Sexual assault and rape can has a devastating impact on women's lives, with far-reaching long-term effects.

Yet, despite the fact that the number of rapes reported in England and Wales has doubled in the last four years, some vital women’s services are so short of funding that they are being forced to turn to fundraising websites so that they can support women in need.

The Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (WRSAC) in Cornwall is one such institution: they have turned to Crowdfunder to ask you to donate money so that they can run invaluable counselling and therapy services.

A rape and sexual abuse centre has turned to Crowdfunder to keep its work alive