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About 18u
Find out how we can help and support you if you have been abused in any way.
VIP Programme

The award winning VIP (Violence Is Preventable) Programme has been running in schools all over the UK and has even branched out worldwide.

Read more about it here.

 

What counts as abuse?
Read more about the types of things that count as abuse.
Who can abuse?
Read more about the types of people who abuse
 
     
 

Links

Below you will find links to other useful organisations and information.

If you run an organisation that would like to instigate a reciprocal link with us, please contact us.

 
Izzy's Promise/RANS

Izzy's Promise, set up in 2002, is a not for profit organisation which provides support and information for survivors of organised abuse, or any agencies who work with survivors.

Visit the website here.

There is also huge amount of information and support on the Ritual Abuse Network Scotland site (RANS). You can also request access to our private message board for survivors on the Izzy's Promise home page, or by following the email link on the RANS site.

Visit the RANS site here.

   
 
You've done nothing wrong

Website: www.ydnw.co.uk
Myspace: www.myspace.com/youvedonenothingwrong

   
 
The Butterfly Foundation

The Butterfly Foundation, based in Bournemouth had been running as a voluntary organisation for over five years and in April 2008 achieved Charity Status. The Butterfly Foundation works with male and female survivors towards raising awareness of domestic abuse.

The Foundation encourages members to access their creativity and express their emotions and experiences through visual arts and drama. The members are committed to breaking the ‘taboo’ surrounding domestic abuse and have attended self-esteem workshops to aid their recovery. We also deliver training on Domestic Abuse and the early warning signs of abusive behaviour. Please see more details on our website here.

   
 
Hope Groups

Hope Groups are support and self-help groups for men and women sixteen years and over who have been sexually abused and / or raped as children or adults. We support adults in Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale in the community, in hospital, and through weekly and monthly meetings.

Visit our website.

   
 
Justice for Victims

Justice4victims.org has been created to provide a service for all victims and potential victims of violent crimes who feel denied justice and protection, and as a platform from which to launch and co-ordinate active pressure campaigning for changes in sentencing policy - changes which finally consider the effects of violence on the victims, and the danger of violence to the public.

Visit the website.

   
 
The Counselling Directory

The purpose of the site is to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.

Visit the website

   
       
   
Education for Choice

Education For Choice is dedicated to enabling young people to make and act on informed choices about pregnancy and abortion.

Visit the website

   
   
Family Planning Association

FPA helpline 0845 310 1334 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm) for advice on emergency contraception or visit

www.fpa.org.uk.

   
   
Spikey - The Anti Drink Spiking Stopper

UK based Spikey offers information about spike drinks for the presence of drugs used in drink spiking to stop sexual abuse, drug rape, date rape drugs, date rape, date rape drug and illicit substances like Rohypnol, GHB, more alcohol from being spiked in pubs, bars and at parties.

Visit the website.

   
   
Brook
www.brook.org.uk - for information on sexual health
   
   
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/relationships - Lots of useful information about safe sex and relationships
   
   
Men's Health Forum
www.malehealth.co.uk - for men's health information
   
   
Women's Health Information Service
www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk - A number of informative articles on women’s health.
   
   
Sex And Young People
Are you ready for sex? Where can you get contraception or free condoms? Is your body normal? What should you do if a condom splits? And what about infections? Find answers to these questions, and more at this NHS website.
   
         
 
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