The Glade Sexual Assault Referral Centre

We provide forensic medicals and crisis support for victims of sexual violence. Men and women aged 16 years and above both recent or non recent. We also provide advice and online resources to help professionals offer the right support and advice to our service users. The Glade is here 24/7, 365 days a year to offer everyone information and guidance if someone discloses that they have been raped or sexually assaulted, regardless of when it happened.

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Our work in suicide prevention

Victims of rape and sexual assault are often left feeling vulnerable and isolated. We recognise the importance of assessing and putting support measures in place for all of our clients. It is vital to empower clients and help them understand the trauma of sexual violence. We have made good links with local mental health support providers to ensure that the referral pathway is victim centred.

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Our current priorities

We aim to promote SARC services to both the public and professionals, ensuring that all necessary support pathways are in place for victims of rape and sexual assault once they contact us. Our focus is on fostering multi-agency approaches to supporting victims and survivors, ensuring that care pathways are person-centred. We aim to educate support agencies on the challenges of disclosure and the appropriate referral pathways for victims of sexual violence.

Our current challenges

Due to a number of barriers we are seeing dips in the number of people coming forward.

We are continuously trying to raise the profile of our service, making it accessible to as many people as possible regardless of the barriers presented by the current pandemic.

The number of male victims accessing our service is low and we would like to increase this and empower them to reach our for support and information.

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