Action alerts Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/action-alerts/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:25:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Action alerts Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/action-alerts/ 32 32 Open Letter: To Home Secretary – Abolish “Prostitute’s Cautions” https://prostitutescollective.net/open-letter-to-home-secretary-abolish-prostitutes-cautions/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:03:15 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18195 SIGN ONLINE HERE Or email ecp@prostitutescollective.net to be added. Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to ask that you take action to abolish ‘prostitute’s cautions’ which trap women in sex work, prevent them from leaving abusive and violent relationships, and push them further into poverty. ‘Prostitute’s cautions’ are cautions that the police can give to […]

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]]> Action Alert: Ask your MP to oppose clauses NC2 and NC3 of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-ask-your-mp-to-oppose-clauses-nc1-and-nc2-of-the-crime-and-policing-bill-2025%ef%bf%bc/ Mon, 12 May 2025 09:55:33 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18172 Two amendments have been proposed to the Crime and Policing Bill that would cause great harm to sex workers. So far they haven’t been debated or voted on but a number of MPs have signed up to support them and they may well be put forward again at the next stage (report stage) of the […]

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]]> Petition update & call to action: Brighton residents please join us outside Hove Town Hall – 19 December https://prostitutescollective.net/petition-update-call-to-action-brighton-residents-please-join-us-outside-hove-town-hall-19-december/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 17:45:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18110 Dear friends,We are excited to announce that we have passed the 1,250 signature mark on our petition demanding that Brighton and Hove City Council decriminalise sex work and prioritise safety! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who supported us! This means that the petition will be presented and debated at the next Full Council meeting on December 19th […]

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]]> Action Alert: Invite your MP to parliamentary event about sex workers and the impact of criminalisation https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-invite-your-mp-to-parliamentary-event-about-sex-workers-and-the-impact-of-criminalisation/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:55 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17925 The post Action Alert: Invite your MP to parliamentary event about sex workers and the impact of criminalisation appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> Petition: Brighton & Hove City Council – Decriminalise sex work and prioritise safety! https://prostitutescollective.net/petition-brighton-hove-city-council-decriminalise-sex-work-and-prioritise-safety/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:02:20 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17845 If you're a Brighton and Hove resident, please sign and share this petition below calling on Brighton and Hove City Council to take all possible action to prioritise the safety of sex workers in the city, and to use whatever influence it has to push for decriminalisation nationally. We need a minimum of 1,250 signatures […]

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]]> Action Alert: Ask your candidates to support the decriminalisation of sex work and take action against the cost-of-living crisis https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-ask-your-candidates-to-support-the-decriminalisation-of-sex-work-and-take-action-against-the-cost-of-living-crisis/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:33:23 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17866 The post Action Alert: Ask your candidates to support the decriminalisation of sex work and take action against the cost-of-living crisis appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> Action Alert: Online consultation – Brighton and Hove City Council Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2023- 2026 https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-online-consultation-brighton-and-hove-city-council-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy-2023-2026/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:46:32 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17787 Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) has issued an online consultation on its Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2023- 2026.The deadline for responses is 1 Jan 2024.It asks you to comment on four priorities and then gives you an opportunity to “suggest any other priorities or anything else you feel we should consider […]

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]]> Action Alert: Tenants’ rights – NOT “sex for rent” laws! https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-oppose-legislation-to-outlaw-sex-for-rent/ Thu, 18 May 2023 12:29:34 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17700 The government is considering creating a new law to explicitly outlaw so-called “sex for rent” and has issued a “call for evidence”. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2023. Please click here to fill in the online questionnaire ---- The ECP opposes legislation to outlaw “sex for rent” because:  If a landlord harasses, threatens […]

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]]> Action Alert: Oppose increased criminalisation of sex workers in Newham https://prostitutescollective.net/oppose-pspo-newham/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:04:03 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17452 UPDATE 28 April - VICTORY!! Proposal for Newham’s Public Space Protection Order has been scrapped! We told the council that it would put sex workers at more risk of violence, criminalise women for trying to make a living, & be a dangerous expansion of police powers and they listened! Read more here.  ----------------- Newham Council […]

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]]> Action Alert: Online Safety Bill Part 2 https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-online-safety-bill-part-2/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:39:17 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17060 Thank you for writing to your MPs to call for the removal of Clause 16 (Schedule 7 – Priority Offences) of the Online Safety Bill. This clause is a dangerous attempt to criminalise sex workers’ online advertising. Our full briefing is here.Hundreds of letters have been sent, reaching 311 MPs – thank you to those […]

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