Resources

Helplines for Victim-Survivors

• NHS Lothian Sexual Assault Response Co-ordination Service (SARCS)

24hrs: 0800 148 88 88

• Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage

24hrs: 0800 027 1234

• Rape Crisis Scotland

5pm-midnight: 08088 01 0302

• Scottish Women’s Rights Centre

Wed 10am-1pm, Thurs 1.30-4.30pm: 08088 010 789

• Amina (Muslim Women’s Resource Centre) 

Mon-Fri 10am-4pm: 0808 801 0301

• Hemat Gryffe (BME women’s support) 

24hrs: 0141 353 0859

• LGBT Health and Wellbeing Helpline 

Tues & Wed 12-9pm, Thurs & Sun 1-6pm: 0300 123 2523

• Galop helpline (LGBT+ Victims and Survivors of Abuse and Violence) 

24hrs: 0800 999 5428

• Men’s Advice Line

Mon – Fri 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm: 0808 801 0327

• Fear Free

Support for people experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland who identify as a man or from the LGBT+ community

• Staff support resources
• Hollie Guard – personal alarm, location sharing and evidence-catcher app with a reporting function
• Women’s Aid Information and Support
• I’m not sure if my relationship is healthy – page from Women’s Aid on recognising abuse
• Victim’s Code for Scotland – sets out your rights as a victim of crime in Scotland
• Police.UK Stalking and Harassment page
• MyGov.scot Stalking support page
• Support for LGBTI Survivors of Sexual Violence (Rape Crisis Scotland)
• Relate page on emotional abuse
• mygov.scot – Support for female victims
• mygov.scot – Support for male victims
• mygov.scot – Check a partner’s history of abuse