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Referral & support agencies (sexual assault)
Local support agencies
Canterbury Police (03) 363-7400
Cambridge Clinic
The Cambridge Clinic provides one-off medical services for anyone in Canterbury or the West Coast who has been sexually assaulted, whether recently, or in the past. It is a free service for men and women, teenagers, and children. For advice, phone (03) 366-0067.
ACC
ACC will pay for up to 16 support sessions from an ACC-registered therapist for people who have been sexually abused. Use ACC's website FindSupport to help you find a therapist and for other information.
Sexual assault service providers in Christchurch
Sexual Assault Support Service Canterbury
Phone: (03) 377‑5402
Website: www.avivafamilies.org.nz
Email: enquiries@avivafamilies.org.nz
24-hour support and advice by phone for rape and sexual assault.
START
Phone: (03) 355-4414
Website: starthealing.org
Email: admin@starthealing.org
Specialist counselling for children, youth, and adults who have been subject to sexual crime, alongside support for their whānau. Also consultation and education.
Male Survivors Sexual Abuse Trust
Phone: (03) 377-6747
Website: www.survivor.org.nz
Email: mmsat@survivor.org.nz
Providing one-to-one support, peer support, group peer support, and support for parents and partners of survivors.
Other useful contacts
Sexual Health Centre
Address: 314 Riccarton Road
Phone: (03) 364-0485
Website: The Sexual Health Centre
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.10 am to 5 pm, Wednesday 11 am to 7.30 pm
Free sexual health assessment, treatment, advice, and counselling.
Rape Prevention Education (RPE)
Website: Rape Prevention Education
RPE works in the greater Auckland area and nationally, to prevent sexual violence through education and health promotion and prevention activities.
It also provides support and information for those affected by sexual violence through telephone, print, and online media.
Kidshealth
Child abuse: worried about a child? Advice on what to do if you believe a child is being abused.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Updated October 2017.
Review key: HIRSS-28561
