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By Karen Boyle (University of Strathclyde) & Brenna Jessie (Rape Crisis Scotland)
National Helpline celebrates 10 years
Today the Rape Crisis National Helpline celebrates 10 years of supporting people affected by sexual violence.
The service was launched and started taking calls on
11th October 2007, and since that time has responded to over
41,000 contacts from people looking for support and information about sexual
violence. Most of these (almost 36,000) were calls, with over 5000 of the
remaining contacts coming in by email. The National Helpline is committed to
providing as accessible a service as possible, and has undertaken a number of
developments in the past 10 years to improve accessibility. The helpline offers
confidential support and information to service users by email as well as over
the phone, and a Deaf access service is available every Tuesday afternoon, with
enhanced access via
online BSL interpreter through Contact Scotland BSL as well as by SMS
text. This service was launched in 2009
and since then all volunteers and staff have undergone deaf awareness training
prior to staffing the helpline.
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