#BreakTheSilence - Guest Episode - Duncan Craig

On My Mind

*CONTENT ADVISORY* It’s important to mention that this episode covers themes of child abuse, sexual exploitation, rape and sexual harm. Please take care of yourself when listening. There are links below to national support services, should you need them. In this episode I’m joined by Duncan Craig, CEO & Founder of Survivors Manchester, a charity based here in my home city. Duncan is also a qualified counsellor and likes to maintain his practice alongside running the charity. After breaking his silence about being sexually abused and raped as a child, Duncan struggled to find specialist support in Manchester, instead he had to travel over 300 miles each time he needed to access a support service in another part of the UK. After focussing on his own healing, in 2008 with just £250 in his pocket Duncan founded Survivors Manchester – a charity that supports male survivors of sexual abuse, harm and exploitation in Greater Manchester. In this podcast Duncan shares some of his personal story along with some of the leaps the charity has made over the last ten years. In a twist to the normal guest episode format, our roles switch half way through and I talk openly for the first time about my experience of being sexually exploited when I was a child. Support Links: Support available at: http://www.survivorsmanchester.org.uk or you can call: 0808 800 5005 Donate at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adamsurvivor