Have you, or someone you care about, experienced sexual assault or abuse?
You are not alone
Sexual assault or abuse can happen to anyone – men, women or children.
No-one deserves or asks for it to happen. It is not your fault.
Sexual assault and abuse is any unwanted sexual act or activity without consent. It includes rape, child sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape within marriage or relationships, forced marriage, so-called honour-based violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking, sexual exploitation and ritual abuse. Sexual abuse can also happen online.
The abuse can be a stranger, or even someone you know and trust.
The new Survive service, run by Staffordshire Women’s Aid and commissioned by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office provides free confidential support, practical help, counselling for victims of abuse and their loved ones.
