The Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries has a sustained six-year collaboration with Northumbria Police’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), affording drama and media students the opportunity to produce films that increase awareness of complex category serious crime.

These films have proved invaluable as training resources for the police and a vast number of stakeholders from counselling services and law, to healthcare, secondary, tertiary and higher education.

”Education is key to prevention, and these films do a fantastic job at showcasing the warning signs and highlighting the deception, intimidation and violence involved. The students have produced some brilliant films for raising awareness and highlighting the help and support available.”

Kim McGuinness, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

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