IFAS Lived Experience Group Updates
IFAS Lived Experience Group Updates
Keep up to date with upcoming opportunities & survivor group meetings
Welcome to our new updates page!
Rather than sending a barrage of emails, we are trialling this page as a way of keeping all updates on opportunities, upcoming meetings and news/publications from us, in one place, so keep scrolling!
For info
Although, we don’t provide direct support to victim/survivors our Get Help pageprovides a list of organisations and services that can help and provide support.
If you, a family member or friend has been affected by strangulation our Information leaflet for victims provides details on what you need to know.
If you are in danger please call 999 the police emergency number immediately.
“Educating people kind of starts with educating ourselves, then trying to help others to the best of our ability.”
Upcoming events & opportunities to get involved
Below is a list of upcoming events and opportunities for the lived experience group at IFAS:
- Next group meeting, please complete the poll:
- https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ANy8cTk9kkivIzf0jfoEP_jFZzHgg7pIir0GLMcEjBJURThCVVdDTkY1UDZEQjVTVUg4RFZHQTNZQy4u
- Bernie Ryan, CEO will be joining us for updates.
- Survivor group project (summer 2025) – we are conducting interviews exploring the impact of strangulation on psychological wellbeing, memory and the lived experience of developing ways to cope. If you would like to participate please do get in touch! https://ifas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Information-sheet-survivor-project-summer-2025.pdf
- Free IFAS Webinar – supporting survivors of strangulation (8th July at 1pm) – IFAS Survivors of Strangulation Webinar – FFLM
- Conferences – We are in the planning stages of our annual conference which will take place in November 2025, this is one for discussion at the next group, but your contribution would be most welcome at this important event.
- Podcasts – We have just shared our first podcast on Strangulation in UK Media – Well done Suzie! We want to do more just like this, on a range of different topics. If you have ideas for topics or would like to be on a panel for a podcast, please do reach out.
To discuss any of the above please email mariannem@ifas.org.uk
IFAS updates
IFAS updates
All of our most recent publications can be found on the resources page.
In June 2025, some of the key reports and articles included:
- Strangulation in the UK Media – Institute for Addressing Strangulation
- Press Release: IFAS marks 3 years of strangulation as a standalone offence – Institute for Addressing Strangulation
- Our response: Government to criminalise the depiction of strangulation in pornography – Institute for Addressing Strangulation
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