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‘When you’ve been through the system, people don’t realise that in order to do that you have to go through it all again. You have to take all the painful stuff out the box, by opening the box you then have no control over it. The ripple effect that it has is huge, and the system gives you nothing back.’

‘I felt so alone during the case, but that meant I discovered that I’m okay on my own. I’m independent. God doesn’t give you more than you can handle. So now I know I can do anything I want. Now I compare myself to other people (who don’t have SV or CJ experience) and I can do what they do, with all THIS going on! So I’m a boss!’

Rape and sexual abuse changes lives – and so do we. As a charity we're very grateful to receive your support, which helps us to continue to provide our vital work. Donations go directly towards the costs of delivering all our support and information services.

You can also support our work by:

>> Believing someone who discloses sexual violence to you
>> Supporting them to make their own choices about what they want to do
>> Challenging abusive and sexist behaviour