External Support

General Support Lines

• Samaritans- Talk to the Samaritans any time you like, in your own way, and off the record – about whatever’s getting to you. Helpline: 116 123 (24 hours), www.samaritans.org 
• Support Line – provides a confidential telephone helpline offering emotional support to any individual on any issue, www.supportline.org.uk
• Victim Support– Free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report a crime. Also supports witnesses of crime. Support line:08 08 16 89 111,https://www.victimsupport.org.uk 
• Maytree - Maytree’s house is open 365 days a year for people when they’re feeling suicidal. Helpline: 020 7263 7070. https://www.maytree.org.uk/were-open-to-suicidal-feelings/
• The Listening Place - Face-to-face support for those who feel life is no longer worth living - https://listeningplace.org.uk/
  
   

Specialist Support Sexual Assault or Rape

• The Havens – Specialist centres in London for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted. Helpline: 020 3299 6900, www.thehavens.org.uk 
• London Rape Crisis – Support and services for women and girls, and information about support agencies for men. Helpline: 0808 802 9999, www.rapecrisis.org.uk 
• Survivor’s Network Interactive Grounding Techniques: https://learning.elucidat.com/course/5bd886eb1ce37-5c0a8c241f2a3  

 

Hate Crime 

• Stop Hate UK– charity providing independent and confidential support to people affected by hate crime, www.stophateuk.org 
  
   

Disability Hate Crime 

• Disability Rights Commission - UK – www.drc.org.uk 
• Leonard Cheshire Disability – https://www.leonardcheshire.org/
• Scope – http://www.scope.org.uk/ 
• UK Disabled People's Council (UKDPC) – www.carenotkilling.org.uk 
• Respond – Helps children and adults with learning disabilities and autism who have experienced abuse or trauma, as well as those who have abused others, through psychotherapy, advocacy and other support. Tel: 020 7383 0700 - www.respond.org.uk 
  
   

LGBTQ+

• Galop – provides support to LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence – www.galop.org.uk  
• LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline 0800 999 5428 
• Conversion Therapy Helpline 0800 130 3335 
• LGBT+ Hate Crime Helpline 020 7704 2040 
• The Gender Trust – http://gendertrust.org.uk/
• Imaan – supports LGBT+ Muslim people,http://imaan.org.uk/about/about.htm 
• LGBT Foundation – LGBT Foundation - Home 
• Stonewall – http://www.stonewall.org.uk/ 
• Survivors UK if you are male or non-binary – survivorsuk.org
• Isolation or LGBT+ identify - LGBT Switchboard: 0300 330 0630 / chris@switchboard.lgbt 
• LGBT+ Switchboard’s Emotional Wellbeing Pack: https://cdn.switchboard.lgbt/43536/1619799142-switchboard-emotional-wellbeing-support-pack.pdf  
• Hate crime or LGBT+ phobic abuse (from outside of your family or intimate relationship) – 020 7704 2040 
• London LGBTQ+ Community Centre - https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/
• London Friend Groups - https://londonfriend.org.uk/london-friend-groups/
  
   

Gender-based Violence 

• Mankind – support for male victims of domestic abuse and violence: www.mankind.org.uk  
• National Association for People Abused in Childhood – a national charity which offers support to adult survivors of child abuse and training to those who support them, http://napac.org.uk/ 
• Rape Crisis England and Wales – http://rapecrisis.org.uk/  
• The Survivors Trust – www.thesurvivorstrust.org 
• Survivors UK – helps men, boys or non-binary persons who have been sexually abused and raises awareness of their needs - https://www.survivorsuk.org/
• Women and Girls’ Network – Counselling and support to help women and girls recover from violence- www.wgn.org.uk 
  
   

Forced Marriage

• Karma Nirvana – a national charity supporting male and female victims of forced marriage and honour based abuse, http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk 
• Forced Marriage Unit– https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage 
  
   

Domestic Violence

• National Domestic Violence Helpline – www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk 
• Refuge – www.refuge.org.uk 
• Women's Aid – www.womensaid.org.uk
• Woman's Trust – www.womanstrust.org.uk
• Experiences of dysfunctional family relationships now or in the past - adult children of dysfunctional families peer-to-peer support groups. http://www.adultchildrenofalcoholics.co.uk/
  
   

Race or Religion

• Community Security Trust (National Organisation for Jewish victims) – https://cst.org.uk/
• Union of Jewish Students – https://www.ujs.org.uk/ 
• Federation of Student Islamic Societies – http://www.fosis.org.uk/ 
• TELL MAMA (National organisation for Muslim Victims) – http://tellmamauk.org/