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	<title>The Treetops Centre</title>
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	<description>The Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) is available to anyone, male or female, over the age of 16 who has been a victim of rape or serious sexual assault in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.</description>
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		<title>Rape: Short Word Long Sentence</title>
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&#8216;Rape &#8211; Short Word, Long Sentence&#8217; is aimed at young people between the ages of 14 and 21 years highlighting the vulnerability of young people when drinking alcohol and the issues around consent. It has been produced by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sexual Assault Referral Centre &#8211; The Treetops Centre.
The DVD will be shown [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/12/17/rape-short-word-long-sentence/</link>
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		<title>Young Men Targeted in Hampshire Anti-Rape Campaign</title>
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Did you know that most reported rapes involve two people who know each other? A new hard-hitting anti-rape campaign warning young men about the dangers of crossing the line when it comes to sex has been launched in time for the party season by Hampshire Constabulary.
 
The Don’t Cross the Line campaign (www.dontcrosstheline.co.uk) is primarily targeted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/12/17/seal-the-deal/</link>
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		<title>Alcohol awareness to prevent rape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both sexes are being targeted by a new campaign aimed at reducing alcohol-related rape and sexual offences.
Hampshire Constabulary has joined forces with the county&#8217;s pubs, clubs, schools, universities, local authorities and the Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre to educate and inform young people about the links between alcohol and sexual assault.
The campaign, which is primarily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/10/26/alcohol-awareness-to-prevent-rape/</link>
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		<title>FAQs for victims returning home who have been raped abroad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now I am home who should I report it to?
If you wish to report what has happened to the Police – ring or attend your local Police Station.
If you do not wish the Police to be involved many areas of the country now have Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) where you can talk to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/06/23/faqs-for-victims-returning-home-who-have-been-raped-abroad/</link>
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		<title>Man Charged Over Portsmouth Rape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 25-year-old man from Fratton has been charged with the attempted rape of a woman in June last year. 
The man was arrested late on Sunday, following the attack on a woman who had been walking home in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The woman, who was returning home from a night out with friends in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/04/02/man-charged-over-portsmouth-rape/</link>
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		<title>Ex-policeman jailed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former police officer has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for having sex with a 15-year-old boy.
Mark Brigham was a serving PC in the Metropolitan police force when he committed the offence in Portsmouth.
Brigham, who was a lesbian and gay liaison officer for the force, travelled down to the city in August 2008 to attend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2009/04/02/ex-policeman-jailed/</link>
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		<title>8 Year Jail Sentence for Rapist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sex attacker who beat up a woman and then raped her has been jailed.
Gareth Smith subjected his terrified victim to a frenzy of blows before he forced himself on her.
Smith set upon the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in March this year.
He dragged her into his flat in Portsmouth where he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2008/10/15/8-year-jail-sentence-for-rapist/</link>
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		<title>Plans for more SARCs welcomed in Portsmouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Portsmouth today welcomed government plans to pump £1.6m into creating ten new sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) across Britain.
 The south&#8217;s first SARC &#8211; The Treetops Centre at Cosham &#8211; will celebrate its second birthday next month.
 Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today pledged the extra funding to help other areas increase the support offered to victims of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2008/10/15/plans-for-more-sarcs-welcomed-in-portsmouth/</link>
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		<title>New help for Portsmouth rape victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A dedicated sexual assaults unit is to be set up by Hampshire Police in a bid to increase detections.
In a Home Office-funded pilot project &#8211; the first outside London &#8211; the Crystal Unit will be based at Fratton police station in Portsmouth.
The unit will be monitored and, when the pilot ends, compared to statistics of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2008/10/15/new-help-for-portsmouth-rape-victims/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to our new website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Treetops Centre website.
We hope that you find it informative and easy to use. Feedback is welcome so please contact us with your suggestions!
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		<link>http://www.treetopscentre.co.uk/2008/03/28/welcome-to-our-new-website/</link>
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