Enough, a pilot program launched at Bristol University, distributes self-swab DNA kits and support resources to students reporting rape. Despite distributing 7,000 kits and gathering reports of 270 rapes, critics—including major organizations and police forces—argue that these self-swabs may not provide reliable legal evidence. Advocates stress the importance of empowering survivors while acknowledging the legal complexities. Volunteers express personal motivations behind their participation, illustrating a community effort to tackle a critical issue, even as concerns around the effectiveness of the self-swabbing persist.
Every major organisation involved in tackling sexual violence is strongly opposed to self-swabbing. Enough's critics include the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), Bristol University, UWE, Rape Crisis England and Wales, and Bristol city council.
Its aim is to sell the kits at £20 each to universities, schools and workplaces. Our DNA kits give power to survivors and deter perpetrators, its orange leaflets promise.
Grace, 19, offering kits to passersby, discusses consent with two male students. She says she was raped at 15. I didn't do anything, I didn't feel I could.
Enough isn't an alternative to going to the police or reporting to the university. It's an alternative to doing nothing.
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