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VICE VERSA

Vice Versa Project
Address: 2 Dudhope Street, Dundee, DD1 1JU / Cairn Centre, 12 Rattray Street, Dundee, DD1 1NA
Phone: 0300 3653001
Email: info@viceversadundee.org.uk    
Website:  www.wrasac.org.uk/vice-versa
Geographical boundary: Dundee
All female staff: Yes
Funded by: Big Lottery
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WHAT IS OUR AIM?
Vice Versa promotes the health, rights and dignity of women who are involved in exchanging sexual acts for some form of payment. We offer a range of specialist support services aimed at increasing safety whilst involved in prostitution and supporting women to find routes out of prostitution.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?
Support Workers provide 1:1 support on a range of issues including substance misuse, sexual health, physical and mental health and well-being, trauma and abuse, housing/homelessness and offending behaviour as well as the provision of Personal Safety equipment and information.

Harm Reduction Centre at the Cairn Centre – access to clean injecting equipment, harm reduction advice and support, wound care, free condoms, pregnancy testing and BBV testing (Hepatitis B and C and HIV).  Sexual Health Nurse available Fridays – 1 pm – 5 pm.  Opening Hours: Mondays/Wednesdays/Thursdays – 9 am – 5 pm, Tuesdays/Fridays – 10 am- 6 pm and Sundays – 12 pm – 2 30 pm.

Drop-In service at the Quaker Meeting House (7 Whitehall Crescent, Dundee, DD1 4AR) for women only. We offer a variety of different social activities to get involved with as well as access to pregnancy testing, free condoms, sexual health support, harm reduction information and advice and emotional support. Opening Hours: Tuesdays 2 30 pm – 4 30 pm.


REFERRAL MECHANISM
Self referral
Individual eg family member / friend
Social worker / criminal justice worker
Police / community safety
Health service eg sexual health, addictions, mental health, GP
Support / community workers

SERVICES WE OFFER
Drop in
1-2-1 support
Counselling
Exiting support
Group work programme
Outreach – street based
Outreach - online
Email / web support service
Free condoms / lubricants
Ugly mugs / dangerous client recording and reporting
Medical services
Needle exchange
Sexual health advice
Leaflets / information

SCHEDULE
Drop-in

Monday & Wednesday, 9am-5pm (Harm Reduction Centre)
Tuesday, 10am-6pm (Harm Reduction Centre), 2.30pm-4.30pm (Drop-in)
Thursday, 9am-5pm (Harm Reduction Centre), 12-2pm (WRASAC Drop-in Service)
Friday, 10am-6pm (Harm Reduction Centre)
Sunday, 12pm-2.30pm (Harm Reduction Centre)

Outreach
Various days/times
Support / 1-2-1
Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm
Telephone Support
Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm

Encompass Network is managed by Women's Support Project:
www.womenssupportproject.org.uk

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  • HOME
  • WHO WE ARE
  • WHAT WE DO
    • ABERDEEN CYRENIANS
    • CLiCK
    • QUAY SERVICES / ALCOHOL AND DRUGS ACTION
    • RASAC Perth & Kinross
    • ROUTES OUT
    • SACRO - ANOTHER WAY
    • TARA
    • VICE VERSA
  • FEEDBACK
  • CASE STUDIES
    • VANESSA
    • MARIA
    • LOUISE
    • BETTY
    • AMANDA
    • SARAH
    • BLESSING
  • RESOURCES
  • NATIONAL SERVICES