Rape Crisis England & Wales
@rapecrisis.bsky.social
With our 36 Rape Crisis centres we deliver specialist services to those affected by sexual violence & abuse, and aim to educate, influence and make change.
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The 24/7 Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Line is a free phone and online chat service for anyone aged 16+ in England & Wales who has experienced any form of sexual violence, abuse or harassment at any time in their lives.
ℹ️ Visit our website: bit.ly/41gjnuP
ℹ️ Visit our website: bit.ly/41gjnuP
Survivors deserve justice, at every point of reporting their experience of sexual violence to the police.
We’re pleased to share that our super-complaint has been accepted.
Read more: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/news/hmicfrs-accepts-the-super-complaint-on-delayed-police-investigations/
We’re pleased to share that our super-complaint has been accepted.
Read more: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/news/hmicfrs-accepts-the-super-complaint-on-delayed-police-investigations/
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Survivors deserve justice, at every point of reporting their experience of sexual violence to the police.
We’re pleased to share that our super-complaint has been accepted.
Read more: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/news/hmicfrs-accepts-the-super-complaint-on-delayed-police-investigations/
We’re pleased to share that our super-complaint has been accepted.
Read more: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/news/hmicfrs-accepts-the-super-complaint-on-delayed-police-investigations/
Last night, we attended the launch of the #ForeverFund, a project developed by the Women's Resource Centre in response to the chronic and worsening funding crisis of the women's sector.
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Last night, we attended the launch of the #ForeverFund, a project developed by the Women's Resource Centre in response to the chronic and worsening funding crisis of the women's sector.
The number of cases awaiting trial has increased.
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
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January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The number of cases awaiting trial has increased.
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Adult and child survivors of sexual violence and abuse deserve better. They deserve justice.
And this why we’re working tirelessly to influence change.
But we can’t do it alone.
Help us continue this vital work: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
And this why we’re working tirelessly to influence change.
But we can’t do it alone.
Help us continue this vital work: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Adult and child survivors of sexual violence and abuse deserve better. They deserve justice.
And this why we’re working tirelessly to influence change.
But we can’t do it alone.
Help us continue this vital work: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
And this why we’re working tirelessly to influence change.
But we can’t do it alone.
Help us continue this vital work: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Looking for your next role in the VAWG sector?
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Looking for your next role in the VAWG sector?
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
Supporting someone who has experienced rape or another form of sexual violence or abuse can feel really hard.
But by being there and listening to them you're already helping.
Let them tell you what they need.
Dos and don'ts for supporters: rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/sup...
But by being there and listening to them you're already helping.
Let them tell you what they need.
Dos and don'ts for supporters: rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/sup...
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Supporting someone who has experienced rape or another form of sexual violence or abuse can feel really hard.
But by being there and listening to them you're already helping.
Let them tell you what they need.
Dos and don'ts for supporters: rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/sup...
But by being there and listening to them you're already helping.
Let them tell you what they need.
Dos and don'ts for supporters: rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/sup...
Happy New Year, everyone 🎉
It's been a while since we logged in here, what did we miss?
It's been a while since we logged in here, what did we miss?
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Happy New Year, everyone 🎉
It's been a while since we logged in here, what did we miss?
It's been a while since we logged in here, what did we miss?
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Solidarity with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, Centre for Women’s Justice and @bindmans.com bringing this timely and important super-complaint as rape survivors face unprecedented and often multiple-year delays to their cases rapecrisis.org.uk/get-involved...
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Solidarity with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, Centre for Women’s Justice and @bindmans.com bringing this timely and important super-complaint as rape survivors face unprecedented and often multiple-year delays to their cases rapecrisis.org.uk/get-involved...
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We've joined @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @thesurvivorstrust.bsky.social and others in sharing concerns about self-swab 'rape kits'.
We cannot support their use, and encourage victim-survivors to use the services provided by sexual assault referral centres or specialist sexual violence services.
We cannot support their use, and encourage victim-survivors to use the services provided by sexual assault referral centres or specialist sexual violence services.
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We've joined @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @thesurvivorstrust.bsky.social and others in sharing concerns about self-swab 'rape kits'.
We cannot support their use, and encourage victim-survivors to use the services provided by sexual assault referral centres or specialist sexual violence services.
We cannot support their use, and encourage victim-survivors to use the services provided by sexual assault referral centres or specialist sexual violence services.
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✨ Exciting news! Our joint #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign won Campaign of the Year at the @smkcampaigners.bsky.social National Campaigner Awards.
Wins like this are a powerful reminder of what our movement can achieve together.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40yf8JX
Wins like this are a powerful reminder of what our movement can achieve together.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40yf8JX
July 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
✨ Exciting news! Our joint #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign won Campaign of the Year at the @smkcampaigners.bsky.social National Campaigner Awards.
Wins like this are a powerful reminder of what our movement can achieve together.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40yf8JX
Wins like this are a powerful reminder of what our movement can achieve together.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/40yf8JX
New data from the Ministry of Justice shows rape and sexual offence cases in the Crown Court's backlog have yet again reached a record high.
Our CEO, Ciara Bergman, comments on the impact this has for survivors ➡️ bit.ly/4kqZ83S
Our CEO, Ciara Bergman, comments on the impact this has for survivors ➡️ bit.ly/4kqZ83S
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
New data from the Ministry of Justice shows rape and sexual offence cases in the Crown Court's backlog have yet again reached a record high.
Our CEO, Ciara Bergman, comments on the impact this has for survivors ➡️ bit.ly/4kqZ83S
Our CEO, Ciara Bergman, comments on the impact this has for survivors ➡️ bit.ly/4kqZ83S
📣 Are you a victim/survivor of sexual violence who has reported to the police and waited 3+ years for the investigation to conclude?
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📣 Are you a victim/survivor of sexual violence who has reported to the police and waited 3+ years for the investigation to conclude?
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
❗ Last week, the government announced that pornography depicting any act of strangulation will be made illegal through the Crime and Policing Bill.
This goes some way in acknowledging the harmful role violent pornography plays in society.
➡️ Read our full comment: bit.ly/3FZPA1x
This goes some way in acknowledging the harmful role violent pornography plays in society.
➡️ Read our full comment: bit.ly/3FZPA1x
June 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
❗ Last week, the government announced that pornography depicting any act of strangulation will be made illegal through the Crime and Policing Bill.
This goes some way in acknowledging the harmful role violent pornography plays in society.
➡️ Read our full comment: bit.ly/3FZPA1x
This goes some way in acknowledging the harmful role violent pornography plays in society.
➡️ Read our full comment: bit.ly/3FZPA1x
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❤️🔥Campaign of the Year❤️🔥
Such an honour to have our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @rightsofwomen.bsky.social & Centre for Women’s Justice recognised with an award!
Together we changed the law to stop survivors’ therapy notes being routinely scrutinised by police
Such an honour to have our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @rightsofwomen.bsky.social & Centre for Women’s Justice recognised with an award!
Together we changed the law to stop survivors’ therapy notes being routinely scrutinised by police
June 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
❤️🔥Campaign of the Year❤️🔥
Such an honour to have our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @rightsofwomen.bsky.social & Centre for Women’s Justice recognised with an award!
Together we changed the law to stop survivors’ therapy notes being routinely scrutinised by police
Such an honour to have our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @rightsofwomen.bsky.social & Centre for Women’s Justice recognised with an award!
Together we changed the law to stop survivors’ therapy notes being routinely scrutinised by police
🆕 We've joined @imkaan.bsky.social & @4refugeewomen.bsky.social to launch #SafeAsylumNow this #RefugeeWeek.
We're urging the government to make the asylum system safer for women and girls fleeing rape and sexual abuse.
Write to your MP: bit.ly/4dWfYpo
ℹ️: bit.ly/4jPImem
We're urging the government to make the asylum system safer for women and girls fleeing rape and sexual abuse.
Write to your MP: bit.ly/4dWfYpo
ℹ️: bit.ly/4jPImem
June 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕 We've joined @imkaan.bsky.social & @4refugeewomen.bsky.social to launch #SafeAsylumNow this #RefugeeWeek.
We're urging the government to make the asylum system safer for women and girls fleeing rape and sexual abuse.
Write to your MP: bit.ly/4dWfYpo
ℹ️: bit.ly/4jPImem
We're urging the government to make the asylum system safer for women and girls fleeing rape and sexual abuse.
Write to your MP: bit.ly/4dWfYpo
ℹ️: bit.ly/4jPImem
📣 Are you a victim/survivor of sexual violence who has reported to the police and waited 3+ years for the investigation to conclude?
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📣 Are you a victim/survivor of sexual violence who has reported to the police and waited 3+ years for the investigation to conclude?
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
We want to hear from you. Your experience can help build a police super-complaint to push for change.
🔗 Find out more: form.jotform.com/251132782309...
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Proud to have partnered with @vision-research.bsky.social & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on this important new research.
Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.
Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.
Sexual violence has an economic cost. Researchers say it’s more than 10 times higher than we think
Experts are calling on the government to invest urgently in preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors.
www.stylist.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Proud to have partnered with @vision-research.bsky.social & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on this important new research.
Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.
Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.
❗ Free transcripts of a judge's sentencing remarks are now available for victims of serious sexual offences whose cases are heard in the Crown Court.
🔗 Read more and find out how to apply: rapecrisis.org.uk/news/free-tr...
🔗 Read more and find out how to apply: rapecrisis.org.uk/news/free-tr...
June 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
❗ Free transcripts of a judge's sentencing remarks are now available for victims of serious sexual offences whose cases are heard in the Crown Court.
🔗 Read more and find out how to apply: rapecrisis.org.uk/news/free-tr...
🔗 Read more and find out how to apply: rapecrisis.org.uk/news/free-tr...
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We're proud to have partnered with VISION & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on a project to calculate the lifetime cost of sexual violence and abuse to offer a more realistic reflection of its long-term burden borne by both survivors and society.
June 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We're proud to have partnered with VISION & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on a project to calculate the lifetime cost of sexual violence and abuse to offer a more realistic reflection of its long-term burden borne by both survivors and society.
If you've been raped or sexually assaulted in another country then you might be feeling alone, confused, and unsure of where you can go for help.
Visit our website for information and support resources: bit.ly/43HekV7
Visit our website for information and support resources: bit.ly/43HekV7
May 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you've been raped or sexually assaulted in another country then you might be feeling alone, confused, and unsure of where you can go for help.
Visit our website for information and support resources: bit.ly/43HekV7
Visit our website for information and support resources: bit.ly/43HekV7
If you’ve survived sexual violence more than once, the justice system might use that against you.
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you’ve survived sexual violence more than once, the justice system might use that against you.
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
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📢BREAKING
Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.
Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]
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Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.
Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]
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Women for Refugee Women : Safety and Survival: How the Work Ban Fuels Violence Against Women Seeking Asylum
New research uncovers how the work ban harms women seeking safety in the UK, placing them at risk of abuse and exploitation.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢BREAKING
Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.
Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]
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Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.
Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]
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Our 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line will be running as usual this bank holiday weekend - it's open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
To find out more or get in touch, visit: bit.ly/41gjnuP
To find out more or get in touch, visit: bit.ly/41gjnuP
May 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Our 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line will be running as usual this bank holiday weekend - it's open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
To find out more or get in touch, visit: bit.ly/41gjnuP
To find out more or get in touch, visit: bit.ly/41gjnuP