Volunteer with SV2 - Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence

At a glance

Causes

Community safety / victim support / domestic violence

Other details

Geographical remit:

National - England

Objectives

SV2 has been supporting survivors and victims of sexual violence since 1994. In 28 years we’ve changed a lot, and today we support any victim or survivor in Derbyshire or Derby City, whenever the incident and whoever they are.

We believe that:

Sexual violence simply shouldn’t exist and no one should deal with it alone. Whilst sexual abuse exists, we’ll be here to support and empower the victims, inform the public and protect future generations.

Our aims are:

to reduce the impact of rape and sexual abuse on victims and their families
to encourage reporting of rape and sexual abuse; to support victims through the legal process
to reduce the incidence of rape and sexual abuse by raising awareness.

Activities

To achieve our aims, we deliver a range of support services as a “one stop shop” for supporting victims and survivors. This includes:

practical and emotional support in the aftermath of a sexual assault, whether or not the crime has been reported, from our experienced, independent sexual violence advisors (ISVAs) for both adults and children
emotional support to deal with the impacts of trauma, whenever the abuse happened, from our accredited therapy service for people of all ages
holistic and peer-based support through groups and alternative therapies
work to prevent sexual abuse and assault through our prevention and education programmes in education, health and social care and across the private and voluntary sectors

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