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Limited services and closures for Women’s Care Centre and Sexual Assault Care Centre
November 11th, 2024 | AGM and AWARE Updates, News
The AWARE centre will be closed from 23 December, 2024 to 1 January, 2025.
The Women’s Care Centre (WCC) and Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) will provide limited services from 16 December, 2024 to 22 December, 2024 and 2 January, 2025 to 10 January, 2025.
Details of the limited services and closure are as follows:
WCC and SACC:
- 16 Dec, 2024 – 22 Dec, 2024: Helpline services are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday; no new clients will be accepted for our counselling, legal clinic and case management services during this time.
- 23 Dec, 2024 – 1 Jan, 2025: Closure. No services will be available.
- 2 Jan, 2025 – 10 Jan, 2025: Services will restart at a limited capacity. Helpline services are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday; no new clients will be accepted for our counselling, legal clinic and case management services during this time.
Normal services for WCC and SACC will fully resume on Monday, 13 January 2025.
If you have experienced sexual assault within the last 72 hours, you may refer to this page for suggested actions.
If you require support, you may reach out to these alternatives:
- National Anti-Violence Helpline (24-hour, for reporting of domestic and sexual violence): 1800 777 0000
- Samaritans of Singapore (24-hour, for coping with self-harm or suicidal ideation):
- Hotline: 1-767
- Email: pat@sos.org.sg
- Whatsapp: +65 9151 1767
- IMH Helpline (24-hour, for mental health crisis): 6389 2222
- ComCare Helpline (7am-12am, to locate your nearest Family Service Centre): 1800 222 0000
- Care Corner Helpline (10am-10pm, for emotional support for Mandarin speakers): 1800 3535 800
- Community Justice Centre (Mon-Fri, 10am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-4pm, 20 minutes free legal information, walk ins only, recommended to queue ~1.5h before it opens as its services are on a first-come-first-serve basis)
- Pro Bono SG (Law Society Pro Bono Legal Clinic Services) (Free legal information, appointments needed)
- Police 999, Medical assistance 995 (If you or someone you know is in danger or has an emergency)
We seek your kind understanding and patience. Thank you.