Support and Helpful Organisations

For support with all safeguarding matters, you can contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers or the organisations listed below:

Children & Adult Services

Leicester City Children's and Adult Services: 0116 454 1004
Leicestershire Children’s Service: 0116 305 0005
Leicestershire Adult Services: Daytime - 0116 305 0004, Out of Hours - 0116 305 0888
Rutland Children’s Services: Daytime - 01572 758 407, Out of Hours - 0116 305 0005
Rutland Adult Services: Daytime - 01572 758 341, Out of Hours - 0116 255 1606

Childline: 0800 1111
www.childline.org.uk

Samaritans: 116 123
www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you/contact-us

If you are an adult and have experienced abuse:

Local:

Juniper Lodge
A comprehensive service to anyone over 18 years who has experienced rape or sexual assault recently or in the past - juniperlodge.org.uk

Quetzal
A Leicester based service for any women over 16 years who have experienced childhood abuse. It provides long-term counselling, crisis counselling and a telephone helpline - 0333 101 4280 quetzal.org.uk

First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
An organisation run for male survivors and their supporters of sexual abuse and rape - 0116 254 8535 firststepleicester.org.uk

Family Action Post Abuse Service
Supporting children and young people in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland who have experienced sexual abuse - 0116 216 8334

National:

The National Association for People Abused in Childhood [NAPAC] (0808 801 0331)
A dedicated national support service for adult survivors of all forms of childhood abuse.
Visit the NAPAC website.

If you have experienced church-based or spiritual abuse:

If you want support for someone who has experienced spiritual abuse, you can contact ThirtyOne:Eight on their help line - 0303 003 11 11 thirtyoneeight.org

Safe Spaces:
A free and independent support service, providing a confidential, personal, and safe space for anyone who has been abused by someone in the Church or as a result of their relationship with the Church. safespacesenglandandwales.org.uk

Galop’s National Conversion Therapy Helpline
If you are currently experiencing abuse aimed at changing, ‘curing’ or suppressing your LGBT+ identity, or think this will happen to you if you come out, Galop’s Conversion Therapy Helpline is available for you. www.conversiontherapysupport.org.uk/get-help/
So-called “conversion therapy” can have a long-term impact on LGBT+ people. If this has happened to you in the past and you are still struggling with it, you can reach out to Galop’s support services. The helpline can provide a safe, confidential listening and information service to any LGBT+ person aged 13+.
Alternativly, you can contact:

Switchboard LGBT: 0300 330 0630 www.switchboard.lgbt
LGBT Foundation Helpline: 0345 3 30 30 30 www.lgbt.foundation
LGBTQ+ Centre Leicester: leicestershirelgbtqcentre.org/counselling/

Action on Spiritual Abuse
An independent charity providing support to people who have experienced harm in spiritual or religious settings.
Visit the Action on Spiritual Abuse website.

Interim Support Scheme
The Archbishops’ Council has established an Interim Support Scheme to improve the Church’s response to current and non-current survivors of Church-related abuse.
Learn more on the Church of England website.

Redress Scheme
The national Church has approved a comprehensive redress scheme for survivors of Church of England-related abuse. However, the scheme is not open to receive applications at this time.
If you are interested in learning more, you can register to receive email notifications here and find out more about the Redress scheme here.

Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors [MACSAS] (0808 801 0340)
Supports survivors of sexual abuse by church leaders, catering to those who stayed in or left their faith communities.
Visit the MACSAS website.

Survivors Voices
A survivor-led group offering peer support and helpful leaflets for victims of various abuses, including faith-based.
Visit the Survivors Voices website or Download their leaflets here.

For those who are having suicidal thoughts or have been affected by suicide:

Help for those experiencing mental health crisis can be accessed via GP and Accident & Emergency departments.

If you are concerned about someone being at immediate risk, the Police can also be asked to do a “safe and well” check you are concerned about someone’s immediate safety and are not able to support them to access help.

For advice about how to cope with suicidal feelings:

Mind: www.mind.org.uk/.../suicidal-feelings/
NHS: www.nhs.uk/conditions/suicide/

Advice about supporting someone who feels suicidal:

Mind - www.mind.org.uk/.../supporting-someone-who-feels-suicidal/
CALM - www.thecalmzone.net/
Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you

Advice about preventing young suicide:

Papyrus - https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

If you are worried about your online behaviour, or someone else’s:

Stop it Now! runs a confidential helpline that is available for anyone with concerns about child sexual abuse: 0808 1000 900, www.stopitnow.org.uk