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Yarrow Place Rape and Sexual Assault Service (which we call Yarrow Place) is the specialist health service for people aged 16 years or older who have been raped or sexually assaulted in South Australia. We are a community service auspiced by the Women and Children’s Hospital.

We have four main roles:

• providing services to people who have been raped or sexually assaulted and who were aged 16 years and older at the time of the assault
• providing information, training and support to other agencies and workers to provide services to victim/survivors
• developing cooperation in policy, planning and service delivery across Government and non-Government agencies (a ‘lead agency’ role)
• working to prevent rape and sexual assault.

Funding

Most of the funding for Yarrow Place comes from the Department of Health, which is part of the Department of Human Services. Some project funds are also received from other Departments and non-government sources.