Information and resources for professionals working with a survivor

The most important and simple thing you can do to help a survivor of sexual violence is to listen and believe.

Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre supports survivors using the empowerment model. This is a holistic approach, with the goal of giving survivors the choices of which services they use, who they speak to and how they live their lives. We trust survivors to make the right decisions for themselves.

For all professional referrals, please ensure the survivor is aware of and has consented to the referral before completing the referral form.

We offer the following support options for professional referrals:

Advocacy support

Our Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy Service is available for all survivors of sexual violence, any age or gender, who live in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough.

To refer a survivor into this service and for more information, go to our advocacy service page and click on ‘Make a professional referral’.

Talking Therapies Service

Our Talking Therapies service is available for all survivors of rape, child sexual abuse or any form of sexual violence of any age (children aged 5 years and over) living within Cambridgeshire, who have visited a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) within the last 12 months.

To refer a survivor into this service and for more information, go to our counselling service page and click on ‘Make a professional referral’.

Counselling Service

Our counselling service is available for those who have been subjected to, or are being subjected to, any form of sexual violence and/or abuse, living within Cambridgeshire, and who are:

• women
• children (ages 5+)
• AFAB non-binary individuals
• individuals who have experienced oppression as women

Please note this service is currently operating a waiting list. Waiting times can vary and the Counselling team will keep people on the waiting list updated. Our counselling service is currently funded through fundraising and short term grants, so we may need to close the waiting list from time to time. We will always keep this website updated if this is the case.

To refer a survivor into this service and for more information, go to our counselling service page and click on ‘Make a professional referral’.

Peer support groups

We offer peer support group support to women and girls from across Cambridgeshire City, South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

For more information, go to our peer support groups page.