Outreach & Community Engagement.

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Work with us.

We work across Coventry and surrounding areas to raise awareness of sexual violence and abuse and connect communities with specialist support.

Our outreach work helps improve understanding, strengthen responses, and ensure people know how and where to access help when it is needed.

Our approach.

Our outreach work is delivered through education, partnership working, and community engagement.

We work with local organisations, professionals, and community groups to share knowledge about trauma, improve safeguarding responses, and support more informed, confident approaches when responding to disclosures or concerns.

This includes raising awareness, delivering training and engagement activity, and supporting networks to better understand when and how to refer into specialist services.

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How we do it.

Our outreach work includes:

  • Delivering awareness sessions in community settings

  • Providing training and information to local organisations

  • Supporting professionals to understand trauma-informed responses

  • Sharing guidance on recognising and responding to disclosures

  • Contributing to local initiatives that improve safety and wellbeing

This work helps ensure that more people understand how to respond safely and appropriately to sexual violence and abuse.

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Who we work with.

We work alongside a wide range of organisations and services, including:

  • community organisations

  • education providers

  • health and care services

  • voluntary and third sector groups

  • local authority and statutory partners

Our aim is to strengthen joined-up responses so that individuals can access the right support at the right time.

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Our approach.

All outreach and engagement work is:

  • trauma-informed

  • evidence-based

  • delivered by trained professionals

  • shaped by best practice and safeguarding guidance

  • adapted to the needs of different audiences

We aim to ensure that all activity is appropriate, accessible, and safe.

Why this work matters.

Outreach and engagement helps to:

  • improve early identification of need

  • reduce barriers to accessing support

  • challenge stigma and misunderstanding

  • increase confidence in responding to disclosures

  • strengthen local safeguarding and referral pathways

By working with professionals and communities, we help create environments where survivors are more likely to be believed, supported, and signposted correctly.

Why choose CRASAC.

We are a specialist sexual violence support service with over 40 years’ experience working alongside survivors, professionals, and communities.

Our outreach work is grounded in trauma-informed, feminist-informed practice and delivered by a team with specialist expertise in sexual violence, safeguarding, and recovery.

We work collaboratively with local organisations across Coventry and surrounding areas to improve understanding, strengthen responses to disclosures, and support safer, more informed communities.

Working with CRASAC.

We offer outreach and engagement on a collaborative basis, working with organisations to identify need and tailor delivery appropriately.

If you would like to discuss outreach, training, or engagement opportunities, please get in touch. ‍

admin@crasac.org.uk
024 7627 7772‍ ‍