Useful Addresses – United Kingdom

St Patrick’s Centre for Community Health
Highgate Street
Birmingham B12 OYA

Fon 0121 440 6655
Fax 0121 446 1070
E-mail carole.lennox@hobtpct.nhs.uk

Office hours
MON-FRI: 9:00am – 5:00pm.
Outreach work 4 times a week in Birmingham and Walsall

Offers

• Safe Drug Treatment service between 11am and 2pm daily.
• Safe GUM/Family planning. Testing/screening on all STI’s Hep. B vaccination, pregnancy testing, contraception and advice, smear test etc. Monday afternoon, from 1.30 to 4.30pm only.
• Indoor work/outreach work in saunas, flats, massage parlours in order to distribute sexual health and drug information, support and advice.
• Safe Project Housing and Support services.
• Safe Project Drop-In. Monday afternoon only, from 12:00 to 4.30pm. Offers condoms and supplies, sexual health and drug treatment, advice and information, as well as housing, health, welfare rights and legal issues.
• Ugly mugs: aimed at threatened raped or assaulted. They can talk to staff who will take details and print on to early warning sheets, which provide other workers with details and act as an early warning system.
• Exiting: looking at alternatives i.e. benefits housing, education and training as well as referral to other agencies.
• Counselling: issues around relationships, domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse.
• The project also carries out outreach, drop-in, and indoor services in Walsall and Sandwell.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to women who have been trafficked
  It has worked with women from Italy, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Thailand and South America. 

  Translators
  The project provides translators by appointment for Thai, Italian and Eastern European languages.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Lauriston Building
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh

Fon +44 (0)131 536 2104

Office hours
Only by appointment.

Offers

• Specialist sexual health service, STI testing and treatment, HIV and Hepatitis counselling, testing and treatment.The services offered are confidential. However the Clinic requires a name and date of birth. There are no legal requirement for the person to give own name and date of birth, but they are always asked to try to give the same name for continuity of care and treatment.The services are free of charge and voluntary.
  It provides condoms, lubricants and other prophylactic (preventative) materials.

  Translators
  Interpreters are available by previous arrangement in most languages.

Dean Terrace
Edinburgh

Fon +44 (0)131

Office hours
Only by appointment.

Offers

• Contraception, terminations, cervical smear tests and other women’s health screening.The services offered are confidential. However the Clinic requires a name and date of birth. There are no legal requirement for the person to give own name and date of birth, but they are always asked to try to give the same name for continuity of care and treatment.The services are free of charge and voluntary.
  It provides condoms, lubricants and other prophylactic (preventative) materials.

  Translators
  Interpreters are available by previous arrangement in most languages.

Prescot Street
Liverpool

Fon 44 (0)151 706 2627

Office hours
Only by appointment.

Offers

• Full sexual health service and counselling: HIV, Hepatitis testing, with fast track service via referral from Linx Project.
• Psychological counselling.The services are offered anonymously. Nevertheless the service asks for a fantasy name and the real date of birth, which is helpful for those using the services regularly.
  All offers are free of charge and voluntary.Translators
  The service works with interpreters via telephone, which is efficient and easily accessible, and makes it possible to have access to all languages.
  The service do not provide condoms, lubricants and/or prophylactic (preventative) materials.

Jefferiss Wing, St Mary’s Hospital
Paddington
London W2 1NY

Fon 020 7886 1549/ 1828
Fax 0207886 1957
E-mail jane.ayres@st-marys.nhs.uk

Office hours
MON- FRI: 9.30am – 5.30pm

Offers

• Specialist Clinical services.
• Drop in and Outreach for information and support for generic issues related to sex work.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to women who have been trafficked
  It has worked with women from Colombia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Australia, Spain, China, Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Uganda, Ukraine, Kenya, Poland, Belarus, Latvia, Nigeria, Albania, Italy, Lithuania, Thailand, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece.Translators
  The project has translators for all requested languages.

Block G1
St Ann’s Hospital
St Ann’s Road
London N153TH

Fon 07076 566537
E-mail michelle.shoc@virgin.net

Office hours
MON: 10am to Midnight
TUE-FRI: 10am to 8pm
Answer phone at all other times.

Offers

• Outreach to indoor premises in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
• Street Outreach in Seven Sisters.
• Drop-in with full sexual health on Monday, from 7 to 11pm in Seven Sisters.
• Non medical drop in on Fridays, 7 to11pm in Seven Sisters:All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The organisation provides service for women who have been trafficked in the broad sense but would help women link to more appropriate services.
  The project has worked with women from the following nationalities: Albanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, South American, Far Eastern, Australian, American, New Zealand and with women from most European countries.Translators
  The service works with translators for Portuguese, Italian and Spanish, but have access to other languages through link workers.

St Ann’s Road
London N153TH

Fon 020 8442 6536

Office hours
Only by appointment.

Offers

• Full sexual health service, counselling, psychology, HIV, Hepatitis testing.
• Fast Track service for sex workers.All the service is offered anonymously, free of charge and voluntary.
  The service provides condoms, lubricants and/ or prophylactic (preventative) materials.Translators
  The service works with interpreters for most languages.

11 Warwick Street
Soho
London W1B 5NA

Fon 020 7734 1794
Fax 020 7287 1368
E-mail tim.green@camdenpct.nhs.uk

Office hours
MON-FRI: 9.30am – 17.00pm

Offers

• CLASH provides outreach to flats and saunas in Westminster and Camden.
• The service provides free condoms, information and advice regarding sexual health and referrals to sexual health clinics.
• CLASH provides a sexual health clinic each Friday from 9.00 hrs. This is staffed by a female doctor, nurse, family planning nurse and health advisor.
• We use Albanian and Russian cultural mediators each week, a Thai cultural mediator the last Friday of the month and have access to other mediators when needed.
• Although we do provide a clinic on a Friday, we also fast track our clients through our two main sexual health clinics.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The organisation provides service for women who have been trafficked in the broad sense but would help women link to more appropriate services.The service has worked with women coming from: Italy, other Western Europe, Albania, other Balkan countries, other Eastern European countries, Africa, Asia, S E Asia, UK/Rep. Ireland and Americas.

  Translators
  The service works with interpreters or cultural mediators for Albanian, Russian, Thai and Romanian, however we have access to others if needed.

Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine
Caper Street
London WC1E 6AU

Fon 020 7530 5050
Fax 020 7530 5073

Offers

• Specialist sexual health service
• it provides condoms, lubricants and/ or prophylactic (preventative) materials.All the service is offered anonymously, voluntary and free of charge.Translators
  The service works with interpreters or cultural mediators for Albanian, Russian, Thai and Romanian, however we have access to others if needed.

2nd Floor, Lincoln House
Kennington Park
1-3 Brixton Road
London SW9 6DE

Fon
0207 735 2062 – Reception
0207 840 7141 – POPPY Information Officer
0207 840 1729 – 24 Hour HotlineFax 0207 840 7139
E-mail poppy@eaveshousing.co.uk

Office hours
09.30 – 05.30

Offers

• Accommodation
• Subsistence allowance and support, including outreach, to female victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation
• Assistance includes when appropriate: liaison with police or immigration solicitors, linking women to counselling, education, legal information or advice and support services in countries of origin
  This service is not offered anonymously. It is offered free of charge. This organisation works with any national group who was brought to the UK.Translators
  If necessary there are translators for any language.

7 Hadden St
Aberdeen AB11 6NU
Fon 01224 577120
Fax 01224 592295
E-mail drugsaction@btinternet.com

Office hours
Administration
MON-FRI: 9am – 5.30pm

Offers

• Outreach work: twice weekly service in the harbour area of Aberdeen, supported by one to one counselling support from the city centre base. The outreach service provides advice, information and support on a variety of different issues including drug use, safer injecting practice, Hep/HIV, relapse prevention, sexual health, street safety and the reporting of assaults.
• A selection of condoms, lubricants and needle exchange services are provided. Panic alarms are distributed whenever funding has allowed the purchase.
• Assistance in accessing other services including G.U.M. , Grampian Womens Aid, housing, Grampian police, social work, Accident and Emergency.
• Drugs Action has a range of services both at the central base and various city wide outreach areas which include the provision of condoms, needle exchange and support, advice and information.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to all women involved in the sex industry if they wish to use our services, but it does not have a specific initiative targeting women who have been trafficked.

70, Newhaven Road
GB-Edinburgh EH6 5QG
Fon +44-(0)131 622 75 50
Fax +44-(0)131 622 75 51
E-mail manager@scot-pep.org.uk

Office hours
MON-THU: 10.30am – 6pm
Answer phone when office not staffed.

Offers

• Establishment outreach across Edinburgh: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12noon – 3pm. Providing condoms, ‘Ugly Mug’ information and support, health and social care information. Phone to ask for a visit.
• Street Outreach in North Leith: Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, 8pm – 12midnight. Providing condoms, ‘Ugly Mug’ information and support, health and social care information.
• Mobile Unit drop-in and needle exchange facility in North Leith: Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, 8pm – 12 midnight. Providing condoms, needle exchange, ‘Ugly Mug’ information and support, health, drug and social care information. Phone to find out its location.
• Office based support: Monday to Thursday, 12noon – 3pm. Providing condoms, ‘Ugly Mug’ information and support, health, drug and social care information and support. Phone to make an appointment.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to women who have been trafficked in the broad sense but would help women link to more appropriate services
  SCOT-Pep has worked with women from the following nationalities: Albanian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Estonian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian, Cuban, Thai, Philippine, Australian, American, New Zealanders and Canadian.Translators
  The project uses interpreters for Spanish (within staff team) but have access to other languages through external agencies.

PO Box 453
Liverpool L69 2UB

Fon +44 (0)151 222 4908
Fax +44 (0)151 708 4065
E-mail linxproj@freezone.co.uk

Office hours
MON-FRI: 9am – 5pm
Answer phone when office not staffed.

Offers

• Advice & referrals – drug treatment, relapse prevention, education & training, accommodation, benefits/welfare rights, ‘fast track’ to sexual health services, counselling.
• High level support – police/criminal justice, appointments with other services/agencies.
• Outreach/drop-in – free condoms, personal attack alarms, ‘Ugly Mug’ information, safety leaflets, care of address for service users receiving high level support.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to women who have been trafficked
  It has worked with women coming from: Greece, Zimbabwe, Republic of Ireland. Also hold regular advice/information sessions at local NASS hostel and work with various nationalities.Translators
  None, but currently working on accessing interpretation services.

Units 89-91
23 New Mount Street
Manchester M4 4DE

Fon 0161 953 4107
Fax 0161 953 4108
E-mail graham@mash.org.uk

Office hours
MON-FRI: 9:00am – 5:00pm

Offers

• Free condoms
• Needle exchange
• Hepatitis B vaccinations
• Drug Liaison Midwife
• Nursing input for basic first aid and wound dressing
• Advice and information around wide range of issues
• Fast track referral service to GUM clinics
• Contraception
• Chlamydia testing
• Pregnancy testing
• Specialist drug workers who provide on-site assessment for drug treatment.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The organisation do not provide a specific or specialist service for women who have been trafficked. However, these women are able to access all the service provided by MASH as listed above, free of charge and anonymously.
  The organisation has worked with women of different nationalities, including Thai, Spanish, Portuguese, Albanian, Russian and Polish.Translators
  The organisation does not work with translators or cultural mediators. However, they have been using leaflets written in different languages. These leaflets include information around hepatitis, condoms, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, pregnancy and contraception.
  The leaflets provided are available in: Russian, Portuguese, Albanian, Bulgarian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish and Thai.

1ST floor, Forest Mills Highurst Street
Nottingham NG7 3JQ

Fon 0115 9249992
Fax 0115 9249993
E-mail sonia@powadvice.co.uk

Office hours
MON, WEN: 10:00am to 5:00pm
TUE: 11:00am to 4:00pm
THU: 10:00am to 7:00pm
FRI: 10:00am to 1:00pm

Offers

• a free, comprehensive, confidential, drop in and outreach service to those involved in prostitution, giving out free condoms and lubricants. The services are also available to the wider community, particularly those affected by issues of prostitution.All the service is offered anonymously and free of charge.
  The project provides support to women who have been trafficked.
  The project does not work with migrant women at present.