Survive (Survivors of CSA in North Yorkshire)

Helpline: 01904 642830 (Wednesdays 1-3.30pm)
Telephone: 01904 638813
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.survive-northyorks.org.uk
Area covered: North Yorkshire

Services offered:

Support
Telephone support
Advice
Mutual support groups
Information
Helpline

Services for:

Adult Female and male survivors of rape and sexual abuse
Partners of survivors of rape or sexual abuse
Parents of survivors of rape or sexual abuse
Mental health/care workers supporting survivors of rape or sexual abuse

Other Services in Yorkshire & the Humber

Latest

Trust House Reading ISVA

Area covered: Reading
RSVP

All survivors. Area covered: Birmingham and Solihull
APPG of Adult Survivors of CSA launches third report exploring "survivors' experiences of court and applying for compensation."

The All Party Parliamentary Group of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse’s has published their report on ‘Survivors experiences of court and applying for compensation.’
Things CAN change, You Are NOT anyone's Victim.

Amber talks about her own experience of child sexual abuse and how counselling helped her to gain a new lease of life.

RSVP

All survivors. Area covered: Birmingham and Solihull
Womankind

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

Area covered: Devon, Cornwall 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
Southmead Project

Those who have experienced domestic, sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse as children or as adults and have turned to drugs, alcohol or other ways of self-harming. Area covered: Mainly Bristol and surrounding areas
Self injury Support

Female survivors. Area covered: National
SALT (Sexual Abuse Listening Therapy)

All survivors aged 16+. Area covered: South West of England
Revival Wiltshire RASAC

All survivors aged 13+. Area covered: Wiltshire
Rape & Sexual Abuse Helpline

Helpline and signposting for all survivors aged 16+. Area covered: Devon (county wide)

Find Specialist Support in your Area

The Survivors Trust has 129 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.
National Helplines
Who We Are

The Survivors Trust is the largest umbrella agency for specialist sexual violence support services in Europe. Our 129 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.
About Sexual Violence & Abuse

Sexual violence and abuse is any behaviour of a sexual nature which is unwanted and takes place without consent or understanding. This includes rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, childhood sexual abuse, female genital mutilation and more.
Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVA)

Many specialist support agencies offer an Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) service to victims/survivors of rape and sexual assault. An ISVA is trained to look after your needs, and to ensure that you receive care and understanding.
Petition: Make all sexual abuse offences exceptions under the double jeopardy rules

"Many victims will never be able to obtain justice or closure from the criminal courts as the law currently stands as their charges are not deemed "serious" or "severe" enough to be an exception to the double jeopardy rules."
London
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.
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