Edinburgh RapeCrisis

📣📣 Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre is seeking a principled and experienced Chief Executive Officer to lead ERCC’s skilled and dynamic team and work collaboratively with our Board of Directors to deliver the organisation’s strategic plan and objectives.

You will be an experienced senior manager with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and have a track record in strategic planning, people management, fundraising and charity finance management, and successful multi-agency partnership work.

You will have a clear understanding of and commitment to trauma-informed, feminist management and leadership.

🔗 Find out more and download an application pack here: https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001bkMfIAI/chief-executive-officer

Closing date for applications: 20 April 2026, noon.

Interviews: week commencing 5 May 2026.

This International Women’s Day the theme is, ‘Give to Gain’.

At Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre, we see every day how powerful giving can be - giving space to be believed and heard, and giving resources to those rebuilding their lives. In return, we witness courage, solidarity and hope.

When we give to survivors, we all gain a safer and more equal future.

💜 Give your voice to challenge sexual violence, to gain change.
💜 Give your support to organisations working to end sexual violence.

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Today and every day, we stand with women, girls and all survivors.

Our Student and Young People’s (SYP) Service offers counselling support to students and young people who have experienced any kind of sexual harm - something that you didn’t want, didn’t feel okay or made you feel uncomfortable.

This could have happened in-person or online, recently or when you were a younger child.

We support young people of all genders, aged 12+ who live in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian.

We can offer emotional and practical support sessions where you can use the time in any way you choose, this can be up to 18 sessions. These can be in person, online or over the phone.

Find out more and get in touch here: https://www.ercc.scot/support/studentandyp/ (link in bio).

We will listen to you, believe you, and support you💜

Our Prevention Team and Student and Young People’s Team had a great day at the 16 Days event at St David’s School during the 16 Days to End Violence Against Women.

They met lots of pupils from different years who participated in activities about sexual violence. See the photos for what pupils wrote down what they thought were Red Flags and Green Flags in relationships.

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📣✨We’re delighted to start off the new year sharing some wonderful news celebrating the outstanding contributions of our Art Therapists at Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre.

Congratulations to: our Art Therapists ⁠Lillian Shipton and Heather Dimarco, who were awarded the Inclusive and Anti-Oppressive Practice Award by the British Association of Art Therapists for their inclusive art therapy groups for survivors of sexual violence at Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre. ⁠
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Against a back-drop of financial instability for r**e crisis centres, Heather and Lillian have not only sustained their art therapy groups but also deepened their commitment to ensuring that no survivor is left without access to vital creative and ther**eutic support, regardless of their gender expression or identity.

Awards were given after a thorough review by a panel of esteemed judges, including MP Sonia Kumar. We’re grateful to all the judges, and everyone who made a nomination.

🔗 Read more: https://baat.org/insights-updates/cath-wakeman-obe-lillian-shipton-and-heather-dimarco-awarded-in-art-therapist-awards

Festive Opening Hours

Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre’s support service will be closed from 5pm on Friday 19 December 2025 and re-open on Monday 5 January 2026.

This time of year can be especially difficult for survivors. If you want to talk to someone, R**e Crisis Scotland’s helpline will be open every evening over the festive period between 5pm-midnight (closing at 11pm on Christmas Day and Hogmanay).

📞 08088 01 03 02
📲 07537 410 027
📧 support@r**ecrisisscotland.org.uk

This helpline is for survivors of any gender aged 13+, their family, friends and supporters.

📢 R**e Crisis is working with colleges and universities to make campuses safer and more supportive. **ecrisisscot’s survey is for students and recent graduates who have lived experience of gender-based violence at college or university.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to find out more or visit https://shorturl.at/P3CG7

‼️Important information - UK Phone Emergency Alert Test on Sunday 7 September at 3pm.

📱You may have a phone hidden for safety reasons, please be aware that this alert will sound automatically - even if the phone is on silent or do not disturb - unless the alerts are disabled.

📳 A loud emergency alert will be sent to all compatible phones. Your phone may make a loud siren sound for 10 seconds, vibrate, and display a message. This may put survivors with hidden phones at risk.

🔕 There are different ways to opt out of test alerts: Go to Settings > Notifications > Emergency Alerts and move them to off (iPhone and Android instructions may vary - please see slides for instructions or visit: www.gov.uk/alerts/operator-testing -out)

Please share to raise awareness and help to keep each other safe 💜

The countdown to Edinburgh Kiltwalk is on!

📣 Get Involved 📣

Are you up for a fundraising challenge?

You can help to provide specialist support to survivors of sexual violence by taking part in Scotland’s largest mass participation walking event and raising vital funds in aid of ERCC.

It’s just over 3 weeks to go until this year’s Edinburgh Kiltwalk on Sunday 14 September. If you’d like to take part in this amazing and unique event there is still time to sign up.

Find out more and sign up using the link here: www.thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/edinburgh

👀 Edinburgh Fringe Show! Fundraising in aid of Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre ⬇️

‘Derby Day’, a new writing drama from debuts at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 after their success with 5-star show Wish You Were Here.

The play addresses the damage caused by the sexual abuse, unbroken cycles of violence and knife crime that threaten working-class communities throughout Scotland. This piece has lived-experience at its core.

Without Compromise Theatre is a Fife new writing company dedicated to telling honest, working class stories with the mission to engage diverse and undertepresented audiences

16+ | Content note: strong language, distressing/triggerint themes, scenes of violence/sexual violence.

Shows until 23 August at theSpace Triplex at 19.15, Venue 38. Buy tickets here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/derby-day

This new role, Survivor Engagement Worker (21 hrs, £34,070 pro-rata) will play a central role in building, supporting and sustaining a vibrant and inclusive survivor community. We are looking for someone passionate about amplifying survivor voices and fostering a sense of agency and peer-support through establishing a community of survivors. You will be empathetic, a skilled facilitator and collaborative, with a deep belief in the power of lived experience to drive systemic change.

Closing date for applications: 26 August 2025

Interviews will be held on: 08 September 2025

This post is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund

ERCC operates under a Schedule 9, Part 1 exemption of the Equality Act 2010, which means that all our roles require staff to fall within the legal definition of a woman.

Successful applicants will be subject to relevant PVG and disclosure checks.

Edinburgh R**e Crisis Centre is committed to and working to achieve equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Find out more and apply here: https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP100000144IzIAI/survivor-engagement-worker