Organisations dealing with rape and sexual assault or abuse
Respond
Respond works with people with learning difficulties who have experienced sexual trauma. This includes individual work with clients who have learning disabilities who have experienced significant trauma. Although Respond's specialism is working with victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, they also work with those whose problems are not necessarily sexual. They will work with both men and women.
South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre
SERICC offers accredited counselling, advocacy and support in a women-only service dealing with sexual violence in women of 13 and over.
The Haven
Anyone living in south east London who has been sexually assaulted is welcome at The Haven. We provide our services especially for the men, women and children living in Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Sutton. Services include: medical help and advice; counselling, practical and emotional support. Confidential service.
Women and Girls Network
HELPLINE: 020 7610 4345 Women and Girls Network offer a telephone-based counselling service for women and girls who have experienced sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse. WAGN also runs an acclaimed free counselling course in conjunction with the Lilith Project.
For more information click here or call WAGN's office on 020 7610 4678.
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
A centre for independent research, training and consultancy from a feminist perspective. Covers all forms of sexual violence.
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC)
RASASC is the largest sexual violence support service in the UK and supports women and girls. RASASC is a helpline run by, and for, women and girls over 13. They offer help and support to women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused - however long ago.
Breaking Free
A national organisation that aims to provide information and support to women survivors of sexual abuse. Services include telephone help line - answerphone gives opening hours, one-to-one and group support sessions, information, sign posting agency and quarterly newsletter and support by letter.
Truth About Rape
- There were 14,000 recorded rapes in 2003 and 11,441 recorded rapes in 2002. This represents an 8% increase
- One in 20 women in England and Wales has been the victim of rape
- 167 women are raped every day
- Only one in five attacks is reported to the police
Take Back the News
Many survivors feel the burden of keeping their stories hidden from a public scrutiny that often tends to disbelieve, discredit, and stigmatise them. Perhaps you have felt this, but sexual violence is not a rarity. According to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, one in three women and girls in the world will be beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime. This is an epidemic. To the discredit of the mainstream media, rape is under-represented and misrepresented. There is something you can do to change this... TAKE BACK THE NEWS!
