Self Help Groups in South West
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Avon Sexual Abuse Centre is a free and confidential service for people who have been sexually abused.They offer individual counselling to male and female adults, adolescents and family.

ASAC
P.O Box 665
Bristol
BS99 1XY

Telephone: 0117 935 1707

Opening hours: Mon, Tues and Wed 9.30am- 2.30pm. Answerphone at all other times

Bristol Crisis Service for Women is a national voluntary organisation that supports women in emotional distress. We particularly help women who harm themselves (often called self-injury). They run a national helpline, produce information and publications about self-injury,offer talks and training courses to professionals and run and support self-help groups.

Helpline- 0117 925 119

Check Point provide information, advice and counselling for young people aged 11- 25.

Check Point
7 Victoria Road
Torquay,
Devon
TQ1 1HU

Telephone: 01803200100

Opening hours: Mon- Fri 12.30- 4.30pm. All other times: closed.

Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Telephone and individual counselling and support to female and male survivors (13+) of rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse.

Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
Area Health Office,
The Leats,
Truro,
Cornwall
TR1 3AH

Telephone 01872 262100

Opening hours: Monday -Friday: 9am - 5pm Weekend: closed. 24 hour answerphone.

Cornwall Youth Service provides informal education activities that encourage 14- 25 year olds to reach their potential. Further, Cornwall Youth Service directs resources to young people who have least opportunity to reach their potential; the disadvantaged and those in danger of exclusion from mainstream activities such as work, education, training, social activities and family and community life.

They also provide counselling, and offer information of all issues, including sexual abuse.They have 11 youth centres throughout Cornwall. See their website for details.

County Youth Office
County Hall
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY

Telephone: 0800 181033

Dorset Survivors are a non-profit making group, run by survivors of Child Abuse,who aim to help others survive the abuse they have received in childhood.

Gloucestershire Rape Crisis Centre provide a helpline for women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused, whether recently or in the past. Offer support, information and counselling. Also provide face to face counselling.

Gloucestershire Rape Crisis Centre
Address PO Box 16,
Gloucester
GL4 0RU

Telephone 01452 526770

Opening hours: Monday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Tuesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Wednesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Thursday: 11.30am - 12.30pm Friday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Weekend: closed.

Kinergy are a free and confidential service for all survivors of sexual abuse and rape for people over the age of 16. They also run support groups for survivors of abuse.

Kinergy
41 Britannia Road
Kingswood
Bristol
BS15 8BG

Telephone: 0117 908 7712

Opening hours: Mon and Fri 9am - 1pm; Tues 12.30-6pm.

M.A.S.H. Men as Survivors Helpline -offers telephone counselling for male survivors of childhood and adult sexual abuse and rape. Counsellors are trained and experienced in supporting men who have been abused.

M.A.S.H.
P.O Box 58
82 Colston Street
Bristol
BS1 5BD

Telephone: 0117 907 7100

Opening hours: Thursday 7pm- 9pm. All other times: closed.

Off the Record provides free confidential counselling for people under the age of 25.

Off The Record,
2 Horfield Road,
St Michael's Hill,
Bristol,
BS2 8EA

Telephone : 0117 9279120

Opening hours: Mon- Fri 9.30am - 8pm. All other times: closed.

Peace of Mind Therapeutic Centre therapy for survivors of abuse, their families and supporters. For individuals, couples and groups. Training and therapy avaliable in residential weekends and 2 day mid- week sessions.

Peace of Mind
Chyenhal
Drift
Penzance
TR19 6AN

Telephone: 01736 731038

Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Sat 9am- 7pm. All other times: closed.

Rape Crisis Line East Dorset run a helpline for women and girls who have been raped or abused. Offer a telephone and face to face listening service. Can accompany women to court, hospitals or clinics. Service also available for families and friends of survivors.

Rape Crisis Line
PO Box 877,
Bournemouth,
Dorset
BH8 8YU

Telephone 01202 547445

Opening hours: Monday: 1pm - 3pm Tuesday: 10am - 12 noon Wednesday: 8pm - 10pm Thursday: 8pm - 10pm Friday: 8pm - 10pm Weekend: Saturday 4pm - 6pm.

Single Parent Action Network is a multi-racial organisation of single parents working to improve the lives of one parent families in the UK and Europe. Their membership includes small single parent self-help groups, individual single parents, large charitable organisations and all kinds of support groups which are concerned in some way with supporting the needs of one parent families.

SPAN,
Millpond,
Baptist Street,
Easton,
Bristol,
BS5 0YW

Telephone: 0117 9514231

Survivors Swindon  

Survivors of Child Abuse Gloucestershire provide therapeutic counselling service for survivors (aged 13+), male and female, of childhood sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse. Offer both individual and group therapy. Also run workshops and educational packages for other agencies.

Telephone 01452 309026

Opening hours: Monday: closed. Tuesday: 10.30am - 1.30pm Wednesday: 10.30am - 1.30pm Thursday: 10.30am - 1.30pm Friday: 10.30am - 1.30pm. Weekend: closed.

The Wiltshire Rape Support Line provides a free and confidential service supporting both male and female survivors of rape, childhood abuse, any type of sexual assault and domestic violence. Trained volunteers will listen and offer support in a non-judgmental way, no matter how long ago the incident occurred.

0800 800 1144 or 01793 541144

We are open Tuesday evenings 7.00pm - 10.00pm, Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm & 7.00pm - 10.00pm and Sunday afternoons 2.00pm - 4.00pm.

There is an answerphone on at all other times. If you are able to leave a safe number we will call you back during these times or at other times by arrangement.

West Cornwall Womens Aid offers advice, advocacy, support and crisis intervention to women and their children who are experiencing or fleeing domestic violence.

Telephone: 01736 759 684

Opening hours: Mon- Fri 10am- 3pm.

Womankind- Bristol Women's Therapy Centre supports women with depression and other long-term mental health problems. Open ended therapy groups - fixed term, theme based therapy groups allow women to focus on specific problems - individual counselling - befriending scheme (in South Gloucestershire only) in partnership with local health care trust - student placements - training for volunteers - training workshops in working with depressed women. Support also offered to women who have experienced domestic violence.

Womankind
3rd Floor,
Brunswick Court
Brunswick Square
Bristol
BS2 8PE

Telephone: 0845 458 2914

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 10am to 12 noon, Tuesday and Wednesday 1pm to 3:00pm. Monday and Tuesday evenings 8pm to 10pm.

Women's Rape And Sexual Abuse Centre give free confidential support run by women for women and teenage girls who have experienced any form of sexual abuse at any time. They treat all calls equally, sensitively and confidentially, appreciating the courage required to break silence, overcome guilt and threats and share the events of the past whether they happened days or years ago.

Cornwall Women's Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre
PO Box 39,
Bodmin,
Cornwall,
PL31 1XF

Telephone : 01208 77099

Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm. Mondays:7.30pm - 10pm. All other times: closed.

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