NHS Shetland and The Compass Centre raise awareness of Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) as part of Sexual Health Awareness Week

The Compass Centre and NHS Shetland are raising awareness of Shetland's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) as part of Sexual Health Awareness Week (11th - 17th September).

The SARC is a service for anyone who has experienced rape and/or sexual assault in Shetland which allows for the collection of forensic medical evidence on Isle. This service was opened at the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick in April 2022 and was the first of it's kind in Shetland.

We are recruiting for Trustees (Volunteers)

We are currently recruiting for Trustees to join our Board.

• Are you committed to supporting the work of a specialist service for survivors of sexual violence?
• Do you have skills in (or would like to develop skills in) leadership, governance, strategy development, finance, human resources, communications, decision-making, fundraising and more?
• Have a minimum of five hours to spare per month?

Compass Centre receives almost 200 submissions to new #SaferShetland campaign against sexual harassment & intimate image abuse

Following on from #WisToo, The Compass Centre, also known as Shetland Rape Crisis, has curated a digital and print awareness-raising project focused on experiences of sexual harassment and intimate image abuse in Shetland.

To ensure the campaign was informed by realistic concerns in the community, the charity invited folk to make anonymous submissions reflecting on their experiences of sexual harassment and intimate image abuse in Shetland. Over the four-week submission period, it received almost 200 first-hand accounts.

TRANSLATIONS - UPDATED

As part of our work to increase accessibility to our service, we now have our information leaflets translated into Polish, Arabic and Ukrainian.

These leaflets can be accessed here

https://www.compasscentre.org/accessibility/