Links to useful organisations and information sources
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Archway
- Forensic services and support for those who have experienced rape or sexual assault within the last 7 days
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Borderline helpline
- Borderline is a free phone telephone support line for anyone suffering from emotional distress, isolation or depression. The lines are open every weekday 7-10 p.m. and weekends 6-10 p.m. Call 0800 027 4466.
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Breathing Space
- For people (particularly young men) feeling down or depressed or unusually worried and needing someone to talk to
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Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre
- Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre provides a free and confidential service, available for women, men and young people throughout Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire. CSRC&SAC offers long or short-term emotional support and practical information on legal and medical issues, to survivors of rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse. Support is also provided for family and friends of survivors.
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- Compensation for victims of crime
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Domestic Abuse Helpline
- 24-hour helpline for anyone affected by domestic abuse
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Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (Lothian)
- Confidential telephone counselling
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Health In Mind: Beyond Trauma – Pathway (women)
- Support in the Edinburgh area to survivors who are 16 years + and are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
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Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project
- Fife-based support for survivors of child sexual abuse
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MAAC - Men Affected by Abuse in Childhood
- MAAC is a project supported and funded by the Scottish Government and is part of the Survivor Scotland network.
MAAC is run by Borderline Helpline which is an organisation that has been providing a telephone support service for over ten years to people in the Scottish Borders. Tel: 0800 014 74 64.
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National Association for People Abused in Childhood
- Support for survivors of childhood abuse
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Open Secret
- Central Scotland based support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and non-abusing parents of sexually abused children
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Rape and Abuse Line
- Helpline for people who have survived rape or abuse; Highland-based counselling
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Samaritans
- For people experiencing feeling of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide
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SAY Women
- Safe accommodation for young women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault and who are homeless or threatened with homelessness
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Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Information service and direct services to people with mental health problems
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Scottish Women’s Aid
- Tackles domestic abuse and works to end violence against women. Links to local Women’s Aid groups
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Victim Support Scotland
- Support for victims of crime
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Women’s Support Project
- Telephone support and information, support for women whose children have been sexually abused, resources, training, multi-agency and partnership working and public education
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Information and help after rape and sexual assault
- Information for anyone affected by sexual violence
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Information for victims of crime
- Scottish Government site
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Survivor Scotland
- Information for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Black and minority ethnic women
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Amina
- Muslim Women’s Resource Centre providing confidential faith and culturally sensitive direct helping services and community development to Muslim women
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Ethnic Survivors Forum
- The Ethnic Survivors Forum is a unique minority ethnic project that will operate across Scotland for an initial period of one year. The Forum comprises of three partners, roshni, Dundee International Womens Centre and Beyond the Veil Group. We offer support services for minority ethnic adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, including:
* A Freephone telephone helpline - a confidential service that offers support and a listening ear as well as details of local support services
* A unique interactive website offering information, resources and support via our online forum where adult survivors can share their own personal stories of survival
* A Group Support Programme where adult survivors can meet and share their experiences in a safe and secure environment
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Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid
- Support for black and minority ethnic women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse
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Shakti Women’s Aid
- Support for black and minority ethnic women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse
Drugs and alcohol and sexual violence
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Roofie Foundation
- Advice and information for victims of drug-facilitated sexual abuse
Health
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Brook Helpline
- Information about sexual health for under 25s
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Family Planning Association
- Help and information about contraception and sexual health
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Sandyford
- Sexual and reproductive health care
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Scottish Health Helpline
- Sexual health information and advice
Prostitution
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CROP
- CROP is a voluntary organisation working to end the sexual exploitation of children and young people by pimps and traffickers .
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Prostitution Recovery
- Helps people escape prostitution, and recover from its long-term effects
Self-harm
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Bristol Crisis Service for Women
- Helpline, information and list of self-help groups.
Trafficking
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International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- Help with returning victims of trafficking to their country of origin
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POPPY
- Assists in the recovery of and shelter for adult women who have been trafficked to the UK for sexual exploitation
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Scottish Refugee Council
- Advice, information and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees
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The United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC)
- Assistance and support on trafficking
Young People
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Barnardo’s
- Works for children, young people and families
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Caledonia Youth
- Services for young people on any aspect of sex, contraception and relationships
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Childline
- Helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger
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Children 1st
- Services for children and families
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Children in Scotland
- Agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families
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Eighteen and Under
- Confidential support and information to young people aged 18 and under who have experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse
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YWCA
- Supports young women to develop their skills, build their confidence, take control of their lives and make their voices heard
England and Wales
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Rape Crisis England and Wales
- Support for survivors of sexual violence in England and Wales
Specialist support for men and boys
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Health In Mind: Beyond Trauma – Pathway (men)
- Therapeutic support service for adult (16+) men in the Lothians who are adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or to men who, as adults (16+), have experienced rape/sexual assault or domestic violence
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Men’s Advice Line
- For men experiencing domestic abuse from their partner
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Open Road Project
- Support and information to men involved in prostitution
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Survivors UK
- Information, support and counselling for men who have been raped or sexually abused
Violence against women in Scotland
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Engender
- Works to make Scotland a fairer, safer place where women can flourish and contribute to both the social and market economies with dignity, freedom and justice
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Glasgow Women's Library
- Information for and about women; a reference and lending library; the only women's lending library in the UK; archive and resource centre; lesbian archive and information centre
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Scottish Government
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Scottish Parliament
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Scottish Women’s Aid
- Tackles domestic abuse and works to end violence against women.
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Violence Against Women Prevention Scotland
- Brings together individuals and organisations from across Scotland to share expertise, information and good practice
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Women’s Support Project
- Resources, training, multi-agency and partnership working and public education
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Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust
- Promotes innovative policy and practice to tackle the root causes of male violence against women and children
Campaigns and policy
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Against Pornography
- Anti-pornography site which aims to raise awareness about the harms of pornography and prostitution to women and children
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Amnesty UK
- Campaigning organisation, including Stop Violence Against Women campaign
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Campaign to end rape
- National coalition
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End Child Prostitution and Trafficking
- Campaigns to end child prostitution, pornography and trafficking
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End violence against women
- National coalition
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Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Promotes equality and human rights
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Fawcett Society
- Campaigns for equality between women and men
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Justice for women
- Campaigns and supports women who have fought back against or killed violent male partners
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Object
- Challenges ‘sex object culture’ – the ever increasing sexual objectification of women in the media and popular culture through lads' mags, advertising or lap dancing clubs
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Stop Porn Culture
- Anti-porn campaigning group
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This is not an invitation to rape me
- Rape Crisis Scotland awareness raising campaign
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White Ribbon Campaign
- Global campaign to ensure men take more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women
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Women’s National Commission
- Independent, advisory body which gives the views of women to the UK government.
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Women’s Resource Centre
- Supports women’s organisations to be more effective and sustainable
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Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
- Centre for independent research, evaluation, training, consultancy and networking from a feminist perspective
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Domestic Violence Data Source
- Information on projects on domestic violence
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Prostitution Research
- Information and research on women abused through prostitution
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Violence against Women: A literature review
- 2004 literature review by Lily Greenan commissioned by the Scottish Government
International
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Amnesty International
- International campaigning organisation that works to highlight and end human rights violations across the globe
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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International
- Promotes women's human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation
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Feminist Majority Foundation
- Organisation dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence
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Rape Abuse and Incest National Network
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Rape Crisis Network Europe
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Rape Crisis Network Ireland
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South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)
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Standing Against Global Exploitation
- Aims to end the commercial exploitation of children and adults
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Unifem
- United Nations Development Fund for Women
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United National Department for the Advancement of Women
- Advocates for the improvement of the status of women of the world
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United Nations Global Fund for Women
- Promotes women’s economic security, health, education and leadership
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US National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
- Guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women
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WAVE - Women Against Violence Europe
- WAVE is a network of European women's non-governmental organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and children (women's refuges, counselling centres, SOS hotlines/helplines, organisations focusing on prevention and training, etc.)
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Women Against Violence Europe
- European network of non-governmental women’s organisations working to combat violence against women and children
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World Health Organization
- Work streams on violence against women and women’s health.
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World YWCA
- Global network of women leading social and economic change worldwide