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Support for sexual harm
The organisations on this page can provide help and support for sexual harm.
Safe to talk
Phone: 0800-044-334
Text: 4334
Website: www.safetotalk.nz
Safe to talk is a free national 24-hour seven day a week confidential service for anyone looking for help to do with sexual harm.
Local support
Canterbury police
Phone: (03) 363-7400
Website: www.police.govt.nz/advice/sexual-assault/what-can-i-do-if-i-have-been-sexually-assaulted
This page explains your choices after a sexual assault. It has written information and videos about topics like support services, medical check-ups and what happens when you go to a police station.
Cambridge Clinic
Phone: (03) 366-0067
Website: www.cambridgeclinic.co.nz
The Cambridge Clinic specialises in looking after people over 12 who've been sexually assaulted. It provides one-off medical services for people in Canterbury or the West Coast who've been sexually assaulted, whether recently, or in the past. It's a free service for men, women and teenagers.
Sexual Assault Support Service Canterbury
Phone: (03) 377‑5402
Website: www.avivafamilies.org.nz/Services/Sexual-Assault-Support-Service-Canterbury
Email: SASSCadmin@avivafamilies.org.nz
Sexual Assault Support Service Canterbury provides 24-hour support and advice for rape and sexual assault.
START
Phone: (03) 355-4414
Website: starthealing.org
Email: admin@starthealing.org
START provides specialist counselling for children, youth and adults who've been subject to sexual crime. It also provides support for their whānau/family, and education about sexual violence to the wider community.
Tautoko Tāne Male Survivors Canterbury (The Canterbury Men's Centre)
Phone: (03) 377-6747
Website: canmen.org.nz/survivors
Email: survivor@canmen.org.nz
Male Survivors Canterbury provides one-to-one support, peer support, group peer support, and support for parents and partners of survivors.
ACC Sensitive Claims Unit
Phone: 0800-735-566
Website: findsupport.co.nz
Email: sensitiveclaims@acc.co.nz
ACC will pay for up to 16 support sessions from an ACC-registered therapist for people who've been sexually abused. Use the website to help find a therapist and for other information.
Other useful contacts
Sexual Health Centre
Address: 314 Riccarton Road
Phone: (03) 364-0485
The Christchurch Sexual Health Centre is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9.10 am to 5 pm and Wednesday from 11 am to 7.30 pm. It offers free sexual health assessment, treatment, advice and counselling.
Rape Prevention Education (RPE)
Website: rpe.co.nz
RPE works in the greater Auckland area and nationally to prevent sexual violence through education, health promotion and prevention.
It also provides support and information for those affected by sexual violence through telephone, print, and online media.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
- 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. Last reviewed September 2019.
Review key: HISAA-14477
