ARCH Teesside is a specialist sexual violence service offering free and confidential support, help and advocacy to people in the Teesside area who have experienced rape and sexual abuse, at any point in their lives.
Based in Middlesbrough, we have over 25 years of experience delivering services within the communities we serve.
WE BELIEVE, WE CARE,WE ARE WITH YOU.
If your life has been affected by rape or sexual violence finding the right words may be impossible. ARCH Teesside offers free and confidential support to help you understand your options and make choices that are right for you. Every member of our team is specially trained around the impact of sexual violence and understands the difficulty and challenges you may be experiencing.
In the year 2022-March 2023 ARCH have supported 1586 victims and survivors. In the same year ARCH offered 26,102 sessions of support through counselling, (including pre-trial therapy), advocacy and the LESA service.
Empathy, compassion, non judgemental attitude and ability to empower victims and survivors to recover from sexual violence. To work in a trauma informed way providing support and information to victims and survivors of sexual vioelence to help them make informed choices about their support options.