Behind on Tags

The Teddy Tour is about a month behind on Tags at the moment. Thanks to two big boxes full of Teddies that have just arrived, we should be able to catch up over the next few days. If you have submitted a tag in the last four weeks and have not seen it on the site yet - you have not been forgotten!

We're really sorry for such a big delay and are hoping to have everything running more smoothly in the future.

Care Packages

The Teddy Tour received three boxes full of Teddies this week!

A huge thank you to Donna from Innate Personal Development and Counselling for donating these Teddies. Your support will help give survivors a voice and spread the message of zero tolerance of child sexual assault around he world.

If you can help the Teddy Tour with donations of Teddies, please send them to P.O Box 254, Buderim, QLD, 4556, or feel free to contact me for more information: ali@theteddytour.com

The Teddies are Moving House!

The Teddies and Ali have outgrown their current home and are on the move. As everything is about to be packed into boxes ready to go to the new house, all Teddy Tags submitted in the next few days may be delayed in joining the Tour.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

What is Child Sexual Abuse?

Child sexual abuse occurs when an adult, more powerful child or adolescent uses his or her power to involve a child in sexual activity.

Sexual abuse can be physical, verbal or emotional and can include:

• kissing or holding a child in a sexual manner
• 'flashing' or exposing a sexual body part to a child
• speaking to children about sexual matters
• making obscene phone calls or remarks to a child or young person
• sending obscene emails or text messages to a child or young person
• fondling a child or young person's body in a sexual manner
• persistent intrusion of a child's privacy
• penetration of the vagina or anus either by the penis, finger or any other object
• oral sex
• rape
• incest
• showing pornographic films, magazines or photographs to a child
• having a child pose or perform in a sexual manner
• forcing a child to watch a sexual act
• child prostitution

(The above definition is from Child Safety Queensland)

What Child Sexual Abuse is NOT:

• it is NEVER ok
• it is NEVER the child's fault
• it does NOT make survivors "broken" or "damaged goods"

If you have experienced childhood sexual assault, in any form, you are not alone. What happened to you was not ok, it was never your fault and it does not make you broken or damaged goods.

To join fellow survivors in ending the silence surrounding childhood sexual assault, please consider submitting an anonymous Teddy Tag.

A message to all survivors of childhood sexual assault

The Teddy Tour is about ending the silence surrounding childhood sexual assault, but we cannot do this without the courage of survivors who are willing to speak up and submit a Teddy Tag.

Perpetrators rely on silence and secrets the keep the abuse hidden - It's time to bring childhood sexual assault out into the open so that they have no where to hide. The more voices that unite in saying NO to childhood sexual assault, the louder and more powerful the message will be.

Submitting a Teddy Tag is a way to:

• Tell your story safely and anonymously
• Let other survivors know they are not alone
• Help to raise awareness of childhood sexual assault
• Promote a zero tolerance attitude that tells perpetrators we will not keep their secret
• Take back your power and reclaim your voice

You can submit a Teddy Tag using the form below, or by emailing your Teddy's name, Age when sexually assaulted, Who assaulted Teddy, Town or State where the assault happened and Teddy's message to the world to: ali@theteddytour.com

No matter how old you are, whether you're male or female, how long ago the abuse happened, where you live in the world or if you've ever told anyone before, please consider submitting a Tag and help the Teddy Tour end the silence surrounding childhood sexual assault.

We cannot do it without you.

Submit a Teddy Tag

If you're a survivor of childhood sexual assault - in any form - then we want an anonymous Teddy Tag from you. No matter how old you are, whether you're male or female, how long ago the abuse happened, where you live in the world or if you've never told anyone before - your story of being sexually assaulted is important and deserves to be heard.

Teddy Tags are anonymous and do not contain any identifying information about yourself of the perpetrator. Although we ask for your email address, this is just to make sure we are being accountable (not making up Tags etc).

NO identifying information will ever be published here or passed on to anyone else. 

You can submit your Teddy Tag using the form below, or alternatively you can request a form by email, fill it out and submit it by return email to: ali@theteddytour.com

About the Teddy Tour .com

In Australia, 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys are sexually assaulted before they turn 18. This is shocking and unacceptable, yet the issue of child sexual assault is still smothered by silence.

No more!

The Teddy Tour is about giving survivors of childhood sexual assault a voice. It's time to break the silence surrounding childhood sexual assault and hear the stories of survivors all over the world.

No shame, no blame and no judgement - Teddies wear an anonymous tag with no real names or identifying information. Just the story of survivors speaking up about childhood sexual assault.

If you're a survivor of childhood sexual assault - in any form - then we want an anonymous Teddy Tag from you. No matter how old you are, whether you're male or female, how long ago the abuse happened, where you live in the world or if you've never told anyone before - your story of being sexually assaulted is important and deserves to be heard.