Acts Fast

Acts Fast is Abused Children’s Trauma Support, Family Advice & Strategy Team. We support Parents and Carers whose child has disclosed they have been sexually abused.

Postal address: Townsend Community Centre, Jewel Road, Townsend, Bournemouth, BH8 0LT
Office: 01202 797217 (Not monitored 24/7)
Text: 07468 694068
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.actsfast.org.uk
Area covered: Bournemouth and Dorset

Support offered:

Telephone support
Email support
Text support

Services for:

Parents and carers

Other Services in the South West

Latest

PROSPER Study invitation

The PROSPER Study is looking for volunteers from specialist sexual violence services in England to explore providers’ views about funding and commissioning processes.
Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support

All survivors and young people. Area covered: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire
Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre

All survivors. Area covered: Coventry
Blogs for survivors

Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support

All survivors and young people. Area covered: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire
Respond Birmingham

Survivors with learning disabilities. Area Covered: Midlands
One in Four (Kent Branch)

All survivors aged 4+. Area covered: Kent
The Women's Centre Cornwall

Female survivors. Area covered: Cornwall, Devon and Dorset
Survivors Of aBuse (SOB)

Adult survivors of childhood trauma from abuse. Area covered: London and Nationwide upon request
RSVP

All survivors. Area covered: Birmingham and Solihull
Womankind

Female survivors. Area covered: Bristol, South Gloucestershire
First Light

Area covered: Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire and the Isles of Scilly
The Green House

All survivors. Area covered: Bristol and surrounding areas
Survivors Alliance North Devon

All adult survivors. Area covered: North Devon and UK telephone counselling

Find Specialist Support in your Area

The Survivors Trust has 120 member organisations based in the UK & Ireland which provide specialist support for women, men & children who have survived rape, sexual violence or childhood sexual abuse.
Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)

SARCs (sexual assault referral centres) are specialist medical and forensic services for anyone who has been raped or sexually assaulted. They are designed to be comfortable and multi-functional, providing private space for interviews and forensic examinations, and some may also offer sexual health and counselling services.
I didn't marry a monster

Marital ‘rape’ is a hidden recurring issue which people, mostly women, are reluctant to open up about. This video created by Ola and her partner Olu highlights the taboo issue and reminds those affected that help is available.
My Experience of EMDR & Treating Trauma

Steph talks about how Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy helped her to heal after her experience of rape.
Taking care of yourself & I May Destroy You

It feels like everyone is talking about Michaela Coel’s newest creation I May Destroy You, a drama based on her experience of sexual assault. We want to offer up some tips for survivors thinking of watching the show as well as discuss some of the important topics covered in the series.
I Am A Survivor

Calais talks about her experience, and shares the message 'if you are suffering you’re not alone and although it’s hard, you will get through this'
National Helplines
TST Supportline hours extended

Thanks to funding from the MoJ COVID-19 Response Fund our free national Supportline is now open 7 days a week. We're here to talk, to listen and to believe.
Our Work

Over the last ten years we have set up five new rape support centres, successfully lobbied for a three-year support fund for member organisations and established the all-party parliamentary group for adult survivors of sexual abuse. Find out more about our work
Who We Are

The Survivors Trust is the largest umbrella agency for specialist sexual violence support services in Europe. Our 124 agencies provide information, advice, support and therapy to over 80,000 individual survivors each year. Our services work with victims and survivors of all ages, male and female, of all forms of sexual violence, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.