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Women

Rape Crisis (England and Wales)

National Helpline (Freephone): 0808 802 9999

Open everyday of the year between:

12:00 to 14:30 and 19:00 to 21:30

Website: www.rapecrisis.org.uk

Here you can find your local rape crisis centre.

Rape Crisis Scotland

National Helpline (Freephone): 08088 01 03 02

Open everyday of the year between 6pm and midnight.

Website: rapecrisisscotland.org.uk

Here you can find your local rape crisis centre

Nexus Northern Ireland

24 Hour Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline (Freephone): 0808 802 1414

Website: https://dsahelpline.org

Here you can find your local rape crisis centres

Forced Marriage & Honour Based Violence (FGM):

NSPCC

NSPCC’s Female Genital Mutilation Helpline: 0800 028 3550

Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Email: fgmhelp@nspcc.org.uk

Karma Nirvana

National UK Helpline for honour based abuse and forced marriage (Freephone): 0800 5999 247

Website: karmanirvana.org.uk

NHS

National FGM Support Clinics are community based clinics that offer a range of specialist support for women with Female Geniral Mutilation (FGM)

Website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/national-fgm-support-clinics

Revenge Porn

UK’s national revenge Porn Helpline (Freephone): 0845 6000 459

Website: revengepornhelpline.org.uk

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6 March 2024 NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches across the UK including NatWest, Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.  Safe Spaces, part of Hestia’s UK Says No More campaign, are designated locations which anyone ...

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