United Against Sexual Violence and Abuse

The Survivors Trust is a national membership organisation supporting specialist rape and sexual abuse services in the voluntary sector. We have over 120 member organisations throughout the UK and Ireland who provide specialist support services to over 100,000 survivors each year.

The Survivors Trust responds to new leadership in the Church of England

The Survivors Trust acknowledges the significant development within the Church of England, as it welcomes new leadership following the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. This unprecedented event follows Archbishop Welby’s acknowledgment of personal failures in adequately responding to...

Act on IICSA – Press Release

ACT on IICSA responds to recent press coverage on Child Sexual Abuse Recent press coverage on child sexual abuse (CSA) highlights a troubling trend of misinformation that undermines the true scale of the crisis and the pressing need for reform....

ACT on IICSA writes an open letter to commend Bishop Helen-Ann for Highlighting Church of England Safeguarding Failures

On Monday 16th December, ACT on IICSA, including Professor Alexis Jay and colleagues, wrote an open letter to Bishop Helen-Ann expressing strong support for her courageous efforts in exposing the safeguarding failings within the Church of England. Her actions underscore...

Collaborating with The Grind

A huge thank you to The Grind Café for standing with survivors and raising awareness of our work. The viral video posted by them this week sparked an important discussion about the prevalence of sexual violence in our society. Among...

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Our Impact

Specialist member agencies around the UK and Ireland providing direct services to survivors of sexual violence

Estimated survivors supported by our member agencies in the last year through telephone and email support, counselling, support groups and other services

Individuals trained internally and externally in the last 12 months. These include those from the police, government agencies, schools, NHS staff, ISVAs and independent students

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Survivor Stories

Laura’s Story

You hear it all over the news. You see it in films and tv shows. As women, we are often...

Dorota’s Story

It was a warm summer in 1997 in Poland. My paternal grandmother took my 2 sisters and I away on...

James’ Story

We had moved to the Midlands from the South when I was 18 months old. With just my mum and...

Upcoming Events

Tough Mudder

Event Location: Various locations

Inflatable 5K

Event Location: Various locations

Cycle Portugal

Event Location: Portugal

Event Date: October 11, 2025

Northern Lights Winter Trek

Event Location: Iceland

Event Date: November 5, 2025

Dalai Lama Mountain Trek

Event Location: Indian Himalayas

Event Date: November 8, 2025

Our Blog

The Survivors Trust joins #GivingTuesday 2024

The Survivors Trust is thrilled to announce that we’re one of the thousands of organisations taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, the global day of generosity, to be held on the 3rd of December. The campaign began in America in 2012 as a way to give back after the...

NEW TST ONLINE ISVA ADVISORY SERVICE

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Online ISVA Advisory Service. TST wants to ensure that all survivors of sexual violence and abuse without access to ISVA support benefit from access to specialist knowledge and guidance around their options and rights by qualified ISVA practitioners. The service can...

A Date With Hollywood

A massive THANK YOU to Alice Hodge who organised a Burlesque Charity Show to raise funds for The Survivors Trust. The event – entitled A Date With Hollywood – ran on the 6th September and was a huge success. The initial fundraising target was £1,000 but very generous donations meant...

Daisy’s Fundraiser

The Survivors Trust want to say a big thank you to Daisy, who raised over £1,000 for us, blogging movingly along the way. We really appreciate all of her fundraising efforts, and hope that readers will find her story below as inspirational as we did....