Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse services has seen demand for our services increase and sadly alongside a decrease in funding, this means we do have waiting lists.
In 2024, we have introduced additional support offers, including Specialist Support and group support. This support can offer trauma stabilisation and is often vital to be delivered as quickly as possible to survivors.
The waiting time for specialist support and group support has now reduced to approximately 6-8 months. However, our waiting list for counselling/therapeutic support remains at approximately 18-24 months.
We are doing our best to reduce this waiting time and are currently reaching out to people to help us with some feedback on how we can do this – You can help with this by filling out our survey here.
For more immediate support, our helpline service remains open on 01392 204174, Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings 6pm-9pm. We also offer this anonymous support via email – support@devonrapecrisis.org.uk
We carefully monitor our capacity for support and will update our current waiting time statement every three months.