Articles – National Ugly Mugs

Under The Red Umbrella: Issue 8

We are delighted to share the eighth edition of Under The Red Umbrella, a zine created with sex worker-led groups in the UK and Ireland.

Job Opportunity: Finance and Operations Manager

We are looking for a Finance and Operations Manager to support the CEO in the day-to-day running of our charity. The Operations Manager is responsible to carry out the vision of the organisation developed by the CEO. To be successful in this role, you should have experience as a manager in a position of public trust, have excellent financial, organisational, and communications skills, as well as being a problem-solver with work experience in high-pressure work environments.

NUM x Vagina Museum pop up

Calling all sex worker artists! National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is teaming up with The Vagina Museum for a pop up exhibition in November to showcase and amplify the artistic voices of sex workers in the UK.

Police Raids on Suspected Brothels in Edinburgh Raise Concerns for Sex Worker Safety

Experience shows that operations of this kind often displace people, driving sex work further underground. The lack of detail on what “safeguarding” means in practice, and what support was actually provided to those affected, leaves important questions unanswered.

Job Opportunity: Manager (NUMbrella Lane)

Research Opportunity: Sex Workers’ Perspectives on Deepfakes

Job Opportunity: Trustees

Under The Red Umbrella: Issue 7

NUM Pub Quiz with Megan Prescott

Speak the lingo? Know the law? Come join us for a fun-filled evening at 21Soho! Test your knowledge at our sex work themed pub quiz hosted by Megan Prescott.

Paid Research Opportunity: SWERV! (Sex Workers Evaluate Reporting Violence)

We’re excited to announce a new paid research opportunity for sex workers, conducted in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Brunel University London.

This study explores how effective violence prevention tools, such as NUM’s reporting and alerting platform and the NUMchecker tool, are in reducing or preventing violence and improving mental wellbeing among sex workers. We’re especially interested in hearing from sex workers who are new members of National Ugly Mugs (NUM), so we can better understand the impact of these tools compared to those who are not registered.

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We’re excited to announce a new paid research opportunity for sex workers, conducted in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Brunel University London.