# Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC006595
- **Known as:** Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Jan. 1, 1978
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC006595


## Contact

- **Address:** Empire House, 4th Floor, 131 West Nile Street, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G1 2RX
- **Website:** www.rapecrisiscentre-glasgow.co.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the promotion of equality and diversity&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We provide advice and support to survivors and others affected by rape and sexual violence. This includes an advocacy service for those who want to, or have reported, an assault. We offer training, consultancy, and prevention services to education establishments, youth groups and the public and private sector. Together, we can prevent sexual violence.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisation’s purposes are:   (a) to promote the welfare and relieve the distress of women and girls who have experienced rape and/or any form of sexual abuse or exploitation at any time in their lives and in furtherance thereof.  (b) to provide a free and confidential service for such women and girls.  (c) to offer practical support, advocacy, information, and ongoing emotional support.  (d) to promote education and research on the subject of rape/sexual violence and its effects on women and girls whether physical, psychological, legal or medical.  (e) to campaign and lobby for social change that tackles the sexual inequality women and girls experience.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland






