Our SIA (Still I Am) project is a unique and specialist service that offers counselling and trauma support to survivors of sexual violence from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. In this blog, survivors that have been supported by SIA…
Our prevention team recently did an Instagram takeover on the topic of body image for Rape Crisis Scotland. You can watch it again on the saved highlights of our Instagram page here.
We've put together a new online resources section on processing trauma, ways of coping and recovery. These have been selected by our workers, for survivors of sexual violence who are waiting for support. During this time of social distancing, there…
We're delighted to announce that we have achieved the LGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Charter GOLD award. Their review panel noted multiple exemplary practices including: >> The visibility of our LGBT-inclusive services is comprehensive and considered. Our website, resources, policies, and…
Our new blog is a guided visualisation to ‘My Special Place – a place where you feel calm and relaxed’ by Hannah, a Young Survivors Support Worker from our STAR Project. Read it here.
In response to Covid-19 Rape Crisis Scotland have launched a new textline support service alongside their helpline to make it as easy as possible for anyone affected by sexual violence to reach out. Text: 07537 410 027 (6pm – midnight)…
"This will be a really difficult day for many survivors who have been following this case. "Regardless of the verdict, the detailed descriptions and court coverage has been triggering and very hard for many people. As the volume and nature…
Unfortunately, we have had to take the very difficult decision to suspend referrals to our Edinburgh Adult Service that offers support for adult survivors across the City. With the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 situation and because of our limited staff capacity, we…
This month marks LGBT History Month; as an organisation we are proud of our LGBT roots and the work we have done over the years to make our services LGBT inclusive. We are pleased to announce that we have been…
Today (Tuesday 11 February 2020), on Safer Internet Day, we are launching our “What do you think?” resource. This online resource has been designed for those who work in schools and with youth groups to help facilitate conversations about the…