Remote support is provided nationally through our helpline and Live Chat for as long as the survivor needs and deemed to be helpful. 

This can be advocating for the survivor, giving them support, providing information (including information on church and police procedures), understanding individual needs and jointly working on individual support plans.  If face-to-face support is required and is local to where the survivor lives, contact and referrals will be made with appropriate organisations depending on need.

Safe Spaces comprises a team of trained support advocates who have undergone specialist training in supporting survivors of sexual violence and who have received additional specific training in how the churches respond to abuse cases, the way in which faith and church-related settings have been used to carry out abuse, and the particular issues affecting people who have had or still have, a relationship with the church.