Respond

Supporting people with learning disabilities, their families, carers and professionals affected by trauma and abuse

Respond provides a range of services to both victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse who have learning disabilities and those who have been affected by other trauma. Our services extend to support and training for families, carers and professionals.

To find out more about our range of services and associated fees, please click here.

**Marathon news**

**New Independent Sexual Violence Advisor**

 From April 2010 Respond has a new Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) especially to work with people with learning disabilities from inner London who have experienced sexual violence.

We can help in dealing with the police and the courts or with other issues like housing, health or getting counselling.

We can help if the sexual violence was recently or a long time ago.

We can help if the person wants to report the crime to the police. We can also help if it isn't what they want to do.

It doesn't cost anything to get support from Respond's ISVA.

To find out more, contact:

Deborah Lyttelton, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor. 

phone: 020 7380 8254

email:  isva@respond.org.uk

 
London Training

** book 1 person onto an internal course, and a 2nd person can come for half price ** ** book yourself onto an internal course, and attend a 2nd course for half price**

For more information for training in 2010 please download the Calendar & Booking Form Here.

Campaigns

Respond employs a Policy & Campaigns Officer for 3 days per week to lead and implement Respond's Policy and Campaigning work in the following areas:

• To raise awareness and influence public attitudes towards people with learning disabilities specifically around Disability Hate Crime (DHC) in the Capital
• To promote better protectino and equal access to justice for people with learning disabilities living in the London area who have experienced DHC
• To raise awareness of the issue of Forced Marriage of people with learning Disabilities living in the London area. To see our campaigns page click here. To see our campaign about disability hate crime click here.