Author: Zoe Collins Fisher

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and we are delighted to announce our third Christmas Charity Online Auction. The auction will start on the Wednesday, 23rd November and running until the 11th of December, and we have some great lots available. The auction is one of our favourite events at JAAR, last year, … Continued

Soroptimist International Jersey are delighted to announce that the Zumba Glow charity event is returning to Jersey for its fourth year. This year’s event is kindly supported by Jersey Freemasons and will benefit Jersey Women’s Refuge and Jersey Action Against Rape. Motion Z Zumba Glow will be led by renowned instructor Claudia, and friends, with … Continued

Jersey Action Against Rape is pleased to announce that Ms Tracey Le Brocq (former Senator Vallois) has been appointed as their first Chief Executive Officer. Established in 2015 by the McIntosh family, Jersey Action Against Rape supports survivors of rape and sexual abuse in the Island.  Due to the growing demand for the counselling services … Continued

Join us for an evening filled with brain teasers and mind melters. Bring your friends and put your noggin’s to the test, all whilst helping to raise funds for Jersey’s community of sexual violence survivors. Hosted by Will from Style Events it promises to be a great evening with fun for all. Friday 23rd September … Continued

Sexual violence is a becoming a pandemic, more than 1 in 5 women, 1 in 7 men and 1 in 20 children will experience rape or sexual assault at some point in their lives. 86% of female survivors will be raped by someone they know, 45% of women will be attacked by a partner or … Continued

We are excited to see the return of our Sunflower Competition. Last year we raised over £700 to help support Jersey’s community of sexual violence survivors, their families and friends. This is the second year of our sunflowers competition and we are delighted that TEAM Asset Management have chosen to sponsor the competition again. The … Continued

JAAR is excited to launch our very first virtual challenge, Stride For Survivors forms part of our Support Survivor’s campaign. Stride for Survivors is an everyday challenge for April 2022; walk, run, dance, or wiggle your way to 10,000 steps each for 30 days to help raise vital funds to support Jersey’s survivors of sexual … Continued

In 2021 with the support from the Channel Island Community Foundation JAAR launched a Let’s Talk Consent Podcast. JAAR wanted to create a podcast to raise awareness of sexual assault, dispel the myths surrounding rape and promote progressive thinking towards survivors of rape and sexual assault. In September 2021, we released the first two episodes … Continued

We are very excited to be able to start organising fundraising events again, after a difficult year of various lockdowns, we thought we would organise a two-hour workshop, giving an introduction to Mindfulness and Yoga. Having the skills to help tackle everyday stresses on our mental health is becoming more and more essential. Mindfulness and … Continued

This is our first publication and we are delighted to have been able to produce this local book, Well Loved Recipe & Walks describes favourite walks and recipes inspired during the first lockdown the Island experienced from March 2020.  The book was the idea of Jayne Gruchy from the charity, she said: “I wanted to … Continued