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We will be closed for the Winter Holidays 2025
We will be closed for the winter holidays. We close at 5pm on Friday 19th December 2025 and reopen at 9am on Monday 5th January 2026.
The winter holidays can be difficult for lots of different reasons. Struggling with difficult feelings, flashbacks and reminders is an unfortunate reality for many survivors. We understand it can be difficult but there is support available. If you are experiencing flashbacks you can read our blog that shares some ways of coping with them here.
Affirmations can also be really powerful tools to help build confidence, reduce anxiety, stress and depression and increase self-worth. They might be helpful to try if you are struggling through the holidays. If you’ve never used affirmations before here’s how you can use them:
1. read them out loud to yourself, you can read them to yourself in the mirror too if you feel comfortable
2. record yourself or someone else you know saying the affirmation and listen back to it a few times, hearing yourself say the affirmations can increase belief in yourself
3. write them down in places you may frequently visit like the fridge or the front door for example, seeing them around the house can remind you of your confidence and self worth.
We’ve compiled a list of affirmations that might be helpful during the winter break:
- I am allowed to make a big deal out of things that feel really big to me.
- No amount of darkness can dim my light
- I am allowed to say no
- I am worthy of peace
- I take each day one at a time
- It’s okay to rest
- Inhale courage, exhale fear
- I find strength even on the darkest nights
If you need support during the winter break, you can contact the Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline. It will be open from 5pm to midnight every night, excluding Christmas Day and Hogmanay, where it will shut an hour earlier at 11pm.
? 08088 010302
? 07537 410027*
? support@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
? www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
*the text number will appear in your itemised phone bill
December Prevention Update
Harry, our Sexual Violence Prevention Worker, shares her experience delivering workshops to young people in Moray across November and December, while also planning ahead for workshops in the New Year.
Read it here: www.morayrapecrisis.scot/news/blog/december-update-from-our-sexual-violence-prevention-worker/
New Human Rights Day blog
Today, the 10th December, is International Human Rights Day. It marks the end of the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence and it celebrates the anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The declaration sets out the fundamental human rights that all people are entitled to be protected by and that all people and nations should universally protect. The core values of the UDHR are equality, justice, freedom and dignity.
This year’s theme is “Our Everyday Essentials” and it is a powerful reminder of how essential human rights are to everyday life in Moray, in wider Scotland and across the globe. The Human Rights Declaration enshrines the right to a safe, just and equal life, and this includes the right to an adequate standard of living (Article 25), which guarantees food, basic needs, and a healthy environment and the right to rest and leisure (Article 24), which allows time for well-being and connection with others.
Everyone has the right to food and basic needs.
Everyone has the right to safety and community.
Read the rest of our latest blog post here: https://www.morayrapecrisis.scot/news/blog/human-rights-day/
Vacancies: Trustees
We are looking for Trustees to join our dedicated Board of Trustees.
Established in 2018, Moray Rape Crisis provides therapeutic support, information and advocacy for adults and young people of all genders, aged 11 and over, in the Moray area, who have experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives, including rape, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. We also work directly with young people in schools and youth settings, and with strategic partners, towards preventing sexual violence.
Update from our Sexual Violence Prevention Worker’
Harry, our Sexual Violence Prevention Worker, shares a mini update about her first month back delivering workshops to young people in Moray.
Read it here: www.morayrapecrisis.scot/news/blog/mini-prevention-update/
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