The Dublin Rape Crisis CentreDRCC Head Office 70 Lower Leeson Street Outreach Services: Coolock Tallaght Hospit

1. ) The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre(DRCC) Head Office 70 Lower Leeson Street Outreach Services: Coolock Tallaght Hospital Tallaght TRP Dochas Women�s Prison

2. Vision and Mission Statement DRCC�s vision is a society where rape and other forms of sexual abuse are responded to in such a way that limits and prevents the prevalence of sexual violence DRCC�s mission statement : Preventing and healing the trauma of rape and sexual abuse

3. Locations of DRCC DRCC�s main office is on 70 Lower Leeson Street in Dublin 2 The outreach services are in: Tallaght Hospital Tallaght Rehabilitation Centre Coolock Civic Centre Dochas Women�s Prison Clients are mainly from Dublin and the Greater Dublin area Clients come from 17 other counties mainly Wicklow, Kildare, Laois, Meath, Cavan and Louth

4. History and Services The DRCC was founded in 1979 In the first year the Centre received 70 calls to the helpline In 2009 the National 24 hour Helpline 1800 77 88 88 received over 10 914 genuine counselling calls  The Centre is open to clients 6 days a week, 8-7 Mon.-Fri. and 9-4 on Saturdays The Centre has 37 staff and 75 Volunteers

5. Structure DRCC is a registered Charity. Board of Directors � CEO responsible for the executive functions and reports to Board 6 Departments; Clinical, Volunteer Services, Education & Training, Administration and Accounts, Fundraising, Legal Info. office Management Team: CEO, Head of Clinical Services, Head of Education, and Head of Administration

6. Services of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre DRCC provides: National 24 Hour Helpline 1 800 77 88 88 Counselling and support services for the victims of rape, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse Education and training for professionals and volunteers Lobbying and campaigning for reform in the area of sexual violence (SV)

7. Services of DRCC Court Accompaniment SATU Accompaniment Garda Station accompaniment Outreach Talks; schools, community groups, youth groups, homeless groups etc.

8. Services of DRCC Advocacy on behalf of victims of SV through the provision of relevant information and linking of victims to other services Research: SAVI REPORT, THE LEGAL PROCESS, Update on Separate Legal Representation Provides interpreters for foreign nationals and people with hearing disability

9. Services of DRCC Collaborates with other NGOs for the purpose of lobbying, campaigning and advising Government Works with Cosc, The National office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Has representation on the National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women, ERAC, The Irish Obs. on VAW, The HSE Implementation Group on VAW to name but a few of the committees Free legal information clinic

10. MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACHCombating Sexual Crimes in Society PROTECTION: Good laws in place to ensure that our citizens are properly protected PROVISION: Services in place that appropriately respond to the needs of victims of sexual crimes PREVENTION: Education, awareness raising campaigns and programmes for offenders

11. SAVI REPORT : Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland - 2002 1 in 5 women and 1 in 6 men experienced sexual abuse in childhood 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men experienced sexual violence as adults 4 in 10 (42%) women and between 2 and 3 in 10 (28%) men experienced some form of sexual abuse in their lifetime

12. Societal Changes Rise in number of male clients using the services 9 different Nationalities in Volunteer Group Callers to the Helpline from a wide variety of nationalities including, 12 European countries, 17 African Countries, 12 Asian Countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and China Callers to the Nat. Helpline are from 17 counties Face to face clients reflect a similar diversity

13. Sample Stats. from Annual Report 2009 10,914 genuine counselling calls 286 SATU accompaniments 29 court and garda station accompaniments 5,367 Therapy sessions offered 514 hours of group therapy completed 87.92% female clients. 12.08 male clients. 60 outreach awareness talks Over 4,000 hours of training provided by Ed. & Training Department

14. Trends :Impact of Internet Easy access to hard core pornography Risk to children of chat-rooms � ie grooming Exploitation and abuse of children in the global production of child pornography Exploitation of men and women in the global production of pornography

15. Internal Challenges Developing and maintaining structures that reflect a collaborative, productive and positive working environment Responding to the needs of the clients, staff and management in a changing society and uncertain funding Maintaining On-going Annual Board and Staff Reviews

16. External Challenges Providing the level of required services having received a 5.5% cut in 2010 on top of 2.2% cut in 2009 on top of no increase in grant for previous 3 yrs. Fundraising both for frontline services and the much needed SAVI 2 Research has become more difficult because of the economic downturn On-going challenge of keeping Sexual Violence on the political agenda to ensure the necessary legal and constitutional changes Working with RCNI and Cork Sexual Violence Centre to produce National Statistics

17. Referral Agencies Self Referral GP and Hospital/SATU Gardai Friends and Family Front line services, homeless, prostitution, asylum seekers Other NGOs

18. SAVI The SAVI Report Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland

19. Impact of SAVI First ever comprehensive research of its kind in Ireland A National Study of Irish experiences , beliefs and attitudes concerning sexual violence Had the support of the Government SAVI is a play on the word savvy meaning �to have understanding of�

20. SAVI Funded by Depts. of Health, Justice Equality and Law Reform and Atlantic Philanthropy. Study monitoring group made up of appropriately senior representatives from Government Departments, DRCC, Trinity College, Economic and Social Research Institute and chaired by a practising barrister.

21. SAVI Commissioned by: The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and carried out by: The Health Services Research Centre, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

22. Study Planning Advice and information was received from eminent professionals in the field Study planning involved meetings and discussions in Ireland, UK and US

23. Impact of SAVI With SAVI launched, it slowly began to show its impact on:- FUNDING PROVISION INFORMED POLICY AT NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS CONTINUALLY BEING QUOTED BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TWO EXTRA SATUs NOW IN PLACE IN MULLINGAR AND GALWAY COMPREHENSIVE AR OUTDOOR POSTER CAMPAIGN 1 CINEMA AD AND 3 TV ADS DELIVERED NATIONALLY

24. IMPACT OF SAVI The stories in the centre were validated The myths about rape and sexual abuse could be scientifically challenged The Ferns Report 2005 The Ryan Report May 2009 The Murphy Report Nov. 2009

25. SAVI The SAVI Report is dedicated to the 3,000 people who took part in the study. Many recounted difficult and painful personal experiences of sexual violence. All took the time to discuss with the researcherss very personal and sensitive aspects of their lives. The study�s unique contribution is this substantial input from so many members of the Irish public

26. SAVI 1 and SAVI 2 A special thanks to Professor Hannah McGee who led the research Who better than Professor McGee to lead SAVI 2 How much better to have a 32 county SAVI 2.

27. SAVI 1 and SAVI 2 For SAVI 1�s impact to be fully felt it is imperative that SAVI 2 is conducted now Comparative date is essential 10 years on SAVI 2 is vital in monitoring change over time & in relation to changes in public awareness and public policy