sexual abuse Survivors reporting their experiences to the Police, Shake My Hand have created our first hashtag movement, it is titled: #tellthemsooner! And here’s everything you didn’t realise that you need to know about it…

A Quick Chat About The Right To Anonymity With Founder, Aimee Wilson

When I’m finished,

They won’t even know your name

Ke$ha – Praying

The amended 1992 Sexual Offences Act creates an automatic prohibition of publicising details which identify a ‘victim of rape or other serious sexual offences’ (more information on this can be found here). So, we know that anonymity plays a huge role in rape and sexual abuse – and in more ways than just that which the Act refers to – and thought we’d have a quick chat about the different views around it and my (Aimee Wilson, Founder of Shake My Hand) personal experience, thoughts, and feelings on the subject…

#FundraisingFriday | Everything You Need To Know About Our New GoFundMe

Support Survivors of Rape & Sexual Abuse To Tell Their Story (gofundme.com)

“Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.”

Kathy Calvin

Having hired a Fundraising Coordinator several weeks ago (he’ll be making an appearance in a new Article very soon, but he’s also now featured on our Meet The Team page here!), one of his first tasks was to research different online platforms to use to fundraise for the Campaign. So, based on his research and recommendations, we’ve just created a GoFundMe and to launch the fundraising campaign; #FundraisingFriday for it, we thought we’d put together this Article which is full of everything you need to know…