Everyone deserves a life free of the fear and threat of Gender-Based Violence.
Everyone deserves a life free of the fear and threat of Gender-Based Violence. GBV can include physical and sexual violence, verbal threats, emotional trauma, financial control and manipulation, abusive language, and coercion. If you are looking for support or more information relating to harm or fear of harm based on your gender, please reach out to one of the organizations below. The organizations below can provide a variety of support from 24-hour helplines and webchats, to counselling, financial aid, housing, childcare, and legal advice. Every person deserves dignity, respect, and safety.
Throughout Scotland
Rape Crisis Scotland | Working to end sexual violence
Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (scottishwomensrightscentre.org.uk)
Contact | Scottish Women's Aid (womensaid.scot)
AMIS | Abused Men In Scotland
Home | No Feart CIC Abuse & Trauma Recovery for men/Manspace, women/Woman/teens
Scotland's National Children's Charity | Children 1st
SAY Women (say-women.co.uk) Young Adult Survivors
TARA - Tara Scotland Trafficking
Women's Services - Simon Community Scotland (simonscotland.org) Homelessness
Shetland
The Compass Centre
Turn to SARCS – NHS inform
Victim Support Shetland - Affected by crime in Shetland?
Relationships Scotland – Shetland – Relationships Scotland (relationships-scotland.org.uk)
Shetland Women's Aid | Domestic Abuse Charity in Shetland (shetlandwa.org)
Orkney
Orkney Rape & Sexual Assault Service (orsas.scot)
Welcome to Women’s Aid Orkney - Women's Aid Orkney (womensaidorkney.org.uk)
Orkney Partnership for Action Against Gender-Based Violence and Abuse: Facebook
Orkney Domestic Abuse Forum
Hebrides
Western Isles Women's Aid – Working together until women and children are safe (westernisleswomensaid.co.uk)
Highlands
RASASH | Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland
Caithness and Sutherland
CASWA
Lochaber
Lochaber Women’s Aid Rape Crisis Scotland
Rossshire
Rosshire Women's Aid Home - Rosshire Women's Aid (rosswa.co.uk)
Inverness
Home | Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland (rasash.org.uk)
Moray
Moray Rape Crisis
Moray Women's Aid - Moray Council
Perth
RASAC Perth & Kinross (rasacpk.org.uk)
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute Rape Crisis (rapecrisiscentre-argyll-bute.org.uk)