50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLASGOW & CLYDE RAPE CRISIS
KICKSTARTER EVENT
AGENDA
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 2026
9am 10am
Registration opens, refreshments, exhibition
Welcome and we begin Song Voice: Women as Battlefields Voice: Women and Prison
Voice: Helping girls and boys think critically about rape cultures 11.40pm
Rally
Noon
Lunch, exhibition
HONOUR HONESTY HOPE
1pm
Welcome back 50th Documentary Film Screening Workshop: We Are Changemakers Voice: From The Dark to The Light Final thanks Coffee and networking
5pm
End
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLASGOW & CLYDE RAPE CRISIS
KICKSTARTER EVENT
SPEAKERS
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 2026
Denise Mina After a peripatetic childhood in Glasgow, Paris, London, Invergordon, Bergen and Perth, Denise Mina left school early. Denise worked a number of jobs before studying at night school to get into the University of Glasgow Law School. Denise went on to pursue a PhD at Strathclyde and write her first novel. This was Garnethill, published in 1998, which won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel. Denise will continue with her history of championing our work at GCRC and join the full day as the host/speaker. The Joyous Choir The Joyous Choir will open our event with unique and familiar songs to help us feel motivated and united as we begin our day of experiences with everyone present.
VOICE
Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie Sabina is a Senior Partner at Charlotte Street Partners and Chair of Beyond Srebrenica, a genocide education charity dedicated to keeping the history and lessons of the 1992–1995 Bosnian war alive. Through her work with Beyond Srebrenica, Sabina champions education and awareness of the devastating human impact of conflict, including the use of wartime rape as a weapon of war and its enduring consequences for women and girls. Her work brings together public engagement, education, and advocacy to ensure that the experiences of survivors are remembered, understood, and heard, and that the lessons of the past inform efforts to prevent violence against women and girls today.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLASGOW & CLYDE RAPE CRISIS
KICKSTARTER EVENT
SPEAKERS
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 2026
Tracey Jackson, Support & Wellbeing Manager, HMP Greenock Often hidden from services and support, women survivors who are incarcerated have been offered specialist support through our unique and pioneering partnership with HMP Greenock. Tracey Jackson leads this work and fought to ensure survivors have the support they need while in prison. Tracey will share, with passion and insight, her unwavering commitment to improving outcomes for these women and her belief that they deserve to be seen, heard, and supported. Eliza Hatch from Cheer Up ‘Luv Eliza will host a thought-provoking workshop with all participants focused on problem-solving, mind-mapping and creating innovative solutions to social problems. The result of which will be a visual guide for each participant to engage with beyond the day itself.
VOICE
Sophie Lennox from Everyone’s Invited Everyone’s Invited’s mission is to expose and eradicate rape culture with empathy, compassion, and understanding. Their work has sparked conversations about rape culture with millions of people, and this has now been translated into unique and empowering work in school communities with boys and girls. We are delighted they will join us on the 10th November for our Kickstarter Event. Madeleine Black Madeleine has a personal story which she uses to inspire and motivate others. Violently gang-raped when she was thirteen years old, and raped three more times before the age of eighteen, Madeleine has experienced more trauma in her life than most ever will. Living in a state of shock and self-loathing, it took her years of struggle to confront the buried memories of that first attack and begin to undo the damage it wrought, as men continued to take advantage of her fragility in the worst possible way. Yet, after growing up with a burden no teenager should ever have to shoulder, she found the heart to carry out the best revenge of all: leading a fulfilling, happy life.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLASGOW & CLYDE RAPE CRISIS
KICKSTARTER EVENT
EXHIBITION FEATURES
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 2026
What he and she had on The centrepiece of the exhibition, entirely conceptualised and curated by GCRC’s staff team, will present a visual display of survivors and perpetrators clothing at the time of the rape or sexual violence. It aims to stimulate a range of participants' senses through sight, smell and touch and to spark conversations amongst each other, on the myths and stereotypes which underpin the rape culture we exist within. Victorious Voices Lee Cooper is a Manchester-based photographer, writer and founder of Victorious Voices, a survivor-led project using portraiture and testimony to challenge the silence surrounding childhood sexual abuse. Lee says he is honoured to bring the exhibition to Glasgow and contribute to Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis’s 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades of supporting survivors and making their voices heard.
ENGAGE
Our Timeline A mural showcasing the key developments and moments in time, since GCRC’s inception in 1976, to today. A Letter to You Participants can create handwritten letters and postcards to place in a specially designed post-box for GCRC to share with survivors seeking our help in the upcoming years. Media Perceptions This gallery of artwork, testimonies, audio and film, was created by GCRC Young People’s Community.It aims to put a spotlight on irresponsible media portrayals of women and girls who are survivors of rape and male sexual violence and abuse.