South Yorkshire

Phone

0300 303 1976

If you’ve been affected by crime, call your local victim care team in South Yorkshire. Lines are open 9am-8pm, Monday to Friday.

Supportline

08 08 16 89 111

If you need support outside of your local team’s opening hours, you can call our Supportline for free. Or find other ways to get help.

Get help from your local team

Call us

If you’ve been affected by crime, call your local victim care team in South Yorkshire on 0300 303 1976. Lines are open Monday to Friday 9am-8pm.

If you need telephone support outside of your local team’s opening hours, you can call our Supportline, for free, on 08 08 16 89 111. Supportline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Email us

You can email the team at southyorkshire@victimsupport.org.uk.

Go online

Find out more about our services at https://humbersouthyorks.victimsupport.org.uk/.

Our free live chat support service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can also request support via the website. A member of the team will get back to you within three working days.

My Support Space is a free online resource containing interactive guides aimed at helping you to manage the impact crime has had on you. It’s easy to set up an account and get access to over 70 guides. My Support Space allows you to work through the guides at your own pace. My Support Space is now also available via an app.

How we can help

We give free, confidential help to people who have been affected by crime in South Yorkshire. We’re an independent charity and you can contact us for support regardless of whether you’ve contacted the police, and no matter how long ago the crime took place. You can also contact us for support regardless of your immigration status in England and Wales.

If you call your local Victim Support team, we’ll provide support that’s personalised to you. We’ll listen with compassion and help you find ways to manage and feel safer. We can also inform you of your rights and the services that you may be entitled to. If you’d like us to, we can refer you to other specialist organisations that can also help.

As well as offering support to people affected by crime, we run specialist services in South Yorkshire. These include:

Stalking

Victim Support South Yorkshire offers support to victims who have been subjected to fixated, obsessive, unwanted, and repeated behaviour from someone else. This can be recent or have happened in the past. Our stalking service can help you to cope with your situation, take control, and start to move forward from your experiences. Access our support by calling 0300 303 1976.

Children and Young People

Specialist support is available to children and young people affected by crime, to help them cope and move forward from their experiences. We can also directly support their parents and carers.

We work with partner organisations in South Yorkshire to make sure you get the support you need. Find out more about some of the services and organisations we work with.

Please note, Victim Support is not responsible for the content of third-party websites.

South Yorkshire

Support for victims of rape and sexual abuse in Doncaster. Call 01302 341572 to get in touch.

Specialist support for victims of sexual violence. Get in touch by calling 01226 320140 or email info@bsarcs.org.

Specialist counselling for women, men and young people who have experienced abuse at any time in their life. You can self-refer to the service or be referred from other agencies. Contact Rothacs on 01709 835482 or email info@rothacs.org.uk.

Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (SRASAC) supports the recovery from the emotional and psychological distress caused by trauma from rape, sexual violence or sexual abuse/exploitation, whenever it happened in a person’s life. Call 0114 2412766 or email info@srasac.org.uk.

Remedi provides restorative services across all offences and at any stage of the criminal justice system. Their support is a means of addressing conflict in any setting — criminal justice, social care, schools and the workplace. To get in touch, call 0114 253 6669 or email rj@remediuk.org

Free and confidential help for those going to court as the victim of a crime, a witness to a crime, or a family member or friend of someone who died because of a crime. Call 0300 332 1000 or email WSreferralhub@citizensadvice.org.uk. You can also call the Police Witness Care Team on 0114 296 3946 or 0114 296 3933.

The South Yorkshire Mayor exercises the functions of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). The key roles and responsibilities of PCCs include holding the police to account and commissioning services and providing grants to help tackle and prevent crime, while supporting vulnerable people and those affected by crime.

Domestic abuse services

For confidential advice, information and support, call the Domestic Abuse Hub on 01302 737080, email dahub@doncaster.gov.uk or complete their online self-referral form.

For information and support after domestic abuse and sexual violence, call Independent Domestic Abuser Services (IDAS) on 03000 110 110 or email info@idas.org.uk.

Rotherham Rise can help if you’ve been a victim of domestic abuse, domestic violence or child sexual exploitation. Call them on 0330 202 0571 or email help@rotherhamrise.org.uk

For support after domestic abuse, call the Sheffield Domestic Abuse Co-ordination Team Helpline on 0808 808 2241 or email help@sheffielddact.org.uk

Hackenthorpe Lodge offers free support and practical help to anyone in South Yorkshire who has experienced sexual violence and/or sexual abuse. Appointments only. To book call 0330 223 0938 or email ​hackenthorpelodge.sarc@nhs.net.