AEM # 115 Giles Moffat Boarding School Survivors Taking Their Schools To Court

How do you take your school to court? How do you get a prosecution for sexual and physical abuse when no one else has listened?

A fascinating conversation today with Giles Moffat about how a group of child abuse survivors took their schools to court.

Giles talks about how he connected with Nicky Campbell, the BBC DJ, who attended the same school as him.

Gradually they built a large network of survivors who managed to get not only the police but also the schools and courts to listen.

A very powerful and inspiring conversation.

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Giles became a boarder at the Edinburgh Academy in 1980, where he was abused like many others.

In 2022 Giles formed the EA Survivors group with Nicky Campbell.

Today he shares his insights into effective campaigning and the power of survivor groups.

Questions for Giles:

1. I would love for you to share some of your journey. How did you get into the work you are now doing?
2. What were your boarding school experiences like?
3. How did boarding school impact you as an adult?
4. - naming perpetrators and the legalities around that (basically, go for it. We named several people in the media because of their age and have yet to receive a single legal letter in 2 years)
5. Understanding UK defamation law (I have a qualification in this)
6. Influencing prosecution (we lobbied the police and crown office and got 6 arrests in December 23)
7. The experience of giving evidence in court situations
8. The therapeutic and empowering benefits of speaking up
9. What motivates survivors when they campaign
10. How to engage with the authorities and get the best out of them.
11. Working with the media to achieve your aims.
12. Planning and strategy for survivor groups.
13. Historical cover-ups.
14. You have worked in positions of leadership. How did your boarding school education impact the way you lead?
15. Boarding school leaders: Could you please speak to those leaders who have been to boarding school. David Cameron, Boris Johnson. What do you feel about their leadership?
16. What is the work that you are doing now?

#childabuse #childhoodtrauma #nickycampbell #edinburghacademy

To connect with the survivors group: https://easurvivors.info/

For Seen and Heard: https://seenheard.org.uk/

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1

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Many blessings,

Piers Cross

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