helpline: 0800 612 3010
Open: 9:00 - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
helpline: 0800 612 3010
Open: 9:00 - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
Open: 9:00 - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
Open: 9:00 - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
Are you LGBT+ and feeling unsafe in your home environment or relationship? Have you been assaulted or have sexual health concerns? We understand it can be extremely difficult to access the support and understanding you may need to navigate the complex issues involved in abusive relationships and experiences.
You do not have to face this alone. We have specialist LGBT+ domestic abuse workers in Devon and Cornwall who are here to support you, as well as a specialist LGBT+ Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Worker across Devon.
Our staff at the Safer Rainbow Project work with the skills to enable Trauma Stabilisation; an approach focusing on emotional regulation following trauma in a safe supportive space, exploring tolerance, grounding strategies and self-care. This framework is a part of our holistic support process, allowing our clients to share and heal from their experiences in a supportive environment.
We currently run support groups for Empowerment following Domestic Abuse and Trauma Stabilisation. These groups are in-person and led by our staff.
Our Empowerment group works to provide clients with a space to rediscover who they are, understand healthy relationships, help them with creating personal boundaries, overcome isolation, and share experiences in a validating and understanding environment.
Our Trauma Stabilisation group works within our framework to create strategies for emotional regulation, grounding and self-care within a group of peers with similar experiences.
For more information about Safer Rainbow, or to talk to a domestic abuse worker or sexual violence worker, see below.
Getting you some help starts with a simple conversation. Chat confidentially with one of our friendly helpline staff.
You can self-refer for our LGBT+ domestic abuse support and sexual violence support services, or someone else can refer you on your behalf.
Confidentiality is really important to us and all interactions with clients are confidential. However, there may be times in which we need to share confidential information in order to keep a child, adult, staff member or a member of the public safe. We will treat each client respectfully and respond to their individual needs. If you choose to leave your name and personal details, we treat this as implied consent to hold this personal information in accordance with GDPR 2018.
For more information on how we manage information you provide us see our Privacy Policy
At Intercom Trust, we aim to provide all of our services to the highest possible standard. We have a statutory duty of care to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk who come into contact with the organisation in any way.
Safeguarding officer: Andy Hunt
Email: safeguarding@intercomtrust.org.uk
Intercom Trust is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community resource covering the South West. Providing support with homophobic and transphobic prejudice, crime and discrimination.
We hope that your contact with the Intercom Trust is helpful. We feel it important to inform you that the Trust has a zero tolerance policy to protect our staff and other service users from ANY form of abusive language or behaviour. By continuing to make use of any part of the service, you are agreeing to these terms and we reserve the right to end any calls or contact in breach of this policy.