Our support is free and confidential for survivors living in the Scottish Borders. Our Sunrise service offers emotional and practical, support, information and advocacy for self-identifying female survivors aged 18+. Our Unity service offers emotional and practical, support, information and advocacy for all young people of any gender/gender identity aged between 12 and 18. Our support services are for survivors who have experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives.

We offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental environment. Our support is person-centred and trauma informed. Survivors choose what they share with us, and do not need to talk about the sexual violence they have experienced unless they choose to. Survivors may wish to focus on the impact of the sexual violence during support sessions. Survivors tell us that our support can be 'life-changing'. They feel stronger, they have improved self-esteem and self-worth, feel more hopeful and better able to cope.

What donations will be used for:
The Scottish Borders covers a wide geographical area which is largely rural. Funds raised will contribute to making our services as accessible as possible, by providing support with travel costs - both for survivors to travel to our Centre in Galashiels for their block of support sessions, and to enable our staff to travel and provide sessions through outreach venues such as community hospitals and GP surgeries.
We also use donations to provide self-care packages for survivors, these have been received with a lot of gratitude and thanks. "That's so lovely and thoughtful. Usually, I'd say give it to someone else, but I think it would be the perfect little pick me up I'm needing just now. Thank you.’’   

For more information, please see our website: Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre