Red Project Survey

Update 21/07/20 Message from The Red Project Survey:

Participants still needed for research on services to women sex workers affected by sexual violence.

“We are still seeking the views of women working online, to inform the services of the Red Project, which provides support, information and guidance to women sex workers in Birmingham and Solihull affected by sexual violence. If you work or have recently worked in Birmingham or Solihull, or live in the West Midlands and think you may need these services in future, please help us with our research. All information you give us will be completely confidential and will be kept securely.

We are doing short telephone or Skype interviews, which will take approximately 30 minutes. We would like to find out your views on what kind of services would be helpful for online sex workers who experience sexual violence or abuse. An online voucher of £40 is offered to each participant to thank them for their time. Everything you say will be confidential. We may use anonymised quotes in our report, but you will not be identifiable from any extracts we use. If you would like to take part in an interview, please contact Rosie Campbell on rosiecampbelluk@gmail.com or SMS/call 07870695883

We are also running a short survey, until mid-August: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/0FJDDS/. We want to know your views on what kind of services you would like to see and how the Red Project should promote these. It should take you no more than 5 minutes and is completely anonymous. There is the option to take part in a prize draw for completing the survey, with a first prize of a £100 online voucher and 5 runner-up prizes.

You can find further information on the Red Project website (https://theredproject.co.uk/). If you have any questions about the research, please contact one of the two independent researchers carrying out the study: Jane Pitcher on pitcherjane02@gmail.com, or Rosie Campbell on rosiecampbelluk@gmail.com. Jane and Rosie have many years’ experience of doing research with sex workers and recently worked together on the Beyond the Gaze study (https://www.beyond-the-gaze.com/). The research is funded by the Feminist Review Trust, which has approved the ethical statement for the study.

We would really appreciate your participation to help shape future services to sex workers.”

A survey is currently being conducted on behalf of the Red Project (https://theredproject.co.uk/).  The researchers contacted us and asked if we would help in spreading the word about this survey.  This is what they said…

“The project (managed by RSVP), offers emotional support, specialist information and advice to women sex workers in Birmingham and Solihull affected by sexual violence.  The project provides advice on issues such as sex workers’ rights, sexual health and reporting incidents of violence.  As part of its holistic approach, it also offers referral to specialist counselling and therapeutic support.  In partnership with other agencies, the project also provides drop-in sessions.

The Red Project wants to find out how they can better promote and improve their services to women (including trans women) working in the online sector.  This research is funded by the Feminist Review Trust, which has approved the ethical statement for the study.  The Trust has previously funded other projects related to sex work, including the Sex Worker’s Opera.

If you are a sex worker who advertises online (including working in escorting, webcamming, BDSM or fetish work, adult film or sexual massage), and if you currently work or have worked recently in Birmingham or Solihull, or live in either of these areas or elsewhere in the West Midlands and think you may have need of the services of the Red Project at any time, please help us and complete a short survey, which is anonymous and confidential.

You can access the survey by clicking on the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/0FJDDS/. The survey should take you no more than 5 minutes to complete.  The data from the survey will only be used to inform future services delivered by the Red Project, in order to ensure you are getting the services you need and want.

We appreciate this is a very difficult time for every one but want to assure you the services of the Red Project are still available for sex workers to access online or by telephone.  As a way of saying ‘thank you’ for participating in the survey, we are giving the option to take part in a prize draw, with a first prize of a Love2Shop online voucher worth £100 and 5 runners up prizes of vouchers worth £50 each.  If you would like to take part in the prize draw, please leave your email address at the end of the survey.

We will not link this to the data from the survey and will not keep it after the prize draw is completed.  The data we receive from the survey is held on UK servers; we do not get information about your IP address or any other digital trace.  If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Jane Pitcher on pitcherjane02@gmail.com, or Rosie Campbell on rosiecampbelluk@gmail.com.  If you would like further information about the services provided by the Red Project, please contact Claire Mulgrue on Claire@rsvporg.co.uk or 07432 578105.

Both of the independent researchers have carried out research with sex workers for many years, both were part of the team that carried out the Beyond the Gaze research study https://www.beyond-the-gaze.com/ which explored online sex work in the UK.

We are also doing a small number of confidential telephone interviews, in addition to the survey.  If you would like to take part in an interview, please email Rosie on rosiecampbelluk@gmail.com.  The interviews will take approximately 30 minutes and a Love2Shop online voucher of £40 is offered to people who take part in these.”

If you can spare 5 minutes to complete the online survey or 30 minutes to take part in a phone interview, they would be very grateful.

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