Going through very stressful, frightening or distressing events is sometimes referred to as trauma. One of the services below may be of help if you are going through this type of emotional experience at the moment.

If you need to speak to someone today and you feel unable to access the support below, please contact the practice where you are registered.

If we are closed, please use the URGENT CONTACT NUMBERS at the top of the Mental Health & Wellbeing page HERE

Domestic abuse and sexual violence support hub for Cornwall

Call: 0300 777 4777

Website: FIRST LIGHT

Devon domestic abuse support service.

Call: 0345 155 1074

Lines 

open Mon-Fri 9.30am to 4.30pm

Website: https://www.fear-less.org.uk/

Cornwall Charity providing support to children, teenagers and adults who are going through domestic abuse. They offer specialised programs to help those at risk deal with the traumatic experiences of domestic abuse.

For male survivors of domestic abuse ask for DRAGONFLIES.

Tel: 07927 465978

Website: https://www.truebutterflies.org/

Government support service for anyone aged 16 and above in England and Wales experiencing sexual violence and/or abuse. Confidential telephone line available 24/7.

Tel: 0808 500 2222

Website: https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/

Devon & Cornwall Police Victim Support Service, an independent charity available to all regardless of whether you’ve contacted the Police, and no matter how long ago the crime took place. 

Tel: 0300 303 0554 (12pm-6pm Mon-Fri)

Tel: 0808 1689 111 (out of hours support line)

Website: https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/resources/devon-and-cornwall/

Devon & Cornwall Service available to anyone of any age, to promote peoples' rights and give information about the criminal justice system and how it works.

Website: https://victimcare-dc.org/

Tel: 0808 168 91111 (24-hour support line)

A not-for-profit organisation in North Devon that specialises in sexual violence, trauma and abuse. Offers low-cost specialist therapeutic support, delivered by qualified and experienced counsellors to women and men who identify as survivors or victims of sexual violence, including rape and historic child sexual abuse. Also able to support non-offending family members.

Tel: 07548 756193

Website: http://www.survivorsalliance.org.uk/

An independent charity that offers 1-2-1 and group counselling support to men who have been sexually abused whether that is historically or recent. Masa works with fully qualified and BACP registered counsellors.

Tel: 07936820469   or   07851671569

Website: https://masamenagainstsexualabuse.com/

Information, advice and support for anyone being affected by stalking. Run by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust

Helpline: 0808 802 0300

Website: https://www.suzylamplugh.org/pages/category/national-stalking-helpline

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the UK's pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, established in 1986, following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh, an estate agent and lone worker who went to meet a client and never returned. Their mission is to reduce the risk and prevalence of abuse, aggression, and violence - with a specific focus on stalking and harassment - through education, campaigning, and support.

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300

Website: https://www.suzylamplugh.org/

Established in 2013, Paladin provides a high level of advocacy to anyone at risk of serious harm or homicide from a stalker. They give initial advice and offer to complete a detailed assessment to anyone who contacts the service and is affected by stalking. In all situations the service aims to improve access to the right kind of support for each person and improve co-ordinated working between specialist services to keep each survivor feeling safer.

Tel: 020 3866 4107

Website: https://www.paladinservice.co.uk/our-mission

Cornwall-based charity dedicated to the highest levels of care and support for people of all ages and all genders impacted by abuse and other emotional trauma. 

Call: 01872 261147

Website: CLEAR

Also offers Hope For Harm service for adults who self-harm as a way of coping with overwhelming emotional experiencing and/or psychological pain. 

Webpage: Hope For Harm

Survivors UK works to ensure every boy, man, and non-binary person in the UK has access to the support they need to navigate the impact of sexual violence and begin their journey of recovery. They provide a national online helpline, individual and group counselling for boys, men and non-binary people aged 13+ who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives. They also offer emotional support through the justice system, support for friends and families of survivors.

Helpline Text: 020 3322 1860 (available Monday to Sunday 12pm to 8pm)

Website: https://www.survivorsuk.org/ 

Offers support and information to young people aged 8 to 25 across Devon and Cornwall who are worried about sexual exploitation.

Tel: 01752 256339

Website: https://www.barnardos.org.uk/what-we-do/services/barnardos-exceed-service

A peer support group for adult male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Confidential support for survivors by survivors.

Tel: 07773 151080

Website: https://www.momentumdevon.org.uk/

Multi-agency project launched in June 2023 aimed at providing safe accommodation, mental health and wrap around support for women with complex needs at risk of homelessness due to domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Devon and Exeter.

Contact through Emcompass South West:

Website: https://www.bpag-encompass.org.uk/

Tel: 01271 343111

Campaign group raising awareness about suicide and championing suicide prevention through dialogue with organisations and individuals working in this area.

Started summer 2023. 

Website: https://batonofhopeuk.org/

An established not for profit organisation in North Devon that specialises in sexual violence, trauma and abuse. They offer low-cost specialist therapeutic support, delivered by qualified and experienced counsellors with a depth of support that is rarely available from other organisations. SAND supports women and men who identify as survivors or victims of sexual violence, including rape and historic child sexual abuse. They also offer support to non-offending family members, using an holistic approach as vital in the support of clients.

Website: www.survivorsalliance.org.uk/

FearFree is a charity working to break the cycle of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking across the Southwest - excluding Cornwall.

Tel: 0345 155 1074 (Devon)

Website: https://www.fearfree.org.uk/

The National Centre for Domestic Violence was established in 2003 to help survivors of domestic violence and abuse obtain protection against an abuser, as well as offering services to the police, probation service, domestic abuse agency workers, the legal profession and judiciary. 

They say: "We do not charge victims of domestic violence or abuse for this help; we never have and we never will. Sometimes the Legal Aid Agency will demand payment which we will help you navigate and provide you with a solution this if this occurs."

Tel: 0800 970 2070

Website: https://www.ncdv.org.uk/

Safer Rainbow Project offers specialist support to the LGBT+ communities experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual abuse.

Helpline: 0800 612 3010 free from UK mobiles and landlines (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm)

Website:  https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/

Krefta Kernow (Strength Cornwall) brings together the extensive experience of three leading Cornish organisations to deliver high quality gender-informed and trauma-responsive outreach to homeless domestic abuse victims. They are working in partnership with Cornwall Council, The Women’s Centre Cornwall, and Konnect Communities to provide support and access to safe and secure accommodation for people fleeing domestic abuse, irrespective of gender.

Helpline: 01736 367539 or 01736 339277

Website: https://wcwaid.co.uk/krefta-kernow/

Downloadable Leaflet

Exeter-based charity, offering domestic abuse trauma recovery therapy to individuals and/or families.

Tel: 03030 300 112

Website: https://wearesafe.org.uk/

This Cornwall project is for adults aged 18+, who have experienced domestic abuse at any time in their life and who have left their abusive relationships, are living separately, and are no longer wanting to be in that relationship. The adult needs to be in a safe place both mentally and physically and not currently experiencing DASV or Stalking.

Tel: 0300 777 4777

Website: https://saferfutures.org.uk/our-programmes/recovery-pathway/

Leaflet: HERE (Nov 2024)

WeMatter is an online group work programme for children and young people affected by domestic abuse, being piloted across Devon and Cornwall.

Download a leaflet HERE

Tel: 0300 373 0258

Victim Support Tel: 0808 168 9111

Website: HERE

Women’s Aid is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services in England and build a future where domestic abuse is not tolerated.

Email: helpline@womensaid.org.uk 

Website: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Please ask about The Flee Fund, if you are needing to remove yourself from your home because of domestic violence.

Offers face-to-face support, group work and body work to women and girls living in east, mid and north Cornwall who have experienced any form of sexual violence/abuse. 

Telephone Helpline: 01208 77099

Website: HERE