Student testimonials

  • This was such a great workshop and so helpful. Thank you so much for everything. This was a really valuable experience for me and I will keep it with me for a long time. What this space provides is a really important thing, and I would hope that every survivor could get to experience the positivity and community that I have this evening.

    — Survivor community space

  • NTOO has been a really significant part of my recovery process. Being run by survivors helped me feel that anything I could say would be heard and understood, even sometimes without much explanation if I couldn't handle it to do so. Being shown great models of survivors and activists in this space helped me feel empowered. NTOO really has changed how I see the world and given me a sense of community in this shared space.

    — Student who participated in multiple Not the Only One events

  • I was really nervous about this session and honestly considering canceling up to the last minute. I am so, so glad I went because it helped me meet other survivors on campus and learn more about the resources available. I feel so relieved and so much safer to be a student here after this session because I feel like I have a community who understands me in ways others don't.

    — Survivor consent workshop

  • Going was the best choice I made. I was so nervous at first but the empathy and care that was extended to me made me feel so safe. If you’re contemplating going, you should definitely go.

    — Survivor community space

  • Thank you so much to the presenters. They were amazing and I admire them so much for being survivors themselves and committing to helping other survivors. This was a really important aspect of the workshop for me.

    — Survivor consent workshop

  • It was great to have survivors as facilitators, as I had the feeling that they could relate very much. I felt safe and understood. I think this is what really made a difference for me.

    — Survivor support group

  • This is usually an extremely triggering topic for me but I felt extremely safe and accommodated!

    — Survivor consent workshop

  • You won't feel pressured to share anything you don't want to. You can share as much as you feel comfortable with. I didn't think I would feel as comfortable as I did. It was so nice speaking with people that understood.

    — Being a survivor at university workshop

  • I am so glad that I attended it. It is very rare that we come across spaces that feel safe to talk about being a survivor and this is one of the safest spaces you can get.

    — Dealing with multiple oppressions workshop

  • Thank you very much to the team. I was fortunate to have had truly empowering experience.

    — Survivor study skills workshop

  • It was really very helpful and encouraging. I came away better for it.

    — Speaking about our experiences workshop

  • It was the greatest support for my academic career, as I would have otherwise never been able to have the possibility to get a distinction for my degree.

    — Survivor support group

  • It is lovely to be a room full of people who actually understand how you feel, even when you don't fully explain it. I and my close friend who knows about it, can see my progress from before I joined to how I am now. I am so thankful.

    — Survivor support group

  • It's encouraging to have role models of people who were in your position and are now much better, to the point where they can facilitate a group, as it gives me hope that one day I can be there too as they have done it.

    — Survivor support group

  • Attending events with survivors is nice because not only do you feel - for once - that no one is going to judge you, but also because you feel safe. Sexual violence can make you feel incredibly alone and isolated, but you're not the only one, and you're never alone.

    — Survivor consent workshop