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Access support, including counselling for children and young people aged 18-years-old and under, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor service, trauma informed support groups, our Emotional Support Line and Emotional Support Email.
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This year we need to raise £200,000 to continue providing our services. Make the difference. Donate today and support hundreds of survivors of sexual violence in 2025.
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By fundraising for us you will help end rape and sexual violence in Darlington and County Durham. Read more about Our Fundraisers.
Please note - we are currently unable to accept adult referrals to our counselling service
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Your donation to RSACC could provide immediate support, vital resources and hope to survivors of sexual violence.
£5 – is a lifeline for someone in crisis.
£15 – rebuilds a survivor’s future.
£50 – provides one session of expert counselling to help a child heal from trauma.
£1,000 – fully trains a RSACC volunteer to offer frontline support.
Support Survivors. Change Lives.
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3 November 2025RSACC Unable To Accept New Adult Referrals For Counselling Service From November 2025
After careful consideration, we are sorry to announce that we have made the difficult decision to temporarily stop accepting new adult referrals to our counselling service. Over the past four...
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Testimonials
I enjoyed meeting others who understand what I have been through. Their support and encouragement to talk and the group exercises to learn to cope were fabulous. I enjoyed hearing the other members coping mechanisms. The most impactful thing I’m taking away from the group is that it was NOT MY FAULT.Â
This group has helped me massively to understand it’s normal to feel this way, that others relate to how I’m feeling and has helped me understand how I feel about my trauma.
The training sessions were engaging, very informative and eye opening. The information on the statistics and range of services was very useful to know as they helped understand the scale and difficulties with sexual violence etc.
It’s made me a happier, stronger, more confident, positive person!
I am no longer hiding from life and I have learned to say yes and no. I now do things for me!
My time here has been so helpful to me. Having time to step back and look at some of the difficult things that have happened in my life and recognise I have strength has been so precious to me. I am so thankful for being able to access such an amazing safe haven! You have given me the opportunity to step back and breathe again. I feel like a stronger person, able to face the world and live again. I am empowered!
Just a quick note to say thank you for listening to me and helping me to rebuild my life. I feel happy and like I am ready to live again. Life is good. I never thought I would feel this good again. Talking has helped me through the darkness and to clear out the weeds in my life. Now my life looks sunnier and I have much to look forward to. I also have real flowers in my garden now. So it shows things can change.
1990
Established in 1990, RSACC is the only specialist sexual violence service in County Durham.
1 in 4
1 in 4 women have been raped or sexually assaulted since the age of 16 in England and Wales.
576
Criminal justice system data shows there were 576 police-recorded adult rape offences in Durham between October 2024 to September 2025.