Our Values

Abuse does not discriminate and can affect anyone regardless of sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, religion, age, disability/impairment, marital status and gender.

Compassion

We treat people with compassionate understanding and give them a voice

Invest

We invest in people to provide a confident highly trained team

Respect

We respect and value difference and provide equal and inclusive access to all our services

Educate

We connect non- judgmentally with our local community to raise awareness and educate

Empower

We empower people to recover, heal and rebuild their lives

Challenge

We courageously challenge societal attitudes that condone and collude with sexual violence

Our Equality Statement

SARAC understands that sexual violence does not discriminate.
We will stand up to inequality and ensure everyone can access support regardless of their identity.

SARAC will continue to mend divides in community and educate ourselves to learn from other’s experiences.

Our Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Miles shares:

‘Our commitment to equity ensures that all individuals have access to trauma-informed support and education regardless of their background, race, ethnicity, sex, sexuality, gender identity, religion, and other characteristics or circumstances. We embrace diversity, and actively plan for inclusion. We invite collaboration and dialogue, embracing the diverse perspectives and experiences within our community. We strive to build an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, supported, and empowered, by working in collaboration with our service users, and building on trust whilst understanding their response to trauma. It is a journey of empowerment with self-choices serving validation and acceptance. We believe inclusion means challenging current practices and influencing attitudes. We recognize that our language and best practices constantly change, and remain committed to educating ourselves and learning from others to ensure equity.’

Our Passion and Beliefs

SARAC recognises the personal worth and individuality of clients.

SARAC supports each person’s right to access a non-judgemental, respectful, consultative and transparent service.

Clients have the right to:

be treated with dignity, compassion and respect;
be offered a non-judgemental service;
be informed of the services available;
be provided with best practice interventions;
have culture, class, age, ability and sexual preference respected; and
be treated with respect no matter what their background or experience when accessing services.

SARAC has the right to assess and determine which individuals it can and will safely support via its internal assessment, on a case-by-case basis, even if sexual abuse has been or still is a factor.

SARAC supports and encourages any client’s right to provide feedback on the service, including complaining if they feel that the service provided has not been appropriate.

When accessing telephone and other services, the organisation requests that clients:

access the service for interventions relating to sexual assault and/or rape;
do not threaten, or be aggressive or abusive to staff;
be truthful and forthcoming with personal details when consulted in the development phase of a support plan;
work towards the achievement of negotiated goals;
abide by the boundaries set in the support plan; and
provide non-identifying statistical data to the organisation for accountability purposes.