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Your donations doubled, for this week only!
Between the 6th and 13th of October, Moray Rape Crisis is taking part in the Big Give Women and Girl’s Fund. During this week all donations will be double match-funded up to £5000 by the Big Give Trust.
We are taking part in this campaign because we need help to raise £50,000 to fund a new support worker. Right now, survivors of sexual violence in Moray must wait up to 15 months for their vital, life-saving support. Over 100 survivors are currently on the waiting list.
£50,000 would fund a 35-hour-per-week frontline service delivery post to help reduce the waiting list and provide women and girls with the support they need, when they need it.
Moray Rape Crisis currently supports over 250 survivors a year. They offer life-changing support to survivors of any form of sexual violence aged 11 and over. The support they helps survivors feel safer and more able to cope with the impacts of trauma and sexual violence; feel less alone and more confident and connected and increases survivor’s wellbeing, helping them feel more hopeful for the future.
We need your help this week to fund support for survivors in Moray and for this week only, your donations will be doubled. Turning £50 into £100.
If you are able to donate please visit our campaign page here.
Launching Together for Moray’s Survivors
We need your help to raise £50,000 for Moray’s survivors of sexual violence. Survivors in Moray access our service for specialist, trauma-informed support, advocacy and information. We help survivors cope with the impacts of sexual violence and help them heal from their traumatic experience.
Survivors need support at the moment they contact us. They shouldn’t have to wait for support.
Right now, over 100 survivors have to wait up to 12 months to receive the support they need. £50,000 would enable us to reduce our waiting list and support survivors when they need it most.
Survivors repeatedly tell us that they need support when they reach out or are referred to us. Having to wait months for the support they need can have negative impacts on their health, wellbeing, relationships, and livelihood.
Fundraise or donate to help us reach our goal and reach more survivors at their time of need. Your contribution makes a difference. Your donation goes straight to our frontline service supporting local survivors.
Sexual violence happens in Moray. In 2024-2025, Moray had the highest rate of recorded sexual assaults per head of population, of anywhere in Scotland. Every year, we support over 200 survivors. The need for our service far outweighs the resources we have.
We need local action, local support and local change. We can only make a difference if we come together as a community, to stand up for the rights of survivors and fund support and prevention of sexual violence. Your donations, your fundraising and your awareness changes lives and creates a safer Moray.
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Over the course of the next year, we need your help to support survivors of sexual violence in Moray, Together for Moray’s Survivors.
Donate today to support survivors of sexual violence in Moray.
Check out our JustGiving campaign page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/together-for-morays-survivors
New Blog for Maternal Mental Health Week
For Maternal Mental Health Week, we shared a blog highlighting the experiences survivors of sexual violence may have if they are pregnant, are thinking about becoming pregnant or have recently given birth.
Read more here: www.morayrapecrisis.scot/news/blog/maternal-mental-health-awareness-week/
Stalking Awareness Week
Just like other forms of sexual and domestic abuse, stalking is a form of gender-based violence. Anyone can become a victim of stalking. Most people who experience stalking know the person. They could be an ex-partner, a friend, someone you dated or a family member. Stalking is not your fault. It is a tool that an abuser uses to control & intimidate a victim/survivor. Everyone is affected differently by stalking. There is no right or wrong way to feel. If someone has harmed you, it is not your fault.
Read our latest blog to find out more about stalking and tools and help from specialist support services.
Locally, you can get support from Moray Rape Crisis and Moray Women’s Aid
New Webpage about Support for Friends, Family and Partners of Survivors
We have launched a new webpage about the support we offer for friends, family and partners of survivors of sexual violence.
We understand that sexual violence doesn’t just impact survivors themselves. It can be difficult for family, friends and partners to know what to do, how to support survivors and how to process their own feelings. We offer short blocks of support for people close to survivors who are affected by sexual violence.
Read more on the webpage: www.morayrapecrisis.scot/support-friends-family/
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