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On Tuesday 15th May I will be walking on broken glass to raise money for Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland.

Please donate as much as you can afford, any amount is appreciated! (also I am terrified)

On 17th November 2018, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland will turn 40! Throughout 2018 they will be hosting a range of fundraising events to raise £40,000 to help them continue doing vital work.

The statistics below prove the necessity of such services.

Rape Crisis England & Wales statistics 2016-17:

• Rape Crisis Centres across our network responded to their highest ever number of helpline calls during the year - 202,666 in total, or nearly 4,000 a week.
• Rape Crisis specialist services were accessed by 67,059 individuals, an increase of 16% from 2015-16. 
• Rape Crisis Centres provided in excess of 450,000 sessions of specialist support, including advocacy, emotional support and counselling, an increase of 29% since 2015-16.    
• The largest group that contact Rape Crisis Centres, now over half of service users (51%), is those who prefer to self-refer. This pattern has remained consistent over the past six years and continues to demonstrate the necessity for funded independent services.
• Where age is known, 2,651 were aged 15 or under, an increase of 55% on last year; those aged under 25 represented 36% of service users. Over 30 times more children reported multiple assaults than last year - 904 compared with 29 in 2015-16.

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