Its Trustee Week – so we’ll be doing a few blogs from and about our trustees! To kick off the week we’ve got Kate Brown, our Chair. Kate has been a trustee for more than 10 years of which the last 2 as Chair and is involved in many aspects of our work. For Trustee … Continue reading Trustee Week 2016 at Basis Yorkshire
Over the past few months there has been increased focus by the media on the managed approach to sex work in Leeds, triggered by the approval of the managed approach by Leeds City Council in October 2016 and the murder of Daria Pionko in December later that year. For our organisation and the women we … Continue reading Basis Sex Work Project and the media
We wrote a letter to the Yorkshire Evening Post following the reporting on the Daria Pionko trail. It didn’t get published but we want to share it with you as we need it to be heard at this crucial time when the managed approach is under review. Despite all the positivity around the Home Affairs … Continue reading We will continue to fight to promote safety and well-being of sex workers in Leeds
We have just said goodbye to one of our amazing student volunteers Amy Pollard, a Sociology student from the University of Leeds who joined the Basis team over a year ago. She originally became involved in Basis through a voluntary internship, mainly supporting Basis Training and Education through a variety of tasks. After completing her … Continue reading Volunteer Case Study: Amy Pollard
Another story from one of our volunteers, who, since ending her placement in July 2015 has stayed on as volunteer! We hope by reading this you too will be inspired to become a volunteer! I have been involved with Basis Yorkshire since July 2014, first as a placement year student, and now as a outreach … Continue reading Volunteers Week 2016 – Part 3!
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