SARSASWho we are

Who we are

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History

Our roots are in the feminist rape crisis movement that emerged in 2008 in response to violence against women and girls.

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Our Team

We are so lucky to have an amazing team of passionate, caring, and brilliant staff and volunteers.

All our our team are committed to ending gender based violence and to supporting people affected by it.

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Equity, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to supporting anyone who has been affected by rape or sexual abuse and strive to make our services as inclusive as possible.

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Accolades

We are excited to have the work of our amazing team recognised!

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External projects and partnerships

We believe in working together with brilliant services to get the most impact possible for people affected by sexual violence.

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Our trustees

Our incredible trustees are key to the work we do at SARSAS.

Read our Impact Report

Last year we supported 914 people through counselling, specialist support, group work and online trauma sessions. We provided 937 hours of support through our helpline services. We strengthened our partnership work and reached even more people across England and Ireland with our prevention training. What a year! We are so proud of our amazing team and everything we have achieved together.

Read the full report

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SARSAS news

What we have been doing

PRIDE IS EVERYDAY! (3)

Celebrating Pride: Standing with LGBTQIA+ Victim-Survivors

13 June 2024
Here are a few things we do here at SARSAS to show that Pride is every day: Attending Pride events: SARSAS is proud to participate...
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Meet our new CEO: Lorri Weaving

28 March 2024
With a background in counselling and a warm, caring, and empathetic nature, we really couldn’t be in a safer pair of hands and look forward...
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Celebrating trans, non-binary and intersex inclusion

10 January 2024
Why did we hold this event? This event was born from the work of our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee which has made trans, non-binary...
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