USEFUL LINKS
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Sexual Assault Referral Centres
St. Mary’s Centre offers high quality, comprehensive and co-ordinated forensic, counselling, and medical services to males and females in Greater Manchester who have experienced rape or sexual assault, and their supporters.
The Lancashire SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examination) Centre provides forensic examinations, counselling and comprehensive support services for women, men and children of all ages who make a complaint of rape or sexual assault.
Support After Rape & sexual Violence Leeds
A free support service for females and males aged 14 and over, offering counselling, emotional and practical support throughout West Yorkshire.
The Havens are specialist centres in London for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted.
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Healthcare Professional and Forensic Links
Healthcare Professionals Working In Police Custody Setting.
International Council of Nursing
Advancing nursing and health world wide.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council
The core function of the NMC is to establish standards of education, training, conduct and performance for nursing and midwifery and to ensure those standards are maintained, thereby safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the public.
Representing nurses and nursing, promoting excellence in practice and shaping health policies.
The International Association of Forensic Nurses
The international voice of forensic nursing.
The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine
The FFLM is a charity set up to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV – BASHH – was formed in 2003 through the merger of the Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases (MSSVD) and the Association for Genitourinary Medicine (AGUM).
The Society of Sexual Health Advisors
A professional organisation for Health Advisers working in departments of Genito-Urinary Medicine and Sexual Health.
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit
Established in 2001 and situated at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, the Forensic Pathology Unit combines high-class research covering many aspects of forensic medicine and science with a forensic pathology service provision to the East Midlands and many other national and international organisations.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
The HCPC regularly consult service users and carers, health and care professionals and other key stakeholders, to get their views on the work they do.
The College of Paramedics is the recognised professional body for paramedics and the ambulance profession in the UK. The College represents its members in all matters affecting their clinical practice and supports them to achieve the highest standards of patient care.
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Other Support Agencies
Trauma is any experience that overwhelms the senses and creates psychological distress and fear.
Councelling Directory – Sexual Abuse / Sexual Violence
The Counselling Directory page we will look at how being abused in this way can make you feel, the power of talking and how to look after your mental health.
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
CWASU, originally The Child Abuse Studies Unit, was established in 1987 by two full-time staff of the then Polytechnic of North London – Mary MacLeod and Esther Saraga.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network is America’s largest anti-sexual assault organization.
National Child Charity.
The National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Help for children and teenagers.
Patching lives back together by helping people find addiction rehab fitting their needs. Offering addiction treatment that promotes lifestyle changes
Rape Crisis (England and Wales) provides coordination for the national network of Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales.
Supporting people with learning disabilities, their families, carers and professionals affected by trauma and abuse.
A helpline for men under 25 years old.
Free confidential sex advice and contraception for young people.
Call anonymously with information about a crime.
Samaritans provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
The POPPY Project was set up in 2003. It is funded by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (reporting to the Ministry of Justice) to provide accommodation and support to women who have been trafficked into prostitution. It has 35-bed spaces in houses throughout London.
This is a very informative, comprehensive guide to counselling as well as a search directory.
This is a very informative and useful resource outlining how children can be kept safe while online.
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Legal Links
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
The launch of the new CPS policy statement on prosecuting rape 30th June 2004.
The full Sexual Offences Act 2003 legislation.
The Ministry of Justice England and Wales
The CJS online.
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Police Links
College of Policing | Authorised Professional Practice
Authorised Professional Practice (APP) is developed and owned by the College of Policing (the professional body for policing) and can be accessed online.
The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)
The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)
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Information on Rape and Sexual Offences
Rape and sexual assault | nidirect
Rape and sexual assault affect people of all ages, both male and female. Sometimes alcohol or drugs are used in a sexual assault. This link is for Northern Ireland.
Victim Support » Rape or sexual assault: information for women
Being a victim of any kind of crime can be frightening and upsetting. But rape and sexual assault are particularly distressing crimes for the victim and the effects…
Teenage rape prevention | Home Office
You can find out information on a number of successful local campaigns.
Leading organisation campaigning for equality between women and men.
Personal Safety Guides: Protect Yourself Against Sex Crimes
Personal Safety Guides: Protect Yourself Against Sex Crimes
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Other Websites
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.
Overcoming sexual victimization of boys and men.
Supporting specialist services for survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.
It’s important that we keep our children safe online. Thankfully, even though the internet can appear to resemble a lawless Wild West at times, there are a number of steps that we can take to do just this.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Self-Test
The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, frequently referred to as the PCL-5, is a self-assessment to measure the presence and severity of PTSD symptoms.
A Parents’ Guide to Teaching you Teen Online Safety
A practical guide for parents on how to keep teens safe online, including useful summaries of popular internet apps as well as the types of threats teens could be exposed to online.
2020’s In-Depth Guide to Internet Safety for Kids and Students
It contains practical tips, useful infographics, and proven statistics. The guide tells about possible online dangers for children and aims to inform parents and teachers how to prevent them.
Sammy’s guide to internet safety
The guide teaches kids how to enjoy the internet safely while providing fun activities and games.