NSW Rape Crisis is a twenty four hour telephone and online crisis, support and referral service for anyone in NSW who has experienced sexual violence.

The Centre is committed to upholding the rights of women to live in a socially just, equitable and non violent society. Counsellors work in partnership with clients to expand their choices, facilitate healing and encourage personal growth.

The fundamental service principles on which the Centre operates are that:

In all its practices the Centre asserts that anyone who has experienced sexual violence has the right to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect and be informed of, and have access to, legal assistance, counselling, health and welfare services.

NSW Rape Crisis Centre was established in the early 70's by a group of volunteer women. These women would travel all over Sydney to pick up women who had been sexually assaulted and bring them to the Centre for counselling and medical help. In 1974 the Whitlam Government provided the funding to the Centre and workers were employed for the first time. The Centre is now funded by the NSW Department of Health but remains a non profit community group managed by a group of committed community women. The Centre employs counsellors who are professionally qualified and have extensive experience in the area of sexual assault.

The Centre is:

• Feminist, holistic and empowering in approach;
• Innovative, political and professional in action;
• Transparent, accountable and accessible in service provision; and
• Committed to upholding the rights of all women to live in a socially just and equitable society and the rights of all people to live free of violence.

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