Together with Detective Superintendent Tim Keelan Merseyside Police and  a sex worker  based in Edinburgh Mollie, our CEO Rosie took part in a BBC Women’s Hour discussion about whether attacks on sex workers should be treated as hate crime. The discussion  as exploring the well-renowned Merseyside model of policing prostitution which includes treating rimes against … Continue reading Rosie on BBC Women’s hour! »

We attended and presented at the Police and Crime Commissioners awards event on 30th July where a range of organisations were awarded funding under round 2 of the Safer Communities Fund. The fund aims to make people in West Yorkshire safer and to feel safer.  We are really excited to be able to fund a … Continue reading Police and Crime Commissioners Awards – 30th July »

On 8th August, we were pleased to co-host the Ugly Mugs and Sex Worker Safety Event at Elland Road Police Station, in partnership with West Yorkshire Police, the event was also supported by Safer Leeds. This marked the re-launch of the Leeds Genesis Ugly Mugs Scheme, as part of Leeds Prostitution strategy West Yorkshire Police … Continue reading Ugly Mug and Sex Worker Safety Event – 8th August 2014 »

Basis Launches 3 new courses in-line with their national development  Basis Yorkshire and Education, the Social Enterprise division of Genesis Leeds is a national training, education and consultancy organisation. For the last 3 years we have delivered CPD certified Child Sexual Exploitation training all over the UK. In September 2014 we’re pleased to launch our … Continue reading Launch of Basis Sex and Sexual Violence Training »

Sex Work & Hate Crime: Book Chapter By Genesis CEO In April a new book was published by Policy Press “Responding to Hate Crime: The Case for Connecting Policy and Research” Chakraborti, N and Garland J (eds) ISBN 978 1 44730876 8. Genesis CEO Rosie Campbell has a chapter in the book entitled “Not Getting … Continue reading Updates from Rosie Campbell OBE CEO »