Gender-based and sexual violence

We recognise that gender-based violence (GBV) is a problem within our society, which is being tackled by organisations across the UK.

Glasgow Caledonian University has a team of First Responders who have received training in listening and responding to disclosures of gender-based violence. They can provide information and signposting to sources of support, both internally and externally. This resource is available to both staff and students.

You can also contact the student wellbeing team for support and guidance if you have experienced gender-based violence at GBVStudentSupport@gcu.ac.uk.

If you are at immediate risk, dial 999. Police Scotland are committed to tackling GBV.

If you are experiencing suicidal feelings or thoughts, or are thinking of ending your life, take a moment to pause. There is always a way out of whatever you are experiencing and there are people ready and waiting to help you. Please see our feel in crisis webpages for support information.

There are a number of support services available which can offer you support within the University. We have displayed information on some of these services below:

Support services available within the University

There are also a number of specialist support services available externally. We have displayed some of these useful contacts below:

Specialist external sources of support (staff and students)

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis provides a free and confidential support service to women and girls who have experienced rape, sexual assault, or sexual abuse.

Rape Crisis Scotland

Rape Crisis Scotland provide support and have a resource: if it's just happened

They also have a helpline which is open every day between 5pm - midnight. Call: 08088 01 03 02; Text: 07537 410 027; Email: support@rapecrisiscotland.org.uk.

Glasgow Women's Aid

Glasgow Women's Aid supports women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in the Glasgow area.

Scottish Women's Aid

The Women’s Aid network supports women, children and young people, who have experienced domestic abuse across Scotland by promoting women and children’s rights, providing services and advice to members and ensuring that services are available to women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse.

There is also a Women's Aid Survivors' Forum for women (over 18) who have been affected by domestic abuse to share their experiences and support one another.

Say Women

Say Women offers safe semi-supported accommodation and emotional support for young women aged 16 to 25 who are survivors of sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault and who are homeless, or threatened with homelessness.

Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline

SDAFMH provides a confidential, sensitive helpline to support anyone experiencing domestic abuse or forced marriage, as well as their family members, friends, colleagues and professionals who support them. Support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call: 0800 027 1234; Text/WhatsApp: 07401288595; Email: helpline@sdafmh.org.uk.

Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance (TARA)

TARA supports trafficking survivors, to help identify and support women who may have been trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation.

Revive

HomeFinder UK offer a Domestic Abuse Relocation Service- support for people fleeing abuse to find social housing in a different area of the country.

Routes out

Routes Out offers support to women who sell sex. The service is part of Community Safety Glasgow which aims to increase safety for people across Glasgow. Routes Out understands the risk of selling sex and the stigma women can feel which can make it difficult to ask for support.

Information on local services

You can find further information on local services available at the Scottish Government Webpages.

Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline

Glasgow Women's Aid

Glasgow Women's Aid supports women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in the Glasgow area.

Scottish Women's Aid

There is also a Women's Aid Survivors' Forum for women (over 18) who have been affected by domestic abuse to share their experiences and support one another.

The Daisy Project

The Daisy Project provides an integrated domestic abuse advocacy and support service to families across the South of Glasgow.

Financially Included

Financially Included support women who have experienced economic abuse. They run The Purple Phone Economic Abuse Helpline provides clear, confidential advice about economic abuse. Call: 0343 841 0132; or live chat online. Opening hours are provided on the website.

Revive

Domestic Abuse Relocation Service- support for people fleeing abuse to find social housing in a different area of the country.

Abused Men in Scotland

Abused Men in Scotland provides direct support to men experiencing domestic abuse, as well as helping to improve mainstream service responses and campaigning for further inclusion of male victims in the wider narrative on domestic abuse.

Any man, anywhere in Scotland, can access the AMIS National helpline on 03300 949 395.

Shakti Women's Aid

Shakti Women's Aid provides help for black minority ethnic women, children and young people who are experiencing, or who have experienced, domestic abuse.

Hemat Gryffe

Hemat Gryffe is based in Glasgow and offers support and refuge to Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic women and young people in relation to domestic abuse, FGM and forced marriage.

Galop

Galop is a 24-hr LGBTQI domestic and sexual violence helpline. Call: 0800 999 5428

FearFree

FearFree provides support for people experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland who identify as male or from the LGBT+ community.

Educational resources for staff/students

Click Magazine

What is Click Magazine?

Click Magazine is a creative platform from CLiCK for women with lived experience of selling or exchanging sex in Scotland to share their needs and experiences in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

This platform aims to take the voices of women to the people making decisions that affect women’s lives right now to shape Scotland’s support and policy landscape as the country begins the process of learning to live with coronavirus.

Click Cast is a monthly podcast series, hosted by Anna (CLiCK development worker) and Shannon (CLiCK resource and information officer), which explores the needs of women in Scotland’s sex industry in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In each episode, we hear from women with lived experience and from key support services in Scotland in order to ask what is being done – and what needs to change – to best meet the needs of women in Scotland’s sex industry.

Together Alone wellbeing project and self-care toolkit

For many women in the sex industry, the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating feelings of stigma, loneliness, and social isolation. Together, Alone is our wellbeing-based arts project which aims to foster a sense of community and solidarity by building a “self-care toolkit”. We invite women to creatively share what self-care means to them. What works? What doesn’t work? And where self-care doesn’t go far enough, what needs to be done to better support the mental wellbeing of women? Women will be able to access free masterclasses with women artists to explore creativity in a variety of mediums, including photography, painting, and illustration.

Your Voice

Your Voice is a space for women to explore their needs, concerns, and experiences during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. By working directly with Anna (CLiCK development worker), women can be a part of improving CLiCK and other services for women, with the opportunity to explore creative ways of making their voice heard in a way that works for them.

Student support

Gender-based and sexual violence

Support services available within the University

Specialist external sources of support (staff and students)

Educational resources for staff/students

Personal safety apps and technology