RAPE CRISIS
Many centres and phone lines across the country offering advice,
support and counselling. This is a part time service, often during
office hours and sometimes for a couple of hours some evenings.
See phone book
or call directory enquiries for your nearest.
London Rape Crisis (Answer Machine out of hours) 0115 934 8474 or
local contact numbers.
Details of
local groups
VICTIM SUPPORT
Once again many branches throughout the UK. They deal with all
victims of crime, and have usually a person who deals specifically
with sexual crimes. They can also arrange counselling and are well
versed in court proceedures.
Office hours only. See phone book for details of a local branch or
ring national helpline on 0845 30 30 900
Victim Support Website
Stigma Inc Is a support group for individuals conceived by rape or incest. They also provide support to women who have been pregnant by assault or are raising rape or incest conceived children
ProjectBecky A website for those who find themselves pregnant through being raped.
Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Helpline
33 Queens Road
Barnsley
S71 1AN
Helpline Opening Times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays 6-8pm
Face to face counselling is also available upon request
Basingstoke Rape and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre
The Orchard
White Hart Lane
Basingstoke
Hants
RG21 4AF
The Crisis Line is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 7pm and
9.30pm, answer phone at other times.
Telephone: 01256 840224
Minicom/text phone for the Deaf: 01256 814555
Basingstoke Rape and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre Website
Eighteen And Under Eighteen And Under is a registered charity based in Dundee that offers confidential support and information to any young person, aged 18 and under, who has experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse.
LIFELINE
The Old Bakehouse
Main Road
Hulland Ward
Ashbourn
Derbys DE6 3EA
Tel.01262-674-505.
Help for Victims of violence, sexual
abuse and incest. Offer support, advice and counselling according to
client's needs. This can be one-to-one, by correspondence or by
telephone.
PANDERIC
24 HOUR HOT LINE (01803) 201763
A support service for those who have been sexually assaulted
or abused is now available in the Torbay area. This is a specialist
service available for MALES, ADOLESCENTS (over 13 years of age)
and TRANSGENDERED persons.
The services are free and strict confidentiality is ensured. Self
referrals and referrals from other agencies are acceptable. A 24
hour hot line is available and this service is usually manned
SURVIVORS (Male Rape/Sexual assault)
Tel: 020 7357 6677
Tuesday evenings from 7-00pm to
10-00pm.
Survivors is a men's national support self help group who will work
with any male victim or abuse/rape survivor.
Survivors website
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
Legal advice and campaigns. Newsletter.
52-54 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8RT.
Tel: 020 7251 6577
RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE
PO Box 383, Croydon
Surrey, CR9 2AW
Tel No: 08451 221 331 (365 days per year)
RASC
RASASC is a helpline run by, and for, women and girls over 14
SOLACE
Osaba Family Centre
23 Victoria Street
Hillfields
Coventry
CV1 5NA
A service for African Caribbean young women experiencing
domestic violence
Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm. (Out of hours ansaphone, after 5.30pm 7622 1816)
Domestic Violence 2hour hotline: 024 7622 2988
Tel: 024 7622 1816
PANAGHAR
3 St Margarets Road
Coventry
CV1 2BT
Tel: (0116) 270 5320
Provides a range of services for Young Asian Women
experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence.
Open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT
Women's Support Service
Support, information and advice.
Face to face counselling and group work for women who are experiencing
or have experienced domestic violence.
PO Box 2838
London W6 92E
Tel women’s support service: 020 8748 6512
See their website for more
details.
WOMEN'S AID
PO Box 391
Bristol BS99 7WS
Helpline 0808 2000 247
E-mail helpline@womensaid.org.uk
For confidential help and support for women experiencing
violence in the home
Womens Aid web site
Women & Girls Network
PO Box 13095
London W14 0FE
Helpline: 020 76104345
Office: 0207 76104678
Stop It Now
A public information and awareness raising campaign regarding child sexual abuse
Freephone Helpline: 0808 1000 900
For more information and helpline times please see the
Stop It Now web site
SAMARITANS
Tel: 0845 90 90 90
Samaritans web Site
email: Jo@samaritans.org
anonymous email: samaritan@anon.penet.fi
National AIDS & Sexual Health Line
Freephone 0800 567 123 7 days a week 24 hours per day.
BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE
Help if you think you might be or are pregnant following a rape
08457 30 40 30
See BPAS website for more details.
Brook Advisory Service
Confidential information on contraception, emergency contraception,
sex infections and pregnancy for young people under 25. National
organization with centers in many towns and city
Helpline: 0800 0185 023
Brook Advisory Service web site
suicide support
mailing list
The suicide-support mailing list provides an electronic support group
where people can discuss suicidal feelings, thoughts, intentions or
previous attempts in a safe, emotionally supportive environment.
Membership of the list is open to anyone seeking emotional support
regarding potentially self-destructive situations, and to people willing
to offer support in a non-judgemental manner.
Suicide 4 An e-mail based group where you can talk about suicide.
Suicide An e-mail based group for anyone that has lost someone to Suicide, considering Suicide, or has tried Suicide.
acryinthedark An e-mail based group where you can share about self harm, cutting, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders etc.
These sites are some that i have found whilst trying to cope with
what happened to me. They are all very informative sites, many
with lots of resources, articles and links to other related topic
sites.
If you have any favourite sites you think that others would find
useful or helpful on the topics of rape or sexual abuse please mail
me
the details and i will include it on the list.
UK Links
Equilibrium A UK based non profit
making project that helps raise awareness of self harm. Links to help sites
Winchester Rape Crisis Centre This site is
UK based and deals with both male and female victims. It will also accept info and
feedback via e-mails, but not requests for councelling.
Womens Aid
A UK website dealing primarily with sexual abuse on women in domestic situations.
Includes how to find a local refuge or safe place.
The Site is a UK based site featuring all
aspects of help for young people. It does have a comprehensive list of area by area
Rape Crisis Centres listed with addresses phone numbers and opening hours, as well
as a lot of practical help for victims of sexual abuse and rape.
Sturman report into drug assisted sexual assault
BBC News
Online: UK Date rape drug outlawedConcerns grew about Rohypnol after a number of
women claimed their drinks were spiked with the drug before they were raped.
THE SAMARITANS ON-LINEIf you
are in
crisis and need to talk to someone, contact us now via e-mail or see the 'Need to
talk?' section for other ways of reaching us. Please note that this is not an immediate reply
service. It takes at least 24 hours for a reply.
I am the editor for the Rape section of newhoo. I have added lots of other UK and
rest of world information sites. My aim was to make it a clear consice way of finding
help wherever and whenever you needed to without having to wade through
lots of irrelevant stuff and porno articles.
I have reorganised this section to try and make it easier to find the help you are looking for by looking under a relevant catagory heading:
RAINN Rape Abuse and Incest National Network.
This is an American non profit making organisation that runs a phone help line
in the USA. It has some good informative articles and links on the site.
Rape Recovery and Info Page
This is one of the bigger sites with lots of links and also an online e-mail
support group.
Links
from Precious Heart A list of useful American crisis sites
Crushed Roses A help
page for date
rape survivors. A beautiful site. Well worth a visit.
Indigo's
homepage
A really good site with lots of helpful links for either families, friends or the person
who is seeking help themselves.
Sandra's Sanctuary
Story This web site deals provides information about rape and abuse recovery and some poetry.
It also provides chat rooms for significant others and a child abuse prevention forum.
You
are not alone Lori'shomepage dedicated to rape survivors.
Mankind
AEST
Rainbow Male Survivors
Network
Homepage
NOMSV- National Orginisation on Male Sexual
Victimisation
Parents and loved ones of sexual
abuse and rape victims Dedicated to the non-offending parent and to all those who
have suffered the hurt of someone they love being sexually abused or raped.
Partners of
Survivors Partners of survivors go through many of the same feelings as survivors
do. There is a ripple effect when someone is raped. It affects not only the initial
person but partners, family, and friends, sometimes
even total strangers can be affected in ways they never imagined.
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Body-Mind QueenDom.
To understand the situation and feelings of a rape victim, one must take into
account several factors. The probability of developing rape trauma syndrome and
its severity are obviously influenced by the victims personal characteristics.
David Baldwin's Trauma
Information Pages These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and
traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
A site from the Hope For Healing.Org. Lots of links.
The Roofie Foundation
Britain's only specialised agency dealing with the
issues surrounding drug rape and sexual abuse.
Roofies, The New Date Rape Drug
of ChoiceRohypnol information
Roofies and Date rape Drug
Information
No A poem about date rape and links to sites dealing
with this issue.
Survivors Accross America and Beyond
Pages dedicated to all aspects of sexual abuse, including child abuse.
Last updated May 2007
Larger Worldwide
Information Sites
Survivors Homepages
Mens Rape Links
Mankind UK is a support and resource service for men who have been sexually
abused, sexually assaulted and/or raped.
For male survivors of sexual abuse.
Australia's first web site for Gay & Bisexual male survivors of sexual
abuse and possibly the world.
Dedicated to a safe world, they are an organization of diverse individuals,
committed through research, education, advocacy and activism to the prevention,
treatment and elimination of all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men.
Helping Someone You Know Or
Love Who Has Been Raped
Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder
Date Rape Drug
Links
Other Useful Worldwide
Links
