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National Service Standards
Our National Service Standards help us ensure that no matter where a victim or survivor lives, they will receive consistent, high quality services from any member Rape Crisis Centre
The Rape Crisis National Service Standards (RCNSS) are a robust set of specialist quality standards.
The organisations that meet them have to demonstrate they are independent, community-based and work from a trauma-informed perspective to provide confidential, specialist services to victims and survivors of all forms of sexual violence and abuse.
The RCNSS were most recently refreshed in 2018, with funding support from the Home Office. All our members are currently undergoing a rigorous process of evidence gathering, review, site visits, and external assessment by a panel of independent professionals to renew their accreditation.
RCNSS accreditation demonstrates quality and specialism in every aspect of a specialist Rape Crisis Centre’s service provision, including Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) services, emotional support and therapeutic services.
The kitemark covers Rape Crisis Centres' work with all sexual violence and abuse victims and survivors who are eligible to access their services, including women and girls, men and boys, trans and non-binary people, and children and young people.
Partners, funders and commissioners can find more information in our RCNSS Summary Booklet
