Supporting people. Creating change.
Yellow Door is a local charity supporting adults, families, young people and children affected by domestic and sexual abuse.
We provide specialist support to help people feel safer, recover from their experiences and move forward with their lives. Alongside supporting people who have experienced abuse, we work to prevent it through education, awareness and partnership working.
At the heart of everything we do is a belief that everyone deserves to feel safe, supported and heard.
Yellow Door began life as Southampton Rape Crisis, providing a helpline for women who had experienced rape. Over the years, we have grown and developed in response to the changing needs of our local communities.
Today, we support anyone affected by domestic and sexual abuse and other forms of interpersonal harm. Our services include therapeutic support, advocacy, education, outreach and prevention programmes, as well as our original helpline.
While our organisation has changed and grown, our purpose remains clear: to support people affected by abuse and help create communities where abuse is prevented.
Every year, Yellow Door supports thousands of people through our specialist services, education and prevention work. Behind every number is a person, family or young person who has reached out for support, learnt more about healthy relationships or been helped to find a way forward.
Our vision and values
Our vision is of a world where adults, families, young people and children can live without experiencing domestic and sexual abuse and the resulting devastating impacts.
We work towards this by:
Preventing abuse: Increasing awareness, promoting healthy relationships and working with children, young people, families, communities and partners.
Providing specialist support: Offering non-judgemental, person-centred support to people affected by domestic and sexual abuse.
Breaking down barriers to support: Working to make our services accessible and inclusive, particularly for people and communities who may face additional barriers to getting the help they need.
The way we operate is defined by our organisational values and we are proud to say that these values were formed in collaboration with our Yellow Door team of staff, volunteers and trustees. Our values and the way we behave demonstrates what makes us who we are as an organisation. We expect every member of our team to embrace our values.
Compassion: Empower with honesty, humility and kindness
Integrity: Do the right thing, even when it’s not easy
Inclusiveness: Strive to break down barriers
Collaboration: Working together to offer the best possible service
The people behind Yellow Door
Our people are at the heart of Yellow Door.
We are a diverse team of skilled and experienced professionals, bringing together expertise across areas including therapy, advocacy, psychological support, health care, youth services and community engagement.
Different experiences, perspectives and skills make our organisation stronger. We learn from one another, from the people who use our services and from the communities and organisations we work alongside.
We are united by a shared commitment to providing compassionate, high-quality support and creating positive change.
Working together
We know lasting change doesn’t happen in isolation. We work alongside local communities, schools, organisations and partners to improve responses to domestic and sexual abuse across Southampton and Hampshire, share expertise and help prevent abuse before it happens.
Listening is central to this. The experiences and views of the people who use our services and the communities we serve help shape how we develop our support.
“Our strength as a charity is our diverse team of highly qualified & experienced workers – it’s what we are about – listening, learning, understanding the needs and issues for our service-users & our local communities to deliver creative, quality support to all.”