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Welcome

Galway Rape Crisis Centre are a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Galway City. The centre opened its doors in 1984 and since then has been providing counselling and support services to survivors of sexual violence and abuse in the West of Ireland. The centre also provides Education and Training Services to the general public, and to specific groups in the community. Our cutting edge services include:

A 24 hour call out service supporting survivors after recent assault or rape

An Education and Prevention Programme geared towards young adults in secondary schools and third level colleges Trainings for Professionals

A dedicated clinic supporting asylum seekers and refugees

 and many more which you can find out about by surfing this site or by subscribing to our monthly newsletter on this page. The newsletter will give you updates on our statistics, details about our work as well as educational facts relating to the area of sexual violence and abuse.

Audio Feature

Listen to a 3 minute audio feature on GRCC services containing an interview with a client. This audio feature was recorded by RTE Radio 1. Click Here

Video Feature

Watch a three minute client testimonial

Executive Directors' Welcome:

Dear Readers, Welcome to the brand new GRCC website! 2009 is an exciting year for Galway Rape Crisis Centre in many ways. We are celebrating our twenty fifth anniversary this year , which we plan to commemorate throughout the year with awareness campaigns and educational events. We are also delighted to announce that the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit has finally opened as of August 24th 2009, after many delays.

We have lobbied for such a unit for many years as research shows that where such a unit exists people who have been raped or assaulted are much more likely to report, stay in the the court system and avail of medical and psychological services in the long term.

Improving services for survivors has always been a high priority for us and we are proud to have reached this goal. For updates on all of these events please follow our site, or subscribe to our monthly newsletter.

If you are concerned about your confidentiality when subscribing to our newsletter, please know that the name and email address you subscribe with will only be seen by one person, the newsletter editor, and will be kept confidential. If you are still concerned, you can create a special email address with a provider like yahoo or hotmail, giving a bogus name, just to receive the newsletter. Or you may look up past newsletters by visiting our newsletter archive.

Aoibheann McCann.
Acting Executive Director.

Galway Rape Crisis Centre

7 Claddagh Quay,
Galway,
Helpline: 1800 355 355
Business Line: 091-583149
Fax : 091-583148

Galway Rape Crisis Centre are a company limited by guarantee, registered in Ireland, company registration number 222316. Charity registration number: 7582.

Board of Directors:
 
Chairperson: Stephen Mackey
Treasurer: John Daly
Secretary: Marian Shiels,
Other members: Breda Lymer, Noor Poppers (Netherlands), Liz Cassidy