Abuse and Trauma Support Services
ASSIST Trauma Care
- For anyone who has experienced a traumatic event.
- Offers therapy (to be paid for).
Website: http://assisttraumacare.org.uk/
Telephone: 01788 551919
Email: admin@assisttraumacare.org.uk
Beauty After Bruises
- USA only.
- For people with complex trauma.
- Offers financial help to access therapy and other services.
Website: https://www.beautyafterbruises.org/
Crossroads
- For anyone affected by domestic abuse in Derbyshire.
-Offers information on abuse, helpline, and specialist support services.
Website: http://www.crossroadsderbyshire.org/
Derbyshire Domestic Abuse helpline: 0800 0198 668
Crossroads helpline: 01457 856675
Hourglass
- For older people who are being abused.
- Offers helpline, text support and information on abuse.
Website: https://wearehourglass.org/
Helpline: 0808 808 8141 (free)
Text support: 078 6005 2908
Life Centre
- For anyone who has experienced rape or sexual abuse.
- Offers counselling and helpline.
Website: https://lifecentre.uk.com/
Helpline: 0808 802 0808 (doesn’t show on phone bill)
Text helpline: 07717 989 022
Men’s Advice Line
- For men experiencing or have experienced domestic violence.
- Offers helpline, email support, and information on abuse.
Website: https://mensadviceline.org.uk/
Helpline: 0808 801 0327 (doesn’t show on phone bill)
Email support: info@mensadviceline.org.uk
National Association for People Abused in Childhood
- 18+
- For survivors of any type of child abuse.
- Operated by experienced staff and trained volunteers.
- Offers groups, advice about pursuing a legal action (but doesn’t offer legal advice), and information.
Website: https://napac.org.uk/
Email: support@napac.org.uk
Support line: 0808 801 0331 (calls don’t show up on phone bill)
Respond
- For those over 18 years old who have a learning disability and/or autism, and have experienced abuse/trauma.
- Offers counselling.
Website: https://respond.org.uk/
Email: admin@respond.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7383 0700
Safeline
- For anyone who has survived or is at risk of sexual violence/abuse.
- Offers counselling and therapy, Independent Sexual Violence Advocates, dedicated support service for men and boys who have been affected by sexual violence/abuse, dedicated helpline for those in Warwickshire affected by sexual violence/abuse, and specialist medical and forensic support for recent victims of sexual violence.
Website: https://safeline.org.uk/
Warwickshire helpline: 0808 800 5008
Male helpline: 0808 800 5005
Support For Survivors
- For adult survivors of childhood abuse.
- Run by volunteers, many of which have survived childhood abuse.
- Offers one-to-one and group support, workshops, and information.
Website: https://supportforsurvivors.org/
Call: 0115 962 2722
Email: hello@supportforsurvivors.org
SurvivorsUK
- For boys, men, and non binary people (13+) who have experienced sexual violence.
- Offers helpline (text and web chat) groups across the UK.
- Offers counselling and Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Services if sexual violence occurred in or the survivor lives in London.
Website: https://www.survivorsuk.org/
Text: 020 3322 1860
The Dash Charity
- For anyone experiencing domestic violence in East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire.
- Offers helpline, and refuge accommodation for women.
Website: https://thedashcharity.org.uk/
Helpline: 0808 2000247