Rape Crisis North East Building Fund

Rape Crisis North East are currently fundraising to purchase a building with enough space to expand our service and base in Dundalk. Our waiting list is unacceptable and it is imperative that we find a premises suitable for our needs. We need a young people's room designed to ease the process of disclosure and enough counselling rooms to expand. We are currently in the process of expanding our outreach Centres in Drogheda and establishing a centre in Navan. We also have an outreach centre in Castleblayney.

Rape Crisis North East is a unique and specialised counselling, advocacy, information and support service for women, men, boys and girls who have experienced any form of sexual violence and or sexual abuse.

Established in 1996 RCNE provides a range of intervention supports to survivors of sexual violence within Louth, Meath, Monaghan and Cavan. Supports available include a freephone confidential helpline support, advocacy, information, educational outreach, accompaniment to the courts, medical services and Gardaí, face to face counselling and crisis intervention.

Rape Crisis North East is the only specialist service available to those who have been traumatised by Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Assault within the entire North East Region of Ireland.

We are now in crisis ourselves with our limited capacity to provide what is needed by a very vulnerable group of survivors in our society. Local support means so much to us .