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Advice on financial, legal, housing, immigration and welfare rights We provide advice and information to women affected by domestic abuse on benefits and welfare rights, immigration issues (including no recourse to legal funds and the rights of non-British citizens), children’s and young people’s issues, legal support, housing and financial support.

Ages: 18+

Aanchal frequently supports women who are not British citizens and are here on visas with no recourse to public funds.

Ages: 18+

Tailored programmes we typically deliver, providing emotional support, wellbeing tools and specialist referral pathways.

Ages: 18+

We educate young people about stalking, particularly through school assemblies and PSHE lessons.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

We upskill professionals who work with young people, to help them recognise and respond appropriately to cases of stalking, via literature, training days and short courses.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

We help develop and deliver programmes to prevent young people becoming stalkers in the first place, or early behaviours escalating—an example being the EASI project.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Ages: 13–15, 16–17, 18+

IRIS is a training, support and referral programme in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, bringing primary care practitioners together to increase their awareness of the circumstances surrounding victims of domestic abuse, to identify victims, and enable them to disclose their circumstances. IRIS refers individuals to those statutory and third sector support services best equipped to help them.

Ages: 18+

Floating Support provides housing related support to women and their families who live in the community and are at a risk of experiencing domestic abuse or re-victimisation. In partnership with other service providers Bawso ensures that tenancies are maintained, and survivors are empowered to establish sustainable livelihoods.

Ages: 18+

Bawso provides purpose-built refuges and safe houses across Wales that are designed to cater for the cultural, religious and language needs of black and minoritised survivors of all forms of violence and abuse. Key workers are on hand to offer support and advice and to connect residents to other services.

Ages: 18+

Beyond the Streets is a UK charity working to raise awareness of the sex industry and survival sex, challenge the societal norms that perpetuate harm, and transform responses by providing direct support, shaping policy, and equipping others to take action. Women need to be respected and empowered to identify their own needs and devise their own strategies. We believe that change becomes sustainable when a person is empowered. We offer a safe space to be heard, and help women make a practical plan of bite size and achievable steps to realise her future. Reliable information and support is key for someone who is involved in selling sex. We journey with women to understand their situation and the choices available to them. We are there for women as they take practical and manageable steps that lead to a genuine route out of exploitation. Our services have been shaped by women with lived experience and we continue to consult with our service users.

Ages: 18+

We offer free, one-to-one counselling for women and girls who live in the Bradford area. You can self-refer to our counselling service or be referred by other organisations and agencies such as your GP or support worker.

Ages: 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Our specialist BAM independent Sexual Violence Advisor work with women and girls aged 13 and over, who have been affected by rape and /or sexual violence at any time in their lives who are considering reporting or who have reported to the police, We offer a culturally sensitive service that understands the complex needs of women and girls from diverse cultural backgrounds and how this may impact their experience of accessing and engaging with the criminal justice system.

Ages: 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Our independant Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA's) work with women and girls aged 13 and above, who have been affected by rape and /or sexual violence at anytime in their lives and who are considering reporting or who have reported to the police. We also have specialist ISVA support for Black, Asian and minoritised women and girls and for young women and girls aged 13yrs and up.

Ages: 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre offers free and confidential practical support and advice for survivors of sexual violence through its advocacy service. This service is part of the Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis Partnership and comprises a countywide team of Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ISVAs) and Children and Young People’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ChISVAs).

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Our free and confidential counselling service aims to give survivors of sexual violence a safe space where you can have the time and peace needed to think and talk things through. Our hope is this will help you on your way to regaining a sense of control over your own life.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Our peer support groups are an important part of our counselling support work. In general, there are 6-12 individuals per group and the group runs for a set number of weekly sessions, facilitated by a qualified and experienced woman counsellor. We see how valuable it is for survivors to meet other people who ‘get it’, making them feel less alone and even making it easier for them to let go of negative coping strategies and develop new positive ones. Our groups counsellor said “I believe that this sort of safe space where survivors feel validated, accepted, heard, considered and cared for, fosters a different sense of self where they can begin to get their lives back.”

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) provide emotional and practical support and information to victims and survivors of both recent and non-recent sexual violence who have reported to the police, or are considering reporting to the police. Our ISVAs support victims and survivors of all ages and all genders.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+

CARA provides one-to-one counselling support for adult victims and survivors of any type of sexual violence at any point in their lives. We offer confidential, compassionate and specialist support to adults of all genders, backgrounds and abilities. We aim to create a safe space where people feel believed, listened to and treated with respect.

Ages: 18+

CARA provides therapeutic support for young people who have experienced any type of sexual abuse. This service is usually offered to young people at secondary school, and up to the age of 19. Our team of young person’s practitioners provide support for young people in a safe and non-judgemental environment. They are trained to deal with the impact of rape and childhood sexual abuse on young people, as well as to provide support with a wide range of other issues including child sexual exploitation, ritual abuse, flashbacks, self-harm, eating disorders and drugs and alcohol misuse.

Ages: Under 13, 13–15, 16–17, 18+