Survivor Stories

David Challen a domestic abuse advisor, campaigner and author, who successfully campaigned to free his mother, Sally Challen, in a landmark 2019 appeal that helped define coercive control in UK law.David shares his own story: growing up in a household shaped by his father's coercive control, years of witnessing humiliation and isolation, and the day he learned his mother had killed his father in 2010. He speaks candidly about identifying his father's body, standing by his mother through her

TRAILER: David Challen a domestic abuse advisor, campaigner and author, who successfully campaigned to free his mother, Sally Challen, in a landmark 2019 appeal that helped define coercive control in UK law.David shares his own story: growing up in a household shaped by his father's coercive control, years of witnessing humiliation and isolation, and the day he learned his mother had killed his father in 2010. He speaks candidly about identifying his father's body, standing by his mother through her

In this episode of Survivor Stories, host Emma Kay is joined by Natasha Saunders — keynote speaker and a leading voice on domestic abuse and trauma-informed leadership. Known to her police colleagues as "Trouble," Natasha has personally trained over 21,000 officers, including at the Metropolitan Police, and sits on independent advisory groups shaping how UK forces respond to domestic abuse.Natasha shares her own story in full: entering a relationship at 17 with a man in his 30s, and the years of

TRAILER: In this episode of Survivor Stories, host Emma Kay is joined by Natasha Saunders - keynote speaker and a leading voice on domestic abuse and trauma-informed leadership. Known to her police colleagues as "Trouble," Natasha has personally trained over 21,000 officers, including at the Metropolitan Police, and sits on independent advisory groups shaping how UK forces respond to domestic abuse.Natasha shares her own story in full: entering a relationship at 17 with a man in his 30s, and the

In this episode, Emma sits down with Figen Murray OBE - multi-award-winning motivational speaker, psychotherapist and campaigner - whose life changed forever when she lost her son Martyn in the Manchester Arena terror attack.With no background in politics, security or lobbying, Figen set out to close a critical gap in UK law: the absence of legal requirements for basic security in public venues. What she believed would be a six-month campaign became a seven-year journey through five prime ministers,

Welcome to Episode 1 of Survivor Stories, hosted by Emma Kay, Founder of WalkSafe. In this first episode, Emma is joined by Nour Norris OBE - psychotherapist and creator of Raneem's Law.In 2018, Nour's sister Khaola and niece Raneem were stabbed to death by Raneem's ex-partner, after Raneem had called 999 fourteen times to report threats to kill her - calls that police repeatedly failed to log, follow up or assess correctly.Nour shares what came after: pursuing justice through the courts, then the

Welcome to Episode 1 of Survivor Stories, hosted by Emma Kay, Founder of WalkSafe. In this first episode, Emma is joined by Nour Norris OBE - psychotherapist and creator of Raneem's Law.In 2018, Nour's sister Khaola and niece Raneem were stabbed to death by Raneem's ex-partner, after Raneem had called 999 fourteen times to report threats to kill her - calls that police repeatedly failed to log, follow up or assess correctly.Nour shares what came after: pursuing justice through the courts, then the

Figen Murray OBE lost her son Martyn in the Manchester Arena attack.Grief turned into purpose: a six-month petition that grew into a seven-year fight for Martyn's Law, a 200-mile protest walk, and the forgiveness that saved her.Trigger Warning: This episode includes first-hand accounts of a terrorist attack, bereavement and grief. Listener discretion is advised.