Find Support 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. The Independent Sexual Violence Adviser role was commissioned by Baroness Stern through the Home Office Violent Crime Unit in 2005. An ISVA is trained to look after your needs, and to ensure that you receive care and understanding. They will help you understand how the criminal justice process works, and will explain things to you, such as what will happen if you report to the police, and the importance and process of forensic DNA retrieval. An ISVA is there to provide you with information only so that you can make the right decision for you. By contacting them, you are not expected to report any offence to the police. Whilst every effort is made to keep this section up to date, changes can happen that we may be unaware of. Please let us know if edits need to be made, links are no longer working or out-of-date information is displayed. Please email [email protected] Find Support | Find a SARC Enter your postcode to find an ISVA service in your area 54.94702730 -7.38264790 1 /victim-support-ni-foyle 1. Victim Support NI Foyle Area covered: Antrim & Newtownabbey, Causeway Coast & Glens, Derry City & Strabane, Fermanagh & Omagh, Mid & East Antrim and Mid-UlsterRead more 54.59728500 -5.93012000 2 /victim-support-ni-belfast 2. Victim Support NI Belfast Area covered: Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon, Belfast City, Lisburn City & Castlereagh, Newry City, Mourne & Down, North Down & ArdsRead more 51.48158100 -3.17909000 3 /ynys-saff-sarc 3. Ynys Saff SARC Area covered: Cardiff and Vale of GlamorganRead more 51.78757790 -3.20439310 4 /cyfannol-womens-aid-horizon 4. Cyfannol Women's Aid - Horizon Area covered: Gwent-wideRead more 52.52217370 -3.50204410 5 /new-pathways-mid-wales-support-centre 5. New Pathways - Mid Wales Support Centre Area covered: Mid WalesRead more 52.41530300 -4.08292000 6 /new-pathways-bow-street-sarc 6. New Pathways - Bow Street SARC Area covered: AberystwythRead more 52.51211200 -3.31310600 7 /new-pathways-ty-coeden-bedw 7. New Pathways - Ty Coeden Bedw Area covered: PowysRead more 51.58415100 -2.99766400 8 /new-pathways-maple-tree-centre 8. New Pathways - Maple Tree Centre Area covered: NewportRead more 51.62144000 -3.94364600 9 /new-pathways-beech-tree-centre 9. New Pathways - Beech Tree Centre Area covered: SwanseaRead more 51.85762000 -4.31213100 10 /new-pathways-elm-tree-house 10. New Pathways - Elm Tree House Area covered: CarmarthenRead more 51.61182700 -3.10180000 11 /new-pathways-laburnum-house 11. New Pathways - Laburnum House Area covered: GwentRead more 51.74873000 -3.38164600 12 /new-pathways-willow-house 12. New Pathways - Willow House Area covered: Merthyr TydfilRead more 53.80075540 -1.54907740 13 /support-after-rape-sexual-violence-leeds 13. Support After Rape & Sexual Violence Leeds Area covered: LeedsRead more 53.38112900 -1.47008500 14 /sheffield-rape-and-sexual-abuse-centre 14. Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Area covered: SheffieldRead more 53.52282000 -1.12846200 15 /doncaster-rape-and-sexual-abuse-counselling-service 15. Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service Area covered: YorkshireRead more 53.55263000 -1.47972600 16 /bsarcs 16. Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services Area covered: BarnsleyRead more 53.64579200 -1.78503510 17 /kirklees-and-calerdale-rape-sexual-abuse-centre 17. Kirklees and Calerdale Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre Area covered: Kirklees and CalderdaleRead more 53.79598400 -1.75939800 18 /bradford-rape-crisis-and-sexual-abuse-survivors-service 18. Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service Area covered: Bradford districtRead more 53.48752350 -2.29012640 19 /survivors-manchester-isva 19. Survivors Manchester ISVA Area covered: ManchesterRead more 52.22532080 -2.17511910 20 /west-mercia-rape-sexual-abuse-support-centre 20. West Mercia Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre Area covered: Herefordshire and WorcestershireRead more 52.58621400 -1.98291900 21 /crisis-point-isva 21. Crisis Point ISVA Area covered: West MidlandsRead more 52.51766400 -1.99515900 22 /black-country-womens-aid 22. Black Country Women's Aid Area covered: West MidlandsRead more 52.40682200 -1.51969300 23 /coventry-rape-sexual-abuse-centre 23. Coventry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre Area covered: CoventryRead more 54.97825200 -1.61778000 24 /nidas 24. NIDAS Area covered: NewcastleRead more 52.48624300 -1.89040100 25 /rsvp-isva 25. RSVP ISVA Area covered: Birmingham and SolihullRead more 52.37087800 -1.26503200 26 /rosa-isva 26. RoSA ISVA Area covered: WarwickshireRead more 52.28231600 -1.58492700 27 /safeline-isva 27. Safeline ISVA Area covered: WarwickshireRead more 55.20825420 -2.07841380 28 /victims-first-northumbria 28. Victims First Northumbria Area covered: Northumberland, North & South Tyneside, Sunderland and GatesheadRead more 54.57422700 -1.23495600 29 /barnardos-sexual-exploitation-childrens-outreach-service 29. Barnardo’s Sexual Exploitation Children’s Outreach Service Area covered: Middlesbrough, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Redcar and ClevelandRead more 54.57063830 -1.23524160 30 /arch-north-east-isva 30. Arch North East ISVA Area covered: Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar & Cleveland and HartlepoolRead more 50.82253000 -0.13716300 31 /survivors-network-isva 31. Survivors Network ISVA Area covered: Brighton and HoveRead more 50.92801430 -0.46170750 32 /the-saturn-centre-sarc 32. The Saturn Centre SARC Area covered: SussexRead more 51.10914010 -0.18722750 33 /rcsas 33. RCSAS Area covered: Epsom & Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead, Tandridge, Crawley, Horsham, Mid-Sussex, Adur & WorthingRead more 51.31475930 -0.55995010 34 /rasasc-guildford-isva 34. RASASC Guildford ISVA Area covered: Surrey and surrounding boundariesRead more 52.18724720 0.97078010 35 /the-ferns-sarc 35. The Ferns SARC Area covered: SuffolkRead more 52.87927450 -2.05718680 36 /pathway-project 36. Pathway Project Area covered: Burntwood, Lichfield, Tamworth and a part of Burton-upon-TrentRead more 52.87927450 -2.05718680 37 /savana-isva 37. Savana ISVA Area covered: North StaffordshireRead more 52.70636570 -2.74178490 38 /axis-counselling-isva 38. Axis Counselling ISVA Area covered: Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and the immediate surrounding areaRead more 52.95478320 -1.15810860 39 /topaz-centre 39. Topaz Centre Area covered: NottinghamshireRead more 52.61396860 0.88640210 40 /the-harbour-centre 40. The Harbour Centre Area covered: NorfolkRead more 53.38999100 -3.02300900 41 /rasa-merseyside 41. RASA Merseyside Area covered: MerseysideRead more 51.37616500 -0.09823400 42 /rape-crisis-south-london 42. Rape Crisis South London Area covered: South LondonRead more 51.50735090 -0.12775830 43 /respond-isva 43. Respond ISVA Area covered: LondonRead more 51.50735090 -0.12775830 44 /women-girls-network 44. Women & Girls Network Area covered: LondonRead more 51.50735090 -0.12775830 45 /open-doors 45. Open Doors Area covered: City, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and NewhamRead more 51.50735090 -0.12775830 46 /survivors-uk-isva 46. Survivors UK ISVA Area covered: LondonRead more 53.60555920 -0.55965820 47 /the-blue-door 47. The Blue Door Area covered: North and North East Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding of YorkshireRead more 52.63687780 -1.13975920 48 /free-va 48. Free-VA Area covered: LeicesterRead more 53.76322540 -2.70440520 49 /safe-centre 49. SAFE Centre Area covered: LancashireRead more 53.81750530 -3.03567480 50 /renaissance 50. Renaissance Area covered: Blackpool, Fylde and WyreRead more 51.28023300 1.07890890 51 /east-kent-rape-crisis-centre-isva 51. East Kent Rape Crisis Centre ISVA Area covered: Canterbury, Ashford, Ramsgate and Folkestone areasRead more 51.27870750 0.52172540 52 /family-matters-isva 52. Family Matters ISVA Area covered: Kent, West Mercia and SE LondonRead more 50.69384790 -1.30473400 53 /hampton-trust 53. Hampton Trust Area covered: Isle of WightRead more 51.80978230 -0.23767440 54 /herts-sarc 54. Herts SARC Area covered: HertfordshireRead more 50.90970040 -1.40435090 55 /yellow-door-isva 55. Yellow Door ISVA Area covered: Southampton and Western HampshireRead more 50.81976750 -1.08797690 56 /aurora-new-dawn 56. Aurora New Dawn Area covered: South EastRead more 51.26654000 -1.09239640 57 /basingstoke-rape-and-sexual-abuse-crisis-centre 57. Basingstoke Rape and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre Area covered: North Hampshire including Basingstoke, Silchester, Bramley, Sherbourne St. John, Oakley, Tadley, Alton, Hook, Fleet and FarnboroughRead more 51.86424490 -2.23815600 58 /gloucestershire-rape-and-sexual-abuse-centre 58. Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Area covered: GloucestershireRead more 53.45759550 -2.15783770 59 /st-marys-sarc 59. St Mary's SARC Area covered: Greater Manchester and CheshireRead more 51.57424470 0.48567810 60 /south-essex-rape-and-incest-crisis-centre 60. South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre Area covered: South East EssexRead more 50.74876350 -2.34447860 61 /stars-isva 61. STARS ISVA Area covered: DorsetRead more 53.10467820 -1.56238850 62 /sv2-isva 62. SV2 ISVA Area covered: DerbyshireRead more 54.66409700 -2.75270800 63 /the-bridgeway 63. The Bridgeway SARC Area covered: CumbriaRead more 54.57723230 -2.79748350 64 /victim-support-cumbria 64. Victim Support Cumbria Area covered: CumbriaRead more 50.37545650 -4.14265650 65 /first-light-isva 65. First Light ISVA Area covered: Cornwall, Devon and WiltshireRead more 53.39004410 -2.59695010 66 /rasasc-cheshire-merseyside 66. RASASC Cheshire & Merseyside ISVA Area covered: Cheshire and MerseysideRead more 52.20529730 0.12181950 67 /the-elms-sarc 67. The Elms SARC Area covered: CambridgeshireRead more 51.81370730 -0.80947050 68 /aylesbury-vale-and-milton-keynes-isva 68. Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Sexual Assault & Abuse Support Service ISVA Area covered: Aylesbury ValeRead more 51.10509700 -2.92623070 69 /safelink 69. Safe Link Area covered: Avon and SomersetRead more 51.45984540 -0.93953910 70 /solace-sarc 70. Solace SARC Area covered: Thames ValleyRead more 52.13863940 -0.46677820 71 /emerald-sarc-isva 71. The Emerald Centre SARC Area covered: BedfordshireRead more