Self Help Groups in Scotland
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Aberdeen friendship group-Information Helpline, support group and befriending service for women adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and for women whose children have been abused. They also provide a library with resources on sexual abuse issues.

Women's Centre,
Shoe Lane,
Aberdeen
AB25 1AG

Telephone 01224 590388

Opening hours Monday: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tuesday: closed. Wednesday: closed. Thursday: closed. Friday: closed. Weekend: closed.

Aberdeenshire Women's Aid offer information, support, refuge and information to all women who have suffered any type of abuse.

Telephone: 01888 562241

Opening hours: Mon- Fri 10am to 4pm. Weekend: closed. An answerphone will take messages.


Abuse Not was set up for survivors of sexual abuse, their relatives and supporters, to provide ongoing support in order that survivors grow to value themselves, appreciate their abilities and fulfil their full potential.

Ayr Rape Crisis and Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse Centre are an organisation which aims to help women and girls who have been raped, sexually abused or are a survivor of incest. There are a small number of Rape Crisis Centres throughout Scotland which are supported by a Scottish Rape Crisis Network, which undertakes work such as training, educating and campaigning. They are independent from the Police, Social Services etc.

Aye Rape Crisis
P.O Box 45
Ayr
KA8 8BT

Telephone: 01292 611301

Opening hours: normal hours + Wed 6:00 - 9:00pm.

Breakthrough for Women provides support and counselling to women over 16 who have been affected by sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault and violence.

Breakthrough for Women
4/1 30 Bell Street,
Glasgow,
G11 1LG


Telephone: 0141 552 5483

Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre Support and information for women who have been raped or sexually assaulted, and survivors of child sexual abuse. Training for professionals on sexual violence.

Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre
PO Box 48,
Stirling
FK8 1YG

Telephone 01786 471771

Opening hours: Monday: closed. Tuesday: 11am - 1pm Wednesday: 11am - 1pm Thursday: 7pm - 9pm Friday: closed. Weekend: Sun 1pm - 3pm.
Also in Falkirk

PO Box 38
Falkirk
FK1 1AA

The telephone number is the same as above.

Children 1st supports families under stress, protects children from harm and neglect, helps children recover from abuse, and promotes children's rights and interests.

Throughout Scotland their staff and volunteers use their skills to help children overcome the difficulties in their lives and rebuild trust and confidence.

CHILDREN 1ST
83 Whitehouse Loan
Edinburgh
EH9 1AT

ParentLine Scotland is a free, confidential helpline for parents and carers. Talking through worries, problems and concerns can and does help.

Telephone: 0808 800 2222.

Dunbarton District Women's Aid provides information, support and/or safe refuge to women, children and young people fleeing domestic abuse. Domestic abuse refers to a wide range of physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse.

Telephone:01389 751036

Opening hours: Mon - Thurs - 9.30 am - 8.30 pm. Fri - 9.30 am - 4.30 pm.

Dunfermline Area Abuse Survivors Project run a helpline for anyone aged 16 and over who is experiencing or who has experienced sexual abuse, and their families and friends. They provide counselling, information, advice, listening and referrals. Also offer individual counselling, a befriending service and a self-help group.

Bruce Street Sports Centre,
37-40 Bruce Street,
Dunfermline
KY12 7AG

Telephone 01383 739084

Opening hours: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Closed Friday: 7pm - 9pm Weekend: Sat/Sun 7pm - 9pm

East Fife Women's Aid is a free, confidential service run for women by women. The service offers help, information and support to women and their children who have experience of domestic abuse. They also offer outreach.

Telephone: 01334 412330 10am - 4.pm Monday to Friday or between 7 PM and 7 AM every night and all weekend.

Edinburgh Women's Aid s a free, confidential service run for women by women. The service offers help, information and support to women and their children who have experience of domestic abuse.

Telephone: 0131 229 1419

Opening hours: Monday 10.00am - 3.00pm Tuesday 1.00pm - 3.00pm Wednesday 10.00am - 3.00pm Thursday 10.00am - 7.00pm Friday 10.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 9.30am - 12.45pm. Sunday: closed.

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre provide telephone and face to face support and information for women and girls who have been raped, sexually assaulted or abused at any time in their lives. They also offer information to friends and families, and run group support sessions for women and girls only.

PO Box 120,
Brunswick Road,
Edinburgh
EH7 5XX

Telephone 0131 556 9437

Opening hours:Monday: 7pm - 9pm Tuesday: 7pm - 9pm Wednesday: 7pm - 9pm Thursday: 1pm - 3pm Friday: 10am - 12 noon.

Edinburgh Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre provides emotional and practial support to women and girls (from aged 12) who have suffered any type of sexual violence at any time in their lives.

EWRASAC
P.O Box 120
Edinburgh
EH7 5WX

Telephone: 0131 556 9437

Opening hours: variable- the answerphone gives out opening times when the phone line is not open.

Grampian Women's Aid is a free, confidential service run for women by women. The service offers help, information and support to women and their children who have experience of domestic abuse.

Telephone: 01224 593381

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9.00am-1.00pm Monday - Friday 1.30pm-4.30pm Weekend: closed.

Hamilton and Clydesdale Women's Aid is a free, confidential service run for women by women. The service offers help, information and support to women and their children who have experience of domestic abuse.

Hamilton:

Telephone: 01698 891 498

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm, Friday 10am-2pm, Legal Service Monday 2pm-4pm.

Clydesdale:

Telephone: 01555 752 686

Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10am-4pm; Friday 10am-2pm; Closed Wednesday; Legal Service Thursday 2pm-4pm.

Incest Survivors Aberdeen is a Scottish Charity dedicated to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse both male and female, and their supporters. They run an information board on their website. It includes contact details for local organisations which offer counselling to survivors, and national organisations providing support including counselling, information and resources.

Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project (KASP), an independent voluntary organisation supporting adult, male and female survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Fife. They offer individual counselling and advocacy for survivors. Support for friends and partners and for non-abusing parents of abused children.

Telephone: 01592 646 744

Opening hours: Mon- Fri 9am -4pm. All other times: closed.

Kirkcaldy Area Abuse Survivors Project have telephone support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Also offer support and information to non-abusing parents/partners and other supporters of adult survivors. Provide training for individuals and professional staff on sexual abuse issues.
:
8 Hunter Street,
Kirkcaldy,
Fife
KY1 1ED

Telephone 01592 646644

Opening hours Monday: 9.30am - 4.30pm Tuesday: 9.30am - 4.30pm Wednesday: 9.30am - 4.30pm Thursday: 9.30am - 4.30pm Friday: 9.30am - 4.30pm.

Open Secret supports adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (aged 16+), men and women. Individual counselling available and a range of support and self-help groups. Run workshops, groups and training for volunteer counsellors and offer training on sexual abuse issues for agencies.

Open Secret
22 Newmarket Street,
Falkirk
FK1 1JQ

Telephone 01324 630100

Monday: closed .Tuesday: closed. Wednesday: 6pm - 9pm Thursday: 10am - 12 noon Friday: closed. Weekend:closed.

Also in Alloa

Open Secret
19 Mar Street
Alloa
FK10 1HR

01259 729981

Email

Also in Stirling

Open Secret
76 Port Street
Stirling
FK8 2LP

Telephone: 01786 448504

Email

Parents and Children Support Project run an Information Helpline, individual support and information for people affected by sexual abuse, including non-abusing parents and carers, adult survivors, their partners and siblings. Also offer information, training and awareness raising to voluntary and statutory agencies working in the field.

PACS
c/o Cavoc House,
241 Brandon Street,
Motherwell,
North Lanarkshire
ML1 1RS
Telephone 01698 327151

Location- North Lanarkshire and Scotland.
Opening hours Monday: 8.45am - 5pm Tuesday: 8.45am - 5pm Wednesday: 8.45am - 5pm Thursday: 8.45am - 5pm Friday: 8.45am - 2pm Weekend:
Support for men and women

R.A.N.S -Ritual Abuse Network Scotland- run a website that is an informative and useful resource for anyone connected with ritual abuse anywhere in the world, be they survivors, counsellors, or just a concerned friend. They are based in Dundee, Scotland but in todays global society we know we can help anyone, anywhere.

R.A.N.S.
1 Victoria Road
Dundee
DD1 1EL

Rape and Abuse Line is a helpline for anyone who has been affected by rape and or abuse. 080 8800 0123 is answered by women. 080 8800 0122 is answered by men and is available on Monday and Wednesday only.

Rape and Abuse Line
P.O Box 10
Dingwall
Ross-shire
IV15 9HA

Telephone 080 8800 0123 & 080 8800 0122

Monday: 7pm - 10pm women and men. Tuesday: 7pm - 10pm women .Wednesday: 7pm - 10pm women and men. Thursday: 7pm - 10pm women. Friday: 7pm - 10pm women. Weekend: Sat/Sun 7pm - 10pm women.

Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (North East) is a women collective which is operating rape crisis line for women and girls who have been raped or sexualy abused. We aim to give support by listening and giving women the opportunity to talk and express their feelings about any experience of sexual abuse - however long ago it happened. We are part of a network that consists of four centres throughout Scotland. The centres share a common approach to the provision of confidential, free support and information for female survivors of Rape, Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse.

Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
1 - 3 Little Belmont Street,
Aberdeen
AB10 1JG

Telephone: 01224 620772

Opening hours:Monday 7pm - 9pm and Thurdays 7pm -9pm Closed all other times.
Calls will be answered by one of their female volunteers. An answering machine is available at any time day or night and your call will be returned as soon as possible.

Rape Counselling and Resource Centre provides support for adult survivors of rape and child sexual abuse and to their family, friends and supporters.

RCRC
PO Box 23
Kilmarnock
KA1 1DP

Telephone: 01563 541769

Opening hours: Mon- Thurs 10am -5pm and Fri 10am- 2pm. A 24 hour answerphone takes messages.

Rape Crisis Centre Glasgow offers free and confidential support and information to women and girls who have been raped, sexually assaulted and/or sexually abused, no matter when or how. The centre is run entirely by women, for women.

Rape Crisis Centre
PO Box 53
Glasgow
G1 1WE

Telephone: 0141 552 3200

Rape Crisis Scotland are the national office for rape crisis and sexual abuse centres, part of the Scottish Rape Crisis Network.

Safe Strong and Free Project advises adults on what they can do to help reduce the risk of child abuse. Help children learn how to stay safe if faced with bullying, approached by a stranger or an inappropriate or unwanted approach from an adult they know. Workshops available to pre-school children with the use of puppets.

Safe Strong and Free Project
PO Box 5610
Inverness
IV1 1ZU

Telephone: 01463 712669

SAY Women is a voluntary organisation which offers safe and secure accommodation for young women aged 16- 25 who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault and who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.

SAY Women
3rd Floor,
30 Bell Street,
Glasgow, G1 1LG

Telephone: 0141-552 5803

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9.30am - 9.30pm Friday - Saturday sleepover until lunch time 12pm. Sunday - 2.30pm - 9pm.

Scottish Women's Aid If you are worried about how someone close to you is treating you, Women's Aid can help. There are groups all over Scotland, and you can phone up or visit them during office hours. You don't need an appointment, but it is a good idea to phone first to check when the office is open. Scottish Women's Aid are an organisation of women who are concerned about domestic abuse, and many of us have experienced abuse ourselves.

Telephone: 0800 027 1234

Opening hours: 10am - 10pm

Shetland Women's Aid are an organisation of women who are concerned about domestic abuse, and many of us have experienced abuse ourselves.

Telephone: 01595 692070

Opening hours: 9 am - 5 pm.

South West Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre offers telephone support for women and young girls who have experienced rape and sexual abuse. Outside opening hours, please leave a message - calls returned within 5 hours. Individual support can also be arranged.

South West Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre
PO Box 7859,
Stranraer
DG9 7YB

Telephone 01776 889331

Opening hours: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 7pm - 9pm Thursday: Closed Friday.
Also in Dumfries

9 George Street Mews,
Dumfries,
DG1 1HH

Telephone: 01387 253113

SPEAKEASY offer free counselling for young people aged 19- 25 years. Also for parents or guardians of young people living in West Lothian.

Speakeasy,
44 Adelaide Street,
Craigshill,
Livingston,
West Lothian
EH54 5HQ.

Telephone: 0800 220 424

Strathclyde Rape Crisis Centre provide a helpline for women and girls who have been raped, sexually assaulted and/or sexually abused. Also for their friends, relatives and professionals. Offer support, and provide information on police and legal procedures, criminal injuries compensation, pregnancy prevention.

Rape Crisis Centre
PO Box 53,
Glasgow
G2 1YR

Telephone 0141 331 1990

Helpline times vary, please call for details.

South West Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre offer telephone support for women and young girls who have experienced rape and sexual abuse. Outside opening hours, please leave a message - calls returned within 5 hours. Individual support can also be arranged.

South West Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre
PO Box 7859,
Stranraer
DG9 7YB

Telephone 01776 889331

Opening hours: Monday: closed. Tuesday: closed. Wednesday: 7pm - 9pm Thursday: closed. Friday: closed.

Survivor Support offer support for women over 16 who have been raped, sexually assaulted or sexually abused as a child. Also offer individual face to face support. Most of the workers have had personal experience of sexual crime.

Survivor Support
c/o West Lothian Women's Forum,
36 King Street,
Bathgate, West Lothian
EH48 1AX

Telephone 01506 636463

Opening hours: Monday: 9am - 10pm Tuesday: 9am - 10pm Wednesday: 9am - 10pm Thursday: 9am - 10pm Friday: 9am - 10pm

S.W.A.P. Project supporting women abused in prostitution provides support and information to women who have been raped and/or sexually assaulted while involved in prostitution.

c/o Rape Crisis Centre
PO Box 53
Glasgow
G2 1YR

Telephone: Audrey on 07736 387228

Western Isles Women's Aid are an organisation of women who are concerned about domestic abuse, and many of us have experienced abuse ourselves.

Telephone: 01851 704750

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10 am - 4.30 pm. Saturday Sunday 24 hours on call service

Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre provide a free and confidential quality support and information service to women, young women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives.

WRASAC
PO Box 83
Dundee
DD1 1YN

Telephone: 01382 201291

Opening hours: Wed- Fri 7pm- 9pm. Closed all other times, but a 24 hour answerphone is in operation.

The Women's Support Project is a voluntary organisation, which works against violence against women and children. We work on a broad range of issues including domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, child sexual abuse and incest.

Telephone: 0141 552 2221

Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thur and Fri 10am- 4pm. Wed 2-4.30pm. All other times: closed.

Wounded Wings has been established with a view to providing help for people who self-harm, their family and friends. It aims to offer a safe and confidential environment for people to discuss and understand why they self-harm in a group setting. For ages over 16. The group is held on a Monday.

Wounded Wings
32 Craighall Road
Edinburgh
EH6 4SU

Telephone: 07730 872784

Young Women's Centre support, information and helpline for young women under 18, who have been sexually abused. Also run a self injury helpline on 01382 228555. Abuse prevention and awareness work.

Young Women's Centre
1 Victoria Road,
2nd Floor,
Dundee
DD1 1EL

Telephone 0800 731 4080

Opening hours: Monday: 10am - 7pm Tuesday: 10am - 7pm Wednesday: 10am - 7pm Thursday: 10am - 7pm Friday: 10am - 7pm. Weekend: closed.

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