If you have 2 minutes…
Sign the petition on the Downing Street website to demand proper funding for Rape Crisis centres
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RapeCrisis/ and the petition to save Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Helpline (BSARCH) which faces closure
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Save-BSARCH/If you have 10 minutes…
Write to your MP, asking them to sign
Early Day Motion 1157 calling for proper funding for Rape Crisis centres and
Early Day Motion 1310 (Supporting Victims of Rape). You can also ask them to raise the issue with the Ministers for Women (Harriet Harman and Barbara Follett) and the Minister for the Third Sector, Kevin Brennan.
Find out who your MP is on
www.theyworkforyou.com.
If you have a little longer…
Find out if you have a Rape Crisis centre in your area and contact them to find out what help they need. You can find a list of centres on
www.rapecrisis.org.uk. If there is no Rape Crisis centre working in your area, highlight this in your contact with local representatives, policy decision makers and influencers and other organisations.
Download this
action sheet for more actions you can take and some key facts to support your campaigning.
Find out more about the history of Rape Crisis by buying the new book 'Rape Crisis: Responding to Sexual Violence' by Helen Jones and Kate Cook which can be ordered from
Russel House Publishers.
What do we want?
- The immediate establishment of a cross-government, ring-fenced Rape Crisis fund of £5m a year
- Greater investment in Rape Crisis by local and regional statutory agencies that refer women to centres
- The number and capacity of centres increased so every woman and girl can access support
- The professionalism of Rape Crisis workers recognised and appropriately remunerated through improved funding to Rape Crisis centres
- The impacts of sexual violence are long-term and far-reaching and funding for services should reflect this
Rape Crisis services work, and in many cases, they are literally life-saving.
The amount of money needed to ensure a sustainable Rape Crisis sector is small change to the government. We need the government to find the political will to implement a long-term, sustainable funding solution along the lines of the Scottish model.
End the postcode lottery of which women can access services. Support after sexual violence should be a right not a privilege!