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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Provide the funding to set up a National 24 Hour Helpline for Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault. More details

Submitted by Debi Scudder of At the Root – Deadline to sign up by: 15 November 2008 – Signatures: 244

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Far too many people in the UK do not have access to a Rape Crisis centre or a Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The facilities that do exist for victims of rape and sexual assault are seriously stretched, as they struggle with not enough funding and not enough staff.

In those areas where victims do have access to a Rape Crisis Centre or SARC, people often have difficulty getting through on the telephone, and once through, cannot always talk for as long as is needed due to other pressures on the over-worked staff.

It is time that the funding and expertise were put in place to set up a National 24 Hour Helpline for victims of rape and sexual assault. It is very much needed, in this country where rape and sexual assault are prevelant, yet the conviction rate for these crimes is at an all time low.

The government must take this issue seriously, and setting up a national 24 hour helpline would be a vital step in helping the thousands of victims who have no access to a Rape Crisis Centre or SARC.

Current signatories

Debi Scudder, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • Wendy Howell
  • wendy richley
  • Debi Scudder
  • John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
  • J RICHARDS
  • Andrew Smith
  • Anji Capes
  • Tracey
  • Matt
  • RAYMOND F BRUSOKAS
  • marie pitchford
  • Cath Elliott
  • Julie Chalder-Mills
  • Jess McCabe
  • Jenna Willis
  • Fiona Dow
  • Sarah Johnston
  • Joanne Dunlop
  • zohra moosa
  • Nicola Taylor
  • Laura Sim
  • JENNIFER DREW
  • Lalitha Sundaram
  • Anna Green
  • Jo Laing
  • Katie Elliott
  • Daisy Mitchell-Forster
  • Catherine McDermott
  • David Plant
  • Siún Carden
  • Jennifer Devonport
  • Rachel Brown
  • Marina Sokolova
  • Oliver Thornton
  • Alex Corwin
  • Sara Thomas
  • EMMA
  • C Hammond
  • Laura Oliver
  • Philip Glover
  • Vesper Johnson
  • Tom Hulley
  • Rhiannon Grant
  • paul gunn
  • Christine Burns
  • Dr Louise Livesey
  • Lindsey Sheehan
  • Gary Clarke
  • L MacDonald
  • Sarah Underwood
  • Mary Groom
  • Laura Woodhouse
  • Sarah Rudston
  • Charlotte Sanders
  • Emily Johnson
  • Felicity Dormon
  • Chris Morris
  • Rebecca Sanders
  • Hazel Lumley
  • Rosalind Kemp
  • Kirsty McHugh
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