SURVIVOR

Agencies which provide information & support to adult survivors of abuse * SupportLine Telephone Helpline: 01708 765200 - Provides emotional support to male and female survivors of abuse and associated issues. Also keeps details of counsellors and survivor support groups, helplines, and details of counsellors listed with the National Register of Male Sexual Assault Counsellors throughout the UK. Also provides email support info@supportline.org.uk and postal support SupportLine, PO Box 1596, Ilford, Essex IG1 3FW. * ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers): 020 8390 4701, email info@childabuselawyers.com, www.childabuselawyers.com. * Ann Craft Trust: 0115 951 5400, www.anncrafttrust.org - National information and advice service on all aspects of sexual abuse and exploitation of adults and children with learning difficulties. * Association of Christian Counsellors: 0845 124 9569, www.acc-uk.org. * Aurora Health Foundation: 020 8541 1951 or 0203 1493033, email info@aurorafoundation.org.uk, www.aurorahealthfoundation.org.uk - A charity offering counseling, support groups, complementary therapies, workshops and support to adult men and women survivors of childhood trauma or abuse and victims of violent crime and to their partners. Most of the practitioners are survivors themselves, or partners of survivors. Fees do apply for these services but can be negotiated. Cover Greater London and Home Counties. * Beacon Foundation: 01745 343600, 3 Grosvenor Avenue, Rhyl LL18 4HA - National telephone helpline for survivors of ritual abuse and those supporting them. * Boarding Concern: 07791 045 319 leave voicemail or text message, normally checked every twenty four hours, email info@boardingconcern.org.uk, www.boardingconcern.org.uk - National organization for adult survivors of boarding schools. * Boarding School Survivors: 020 7267 7098, email info@boardingschoolsurvivors.co.uk, www.boardingschoolsurvivors.co.uk - Workshops for men and women who wish to re-examine their own experience of boarding school, its effects on their lives and to look for healing. * Bristol Crisis Service for Women: 0117 925 1119, PO Box 654, Bristol BS99 1XH, email bcsw@btconnect.com, www.users.zetnet.co.uk/bcsw - National helpline for women in distress, especially those who self injure and run and support self help groups. * CCSA (Christian Survivors of Sexual Abuse): 38 Sydenham Villas Road, Cheltenham GL52 6DZ - Independent group of Christian survivors who offer self help support to those Christians who have been sexually abused in childhood. Currently 4 self help groups around the country. * Childwatch: 01482 325 552, email info@Childwatch.org.uk, www.Childwatch.org.uk - Free and confidential counselling for young people and adults who have suffered abuse, physical, mental, emotional, sexual. * Directory and Book Services (DABS): 01709 860023, 4 New Hill, Conisbrough, Doncaster DN12 3HA - Books relating to survivors of abuse available by mail order. * The DABS Pathfinder Service (Part of Directory and Book Services): 01255 675351, www.dabspathfinder.org - Signposting organisation that provides free support al over UK and Republic of Ireland to anyone and any organisation regarding issues to do with childhood abuse, incest and rape. * First Person Plural: PO Box 2537, Wolverhampton, WV4 4ZL, email fpp@firstpersonplural.org.uk, www.Firstpersonplural.org.uk - UK wide survivor led association for survivors of trauma and abuse who experience dissociative distress. Offer support and information to survivors friends, families and professionals through a newsletter (Subs £7/£10). Optional contact list and meetings for survivor members only. * LASA (League Against Sadistic Abuse): 01364 644184 - Support for the families of children alleging sadistic abuse in a group setting. Non abusing parents and carers only. Support by phone and monthly meetings. Please phone before 1pm. * Mind (National Association for Mental Health): 0845 766 0163, email contact@mind.org.uk, www.mind.org.uk - Publish a booklet 'Understanding Dissociative Disorders'. * Moira Anderson Foundation: 01236 602885, email info@moiraanderson.com, www.moiraanderson.com (area served Scotland) - Helpline offering advice, support and counselling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. MOSAC: 0800 980 1958 (National helpline) - Counselling and art therapy by appointment. Groups for parents of children who have been sexually abused. Greenwich S.London based. * NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0800 085 3330, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH, www.napac.org.uk - Provides referrals and free extracts from the DABS Resource Packs to survivors. * PICT Therapists Directory: 01986 781757, email info@ppfoundation.org, www.ppfoundation.org - Directory of qualified Parks Inner Child Therapists, fast, thorough and gentle therapy model created by the author of 'Rescuing the Inner Child'. * RAINS (Ritual Abuse Information Network & Support): 01483 898600 - Primarily a support group and information sharing network for professionals working with child or adult survivors of ritual abuse, also for carers of survivors including foster parents. Can sometimes help survivors find suitable therapists but is not really a helpline for survivors. * Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre: Helpline 08451 221331, Counselling 020 8683 3311, email info@rasasc.org.uk, www.rasasc.org.uk - Helpline support and information for all survivors of rape or childhood sexual abuse. * RESPOND: 0808 808 0700, email admin@respond.org.uk, www.respond.org.uk - Helpline, counselling and psychotherapy for children, adults and elders with learning difficulties who are either victims or perpetrators of sexual abuse and other trauma. * The Roofie Foundation: 0800 783 2980, www.roofie.com - Advice information and support on drug assisted rape. * SAFE: 01722 410889 - SAFE provides a telephone helpline for survivors of ritual abuse and their supporters. * Sapphire: 020 7321 7104, www.met.police.uk/sapphire - For advice and information for anyone who has been raped. * Sexual Violence Legal Advice Line: 020 7251 8887 (phone) or 020 7490 2562 (textphone) Mondays 11am-1pm and Tuesdays 10am-12 noon. Free confidential legal advice too women on sexual violence issues including rape, sexual assault, child sex offences, family related sex offences, trafficking, general criminal legal advice. * STEP UP: 020 8517 5888 s- Support for parents and carers of sexually abused children. Run by parents of sexually abused children. Telephone helpline, drop in and befriending service. (Drop in Ilford, Essex area). * STOP IT NOW!: 0808 1000 900, www.stopitnow.org.uk - Child Sexual Abuse campaign that aims to provide adults with the information they need to protect children effectively. The campaign also urges adults worried about their own thoughts or behaviour towards children to seek help. * Survivors Network: 01273 720110 - National helpline offering support for women (16+) who were sexually abused in childhood. Open Wed and Friday 7pm to 9pm. Drop-in service and facilitated support group sessions for women who live locally to Brighton and Hove. * Survivors Poetry: 020 7281 4654, email info@survivorspoetry.org.uk, www.survivorspoetry.com - National organisation promoting poetry of survivors of mental distress through workshops, meetings and publications. Phone for details of nearest group. * Voice UK: Helpline 0845 122 8695, Admin: 01332 345346, email voice@voiceuk.org.uk, www.voiceuk.org.uk - Telephone support and information for adults and children with learning disabilities who have been abused, and for their families and carers.