Beloved offers a friendly, non-judgemental and confidential service for women working in the indoor sex industry in Bristol and the surrounding areas. This includes those who work in massage parlours, sexual entertainment venues, residential addresses, online, hotels and any other indoor setting.

We are service user led and therefore guided by whatever your support needs are. Whether you want emotional support, a cup of tea and a chat, or practical support around safety, housing, benefits, debt or sexual health, we are here to support you.

We offer a holistic package of support which provides for women’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Whilst we are an organisation with a Christian ethos and offer prayer as part of our spiritual support, we welcome women of all faiths and none.

If you would like to get in touch, please check out our website where you will find all our contact info https://beloved.org.uk/i-want-support/

Hi,
Thanks for your post. I can confirm that we do not support any particular legal model in relation to sex work. We are solely in support of the women we meet and guided by whatever their support needs are. These needs may change over time and we will work with women, wherever they are at in a confidential and non-judgemental way. If women wish to exit, we will support them, if they are happy and content in the work, we will also support them.

Can I ask what your qualifications are for working with sex working?

Being Christian doesn't count.

Hi,

Apologies for the delay in replying. So in terms of our experience, we currently have both staff and board members who have worked in the sex industry as well as an advisory board of women who have worked, or are still working, in the industry. The feedback of the women who use Beloved is really important to us and is something we use to inform our services going forwards.

In terms of the staff team, we have staff with social work, nursing and law qualifications as well as the experience that we have had supporting women in the industry. Although we are newly advertising on saafe, we have been working in Bristol for 10 years and have supported women in all of the areas mentioned above. If we aren't able to support a woman, where we don't have expertise, we will ensure that she is supported to access a service that can meet her needs.