Charity boost for sex attack survivors

A charity helping survivors of sexual offences in Peterborough will be able to help more victims after receiving thousands of pounds of funding.

Peterborough Rape Crisis Care Group have been given £4,140 to translate important help and advice guides into six languages – Chinese, Polish, Urdu, Hindi, Thai and Arabic.

The funding has come from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and

Crime Commissioner Darryl Preston’s Victim Services Improvement Fund.

Jacqui Campey, CEO of Peterborough Rape Crisis, said: “I would like to extend our thanks to the Commissioner on behalf of the Cambridge & Peterborough Rape Crisis Partnership for providing this funding. We have been delivering specialist services to all victims and survivors of sexual violence for over 40 years and having our literature translated will enable us to further reduce barriers for victims and survivors whose first or preferred language is not English.”

Mr Preston said: “Sexual violence affects people of all ages, classes, sexualities and backgrounds.

“It is vital we continue to develop diverse and responsive services that are sensitive to the unique needs of survivors and provide a consistent level of care to anyone who needs help.

“Every survivor deserves to be protected and have access to the very best help and care available.”

Peterborough Rape Crisis Care Group offers a range of free services from therapeutic support programmes through to practical and emotional help from Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA) to help survivors of sexual violence cope and recover from their experiences.