Radical Accountability in Action

This Level 2 programme leads on from our Level 1 Course Dismantling Male Violence and Rape Culture: A Survivor-Led Course for Men.

Taught by Bryony Ball and Meggan Baker, the co-founders of SLEEC.

Date & TIME

31st January – 1st February

11am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday

LOCATION

Central Bristol

Structure

It will be two full days with breaks.

There will be snacks but bring your own lunch.

There will be additional learning materials as well as independent and collective tasks to complete after the course.

You will need to attend both sessions.

Who’s it for?

This course is open to cisgender men and non-binary people who benefit from male privilege and understand this space is largely catered towards cis men. This course is not limited to those who have caused harm, but rather for anyone ready to engage in dismantling male violence and deepen their commitment to personal and collective accountability.

Access & Learning Requirements

If you have any access or learning requirements or needs please let us know.

The Course

In our previous course, we explored the deep-rooted systems that perpetuate male violence and rape culture, examining how these structures affect both individuals and society. Now, we invite you to deepen your commitment to meaningful, real work in the first course with our Level 2 programme for 2025 : Radical Accountability in Action.

This advanced course will guide participants in taking responsibility for their role in dismantling these harmful systems. We will go beyond theory and discussion and focus on the practical and embodied aspects of accountability—what it truly means, how to apply it in your everyday life, and how to hold yourself and your community to a higher standard of integrity and care.

Collectively, we will explore

Personal Accountability

Understanding the impact of your actions on the culture of violence and critically examining your own behaviour, responses, feelings, values and beliefs. Who do you want to be? What is justice? What is your relationship to apologies? What is accountability to you?

Group Accountability

Creating a collective culture of responsibility, supporting each other to build environments of learning, personal growth, and change.

Sustaining Actual Change

Tools and practices to help you hold yourself accountable over time, with an emphasis on honesty, humility, and continuous self-reflection. Learning to work through the uncomfortable and reframe your fears.

Responding to Resistance

Navigating defensiveness and challenges when faced with accountability in yourself or others, and how to work through these reactions constructively.

Rejection and failing

How do you feel around rejection and ‘failing’ and how does that impact others?

Harm

What types of harm are there and what is the impact?

Consent as communication

Consent as an ongoing practice. Boundaries, communication weaknesses and trust.

This course is designed for those who are ready to deepen their practice and step up as active allies in the fight against male violence and rape culture.

Commitment and Participation Requirements

You must have either done one of our previous courses or state you are happy to complete 4-5 hours of independent pre-work (that will be sent to you after booking) before coming to this advanced course.

This course requires a strong commitment to both the learning process and others that you are working with.

Due to the collaborative and personal nature of the sessions, it is essential that you attend each one on time.

Additionally, you will be expected to dedicate time after the course to work with other attendees on course-related tasks and reflections. Working together is essential in actively taking this work into your lives.

COURSE COST

Spaces are limited.

COST:

Sliding scale payment options:

Pay what feels appropriate to your circumstance (suggested guidance below)

£90 If you’re on benefits or low income, often choosing between essentials, rarely able to afford meals out, a trip or holidays

£120 If you’re getting by, but have a little for extras and treats now and then, can get drinks or food out sometimes but paying the top rate would be a stretch.

£150 If you’re on a steady income, can afford a holiday/s, eating out, have some savings

£200 If you’re financially comfortable and want to chip in extra to help sustain solidarity spaces.

Payment plan option (chose to pay in 2 or 3 installments) for those who need it.

10% off for bookings of two (email for discount code).

The Facilitators

Meggan and Bryony bring over 26 years of combined experience in human rights, crisis and trauma services, and male violence prevention, earning multiple awards for their impactful work. Their previous roles span casework, key support, training coordination, consultancy, program facilitation, project management, and supervisory positions. They have worked within safe houses, sexual violence and domestic abuse services, trafficking and sexual exploitation support, homelessness services, and mental health care.

Both have actively challenged police accountability: Meggan served on the UK’s first Independent Rape Scrutiny Panel, while Bryony was the only female Independent Advisor on the Police and Crime Panel, overseeing the work of the Police Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Bryony also spent three years at Unseen, supporting survivors and advising the UK’s Anti-Slavery Partnership on police operations.

They have led and contributed to numerous campaigns focused on domestic violence, rape and sexual violence, anti-trafficking efforts, detention centers, and workers’ rights.

As survivors of rape, sexual violence, grooming by a trafficker, and domestic abuse, Meggan and Bryony offer much more than just professional expertise—they bring a profound understanding of trauma, accountability, and systemic injustice. Their lived experience informs their compassionate work helping individuals and communities to navigate the complex and the difficult.

From the courses we have built a growing community of men who continue to hold conversations, learn and work alongside us.

Testimonials from previous course participants

“Meggan and Bryony showed kindness and compassion in their facilitation space for men to reflect on the culture they’ve been raised in, without softening the impact of male violence and rape culture. After this course I had resources from Bryony and Meggan as well as shared experiences from other male bodied people, which helped me to reflect on my own life and add evidence that I am not alone in feeling the impact caused by patriarchal masculinity. I am truly grateful for this experience.”

Leu

“Amazing experience. Really moving, thoroughly and carefully organised and a great opportunity to be doing this work and thinking collectively about this in an understanding space. Honestly thanks so much.”

Giles

“Hmm, where to start! Joy, pain, grief, love, heartbreak, fear, shame, guilt, laughter, pride, gratitude and curiosity were just some of the feelings SLEEC guided me through. The course helped me to question and challenge my concepts of masculinity in very deep and tender ways that feel genuinely life changing. There were such a wide range of discussion points and the attentive ways Bryony and Meggan facilitated the space opened up the possibility of very rich discussions in the group. The guest speakers helped to bring a real diverse range of perspectives to the weekend, which I feel really grateful for. I felt a healthy balance of being empathised with and challenged throughout and learned so much. I truly feel like this course has impacted me in ways that I will continue to realise for a very long time afterwards. The course was intensely emotional throughout and at times I felt very overwhelmed. This would normally be really challenging for me, but I felt safe to feel all that I needed to feel and was never pressured to be any certain way, which only deepened the learning for me. This way of learning as part of a group really works for me and I would absolutely recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn more about dismantling male violence, how to healthily identify with masculinities and be vulnerable in a group with other attentive and curious humans.”