If you’ve just been raped or sexually assaulted, try to be somewhere that feels safe. If you are in danger, call 999. If you can, see if a friend or someone that you trust can be with you.

At the Compass Centre we work positively with the local media to encourage accurate and sensitive reporting on gender-based violence.

It’s your decision whether you want to report what has happened to you to the police or not.

The Compass Centre employs a small group of truly amazing women, and we think it is a very special place to work.

by a Q&A with local support organisations. As well as the annual light up of local buildings in orange, to shine a light on violence against women and as a beacon of hope for survivors, The Pride flag will be flying over Lerwick Town

I am always happy to support friends and I feel passionate about creating an equal world free from sexual violence, I am still a young person myself and not a trained counsellor. For this reason, I am asking that if you read this and

BSL interpreting for support, advocacy and counselling sessions can be discussed at this stage. More information can be found at Contact Scotland (contactscotland-bsl.org) Foreign language interpreting is provided via a telephone relay

There is often a lack of support circles for Mental Health when attending university away from home. Safety is important due to the perceived safeness in Shetland compared to in a university city. We also chose to discuss spiking due to the

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Inspired by the #MeToo stories being shared on social media across the country, Rhea, a young Shetlander, decided she wanted to show that sexual harassment is as much of a problem in Shetland as it is anywhere else. Just because we live in a peerie