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ROCK AGAINST CHILD PORNOGRAPHY & ABUSE ™

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“The first reaction to this headline will be *And so they should be!*..but the families of these men are NOT abusers...they did not take part in any way and knew nothing about what was happening ....and guilt by association is not fair! Please read the full article before you form an opinion...sexual abuse creates victims of many different kinds.... http://lnk.ms/bz3dL”

RACPA Team UK

(From left to right)
Keith, Carmen, Beth and Tobi..

Carmen is the founder of Team UK, Project Co-ordinator, media spokesperson, merchandising and L’arpie creator. Beth is the joint PC and media spokesperson, writer, counsellor , merchandising and L’arpie creator. Keith is the team treasurer, driver and team support Tobi is event MC, driver and team support

About RACPA

WHO are we?

We are an awareness campaign group, simply put, we are the same as you only we are shouting out to make heard the silenced and silent topic of child pornography and the risk to children both in cyberspace and the real world from the evil of paedophiles and paedophilia in whatever form or context it may arise.

WHAT are we doing?

We are organising concerts, primarily within the Rock genre, to combine live performance with the strong message that any form of child abuse is not acceptable and that we demand changes that favour the victims of such crimes and more resources to be made available in the field of prevention. Through the medium of music, we can reach out to the thousands who want to see reform for our children in the modern world.

HOW do we do this?

First of all we need a suitable venue, and then we then invite bands to play in support of our cause, and waive all fees. They play beneath our banner, and spread the word to the crowds who turn up and enjoy a great night of live music. We contact all local media and invite them to attend the event, and also promote the event on local radio, thus making sure we reach as many people as possible with our message.

WHY are we doing this?

The concept was created in Germany in 2006 when a group of students became frustrated with continually reading horrific stories of abuse in the media and felt that they needed to do something active. So, these young and brilliant minds, spoke, planned, slept very little and after many hours of work, liaising and pulling teeth they pulled off their first Concert to raise awareness. It was a huge success and further concerts have now been help across Europe by our ever growing family of International Teams and more are in the planning stages! But we want to take this even further, and find likeminded people in as many countries as possible who will set up…

Rock Against Child Pornography and Abuse

…projects and concerts! We will spread the idea that we can ALL DO something to stop crimes against children. We have to start somewhere, and we have started here. If a few young students can pull off such a feat, and inspire others to take up the work…imagine what you could do!!

Non Profit Organisation...

We operate as a non profit organisation and every single penny we raise goes directly towards our work...producing information brochures and merchandise...hosting and arranging live music events....everything it takes to get out to as many people as possible and raise awareness...to make people think about the whole subject for even a moment....we never at any time profit from our work for RACPA UK...because as we say time and time again....

We Don’t Want Your Money…We Want Change!!!

And the changes we want are…

It needs to start with educating the children, equipping them to feel safe and confident enough to be able to report any kind of inappropriate advances and making sure that reporting procedures are simple and effective in both the real world and on the Internet. Filtering and monitoring software should be fitted as standard or supplied free to schools, libraries and parents.

Internet service providers should be made responsible and accountable for what goes through their networks, and mandatory legislation put into place that forces them to monitor those networks.

There should be much harsher punishments put into place for convicted paedophiles, and those that create, distribute, or collect child pornography and the post release monitoring of those individuals should be made more effective in order to try to prevent reoffending.

More time and money should be spent on research in order to try prevention of offending in the first place, and more resources put into place to provide ongoing support for victims and survivors of abuse.

And we need YOUR help…

And there are many ways you can help us!! You could start by attending our concerts in your area…finding out the facts of about child pornography and sexual abuse, and why we are fighting so hard for changes. Learn about the sentencing of convicted paedophiles and abusers, the sex offenders register, post release monitoring…all the important issues that affect us all, no matter whom we are. Make a difference in your own community by reporting any abuse of children to the relevant authorities, in this culture of “I don’t want to get involved, and nothing gets done anyway” it is the easy option to shrug and ignore what you see, we ask that you do NOT do that, get involved!! You could be the one voice that saves a child’s life!! Don’t skip over the stories in the media, yes, they are hard to look at sometimes, and they break your heart with their horror sometimes, but get angry about it…and then start asking your governmental representatives where they stand on the issues, and what they are doing about making desperately needed changes. Join us in asking the questions that they don’t have answers for…and then begin demanding that they find them!

RACPA and Music

Since we began this work...Team UK have organised and hosted 11 live music events up and down the country...from Glasgow to Devon! The support we have received from venues...promoters...musicians...sound technicians...and of course members of the public...has been amazing!

Our gigs allow us to work in the REAL world...to reach out in a comfortable, informal and enjoyable way ...to make a literal LOUD noise for the victims and survivors of child pornography and abuse...and to gather more voices to add to ours!!!

L'arpies

RACPA UK is proud to present their Official Mascot....The L’arpies!

Our Little ‘Appy Rock People are hand crafted to order, any design, colours or accessories you can think of we will create specifically for you so your L’arpie will be a complete one off original! All L’arpies come with their own unique number and birth certificate...delivered directly to the address of your choice!!

L’arpies are carrying our message all over the world...from the UK to Germany...The USA and Canada to New Zealand...and wherever they go they raise smiles...and awareness of our work!!!!


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