Sex-worker support in Europe: help, health and legal aid by country

United Kingdom

• National Ugly Mugs (NUM) (UK-wide) — Safety tools for sex workers — incident reports, alerts, a client checker — plus casework, victim support and mental-health support. [sex-worker-led · counselling]
• English Collective of Prostitutes (London / national) — Grassroots organisation of sex workers; publishes a know-your-rights guide on police and immigration raids. [sex-worker-led · legal help]
• SWARM (National) — Sex-worker-led collective running skill-shares and support meet-ups for sex workers only. [sex-worker-led]
• Open Doors (NHS) (East London) — Free, confidential NHS sexual-health clinic and outreach for people working in the sex industry. [testing & health · counselling]

Trafficking help: Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline — 08000 121 700.

Ireland

• HSE Women’s Health Service (Dublin) — Free, confidential GP and sexual-health clinic for women (cis and trans) in the sex industry — STI checks, vaccinations, psychologist sessions; no ID needed. [testing & health · counselling]
• Red Umbrella Éireann (National) — Collective of current and former sex workers. [sex-worker-led]
• Ruhama (Dublin / national) — Free support for women affected by prostitution or trafficking — legal and immigration help, housing, health, and help leaving prostitution. [anti-trafficking · exit-oriented]

Trafficking help: HSE Anti-Human Trafficking Team — 01 795 8280 (weekdays; Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 to report).

Germany

• BesD — Berufsverband erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen (National) — Professional association of sex workers — workshops (e.g. on taxes), online talks and legal information. [sex-worker-led]
• Hydra (Berlin) — Counselling centre and meeting point on sex work — in-person and online counselling, a weekly café and testing that is free for low-income sex workers. [counselling · testing & health]
• bufaS (National) — Alliance of specialist counselling centres for sex workers — its member list covers most German cities. [counselling]
• KOK — network against human trafficking (National) — Finder for specialist anti-trafficking counselling centres across Germany. [anti-trafficking]

Trafficking help: Hilfetelefon Gewalt gegen Frauen — 116 016 (24/7, anonymous, 18 languages — covers trafficking and forced prostitution).

Working here? Our guide covers the ProstSchG registration rules (in German).

Austria

• LEFÖ — TAMPEP and LEFÖ-IBF (Vienna) — Outreach and first-language counselling for migrant sex workers, including help with registration; IBF supports women affected by trafficking. [counselling · testing & health · anti-trafficking]
• SOPHIE (Vienna) — Counselling centre for sex workers — crisis intervention, social and legal counselling, streetwork and German courses. [counselling · legal help]
• SXA-Info (Graz (Styria)) — Free, anonymous counselling for current and former sex workers on health, legal and social questions, with accompaniment to authorities. [counselling]
• maiz — Sex & Work (Linz) — Association by and for migrant women offering anonymous counselling to sex workers. [counselling]

Trafficking help: Federal Criminal Police trafficking hotline — +43 677 61 34 34 34 (24/7; for support rather than reporting, contact LEFÖ-IBF).

Working here? Our guide covers registration and health checks by province (in German).

Switzerland

• ProCoRe (National) — National network of some 30 organisations supporting sex workers in every language region — start here to find the service in your canton. [counselling]
• Aspasie (Geneva) — Association defending sex workers — drop-in reception, health consultations, STI screening and French courses. [sex-worker-led · counselling · testing & health]
• XENIA (Bern, Biel, Thun) — Counselling on rights, work permits, insurance and health for sex workers in the canton of Bern. [counselling · testing & health]
• FIZ (Zurich) — Victim-protection programme for people affected by trafficking and counselling for migrant women. [anti-trafficking · counselling]

Trafficking help: ACT212 national trafficking hotline — 0840 212 212 (anonymous reports possible).

Working here? Our guide covers the 90-day notification procedure and cantonal rules (in German).

Netherlands

• Sekswerk.info / Ugly Mugs NL (Soa Aids Nederland) (National) — Information on health, safety, rights and money, with a reporting and advice point and Ugly Mugs NL for checking clients. [testing & health · counselling]
• Amsterdam Center for Sex Workers (Amsterdam) — Free, confidential STI testing, sexual-health and social-work consultations for women, men and trans sex workers (formerly P&G292). [testing & health · counselling]
• SekswerkExpertise (National) — Knowledge network of sex workers, researchers and services publishing analysis and case law on Dutch sex-work policy. [legal help]

Trafficking help: CoMensha helpdesk — 085 112 0600 (weekdays 9–17).

Belgium

• UTSOPI (Brussels / national) — Belgian sex workers’ union — free weekly open house without appointment, community meetings and guides for self-employed sex workers. [sex-worker-led]
• Espace P. (Brussels and Wallonia) — Free, anonymous administrative, social and legal help, psychological support and STI testing. [counselling · testing & health · legal help]
• Violett (Antwerp, Ghent, Hasselt) — Medical and social help for sex workers across Flanders, including STI testing (formerly Pasop and Ghapro). [testing & health · counselling]
• Payoke (Antwerp) — Government-recognised reception centre for victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking]

Trafficking help: Payoke trafficking line — +32 3 201 16 90.

Luxembourg

• DropIn (Luxembourg Red Cross) (Luxembourg City) — Anonymous medical, social and psychological support for sex workers, with a non-judgemental approach. [testing & health · counselling]
• InfoTraite / COTEH (National) — Psychosocial support and shelter for victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking]

Trafficking help: InfoTraite — +352 27 36 56 46 (police 113, 24/7).

France

• STRASS — Syndicat du travail sexuel (Paris / national) — Sex workers’ union whose legal service advises on violence, extortion and threats and can accompany a police complaint. [sex-worker-led · legal help]
• Médecins du Monde — sex-work programmes (Paris, Montpellier, Rouen) — Outreach and drop-in medical and social consultations; the Lotus Bus works with Chinese-speaking women in Paris. [testing & health · counselling]
• Grisélidis (Toulouse and online) — Community-health association with and for sex workers, including those working online nationally. [sex-worker-led · testing & health]
• Cabiria (Lyon) — Community-health association — STI/HIV prevention plus social and legal support against violence. [testing & health · legal help]

Trafficking help: Ac.Sé national protection scheme — +33 4 92 15 10 51 (weekdays 9–17, mainly for referrals; in an emergency call 17 or 112).

Spain

• Sindicato OTRAS (National) — Sex workers’ trade union offering support and legal advice. [sex-worker-led · legal help]
• APROSEX (National) — Association by and for sex workers — legal advice and defence, workshops and anti-stigma work. [sex-worker-led · legal help]
• Médicos del Mundo (National (16 regional offices)) — Mobile health units visiting streets, clubs and flats, HIV/STI prevention and legal advice. [testing & health · exit-oriented]

Portugal

• Movimento dxs Trabalhadorxs do Sexo (National) — Pro-union movement of current and former sex workers providing peer support. [sex-worker-led]
• Porto G (APDES) (Greater Porto) — Anonymous, free outreach — rapid HIV, syphilis and hepatitis tests, vaccination, psychological and legal support. [testing & health · legal help · counselling]
• GAT Intendente (Lisbon) — Community centre with free, anonymous peer-led testing and STI/PrEP consultations for people in commercial sex. [testing & health · sex-worker-led]

Trafficking help: National trafficking victim line (APF) — 964 608 288 (24/7).

Italy

• Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute (Pordenone / Trieste) — Italy’s first sex-worker-led organisation (1982); runs support for survivors of trafficking in Trieste. [sex-worker-led · anti-trafficking]
• LILA (National) — Rapid HIV testing, helpline and counselling. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: Numero Verde Antitratta — 800 290 290 (24/7, free, anonymous, with language mediators).

Greece

• Red Umbrella Athens / Thessaloniki (Athens, Thessaloniki) — Free, anonymous testing, counselling, legal and psychological support for sex workers — no appointment or documents required. [sex-worker-led · testing & health · legal help]
• Checkpoint (Positive Voice) (Athens, Thessaloniki) — Free, confidential HIV, syphilis and hepatitis testing. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: A21 trafficking hotline — 1109 (24/7).

Cyprus

• KISA (Nicosia) — Free information, support and advocacy for migrants and victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking · legal help]
• Cy Checkpoint (Nicosia and pop-ups) — Free, anonymous rapid HIV and STI testing. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: Police anti-trafficking line — 1497.

Malta

• Dar Hosea (Malta) — Basic needs, counselling and help with housing, health and legal problems for women in prostitution. [counselling · exit-oriented]

Trafficking help: Supportline — 179 (24/7, free).

Czechia

• Rozkoš bez rizika (R-R) (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, České Budějovice + outreach) — Free, anonymous counselling, testing, legal and basic tax advice, therapy and a peer support group — the main Czech service for sex workers for over 30 years. [counselling · testing & health · legal help]
• HIV Checkpoints (ČSAP) (Prague and about 12 cities) — Free, anonymous HIV, syphilis and hepatitis testing without an appointment. [testing & health · open to everyone]
• La Strada ČR (National) — Free, confidential help for trafficked and exploited people, in several languages. [anti-trafficking]

Trafficking help: La Strada SOS line — 800 077 777 (free; from abroad +420 222 71 71 71).

Working here? Our guide covers what Czech law says (in Czech).

Slovakia

• Odyseus — Červený dáždnik (Bratislava) — The only Slovak programme dedicated to women in sex work — confidential STI testing, counselling and referrals, co-run with a sex-worker community consultant. [testing & health · counselling · sex-worker-led]
• PRIMA (Bratislava, Dunajská Streda) — Anonymous streetwork, a contact centre and psychological care, including for people in street sex work. [counselling · testing & health]

Trafficking help: National helpline for victims of trafficking — 0800 800 818.

Working here? Our guide covers what Slovak law says (in Slovak).

Poland

• Kolektyw Kamelia (Warsaw / national) — Sex-worker rights collective (formerly Sex Work Polska) — free legal advice, anonymous short-term therapy and crisis support. [sex-worker-led · legal help · counselling]
• La Strada Poland (National) — Anti-trafficking NGO supporting victims since 1995. [anti-trafficking]
• Fundacja Edukacji Społecznej (Warsaw / home tests) — Free, anonymous HIV, HCV and syphilis testing. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: National Intervention and Consultation Centre (KCIK) — +48 22 628 01 20 (24/7).

Hungary

• Anonim AIDS Tanácsadó Szolgálat (Budapest) — Anonymous rapid HIV, syphilis and hepatitis tests with counselling (low-cost, not free). [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: OKIT crisis line (violence and trafficking) — +36 80 20 55 20 (24/7, free within Hungary).

Slovenia

• Društvo Ključ (Ljubljana / national) — Safe accommodation, psychosocial and legal help for victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking · legal help]

Trafficking help: Društvo Ključ helpline — 080 17 22 (free, confidential).

Croatia

• Udruga LET (Zagreb) — Free, anonymous outreach programme for sex workers focused on STI prevention and reproductive health. [testing & health]
• CheckPoint Zagreb (HUHIV) (Zagreb) — Free, confidential HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis testing without referral. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: Support line for women survivors of trafficking (CŽŽR) — 0800 77 99 (daily 10–18).

Romania

• ARAS (Bucharest) — Mobile unit serving people in commercial sex with rapid HIV, hepatitis and syphilis tests and counselling; free anonymous Checkpoint. [testing & health · counselling]

Trafficking help: ANITP TELVERDE — 0800 800 678.

Bulgaria

• Health Without Borders — CheckPoint Sofia (Sofia) — Anonymous, free HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis testing with counselling. [testing & health]
• Animus Association (La Strada Bulgaria) (Sofia) — Counselling and a 24-hour crisis centre for survivors of violence and trafficking. [anti-trafficking · counselling]

Trafficking help: National Human Trafficking Hotline — 0800 20 100.

Serbia

• ASTRA (Belgrade / national) — Anti-trafficking NGO with an SOS line and victim support. [anti-trafficking]
• Atina (Belgrade) — Safe accommodation, reintegration and field support for victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking · counselling]

Trafficking help: ASTRA SOS line — 0800 101 201 (free, weekdays 9–17).

Denmark

• Reden International (Copenhagen) — Free, anonymous health clinic with HIV/STI testing, a night café and outreach for foreign women; crisis centre for trafficking victims. [testing & health · counselling · anti-trafficking · exit-oriented]
• Reden København (Copenhagen) — Free drop-in, counselling and emergency overnight stays for women who sell sex. [counselling · exit-oriented]

Trafficking help: Center mod Menneskehandel — 70 20 25 50.

Sweden

• Red Umbrella Sweden (National) — Organisation of current and former sex workers — peer support, meet-ups and a members’ online forum. [sex-worker-led]
• Mikamottagningen (Stockholm) — Free, confidential municipal counselling for adults who sell sex, with the option of anonymity. [counselling]
• Mika Hälsa (Stockholm) — Sexual and mental-health clinic for people who have sex for compensation — STI testing, vaccinations, screening. [testing & health]

Norway

• PION (Oslo / national) — Sex workers’ rights organisation — condoms, PrEP help and legal help on immigration, debt, tax, housing and welfare, regardless of residence status. [sex-worker-led · legal help]
• Pro Sentret (Oslo) — Free municipal health, social and legal services; anonymous STI/HIV testing, also without legal residence. [testing & health · legal help · counselling]
• Nadheim (Kirkens Bymisjon) (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim) — Free, anonymous drop-in with rapid HIV tests, health help and counselling. [testing & health · counselling]

Trafficking help: ROSA — 22 33 11 60 (24/7).

Finland

• Pro-tukipiste (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku + online) — Confidential support, free and anonymous health services, peer activities and outreach for people in sex work and the erotic industry. [testing & health · counselling]

Trafficking help: Assistance System for Victims of Trafficking — 0295 463 177.

Estonia

• Eluliin — ATOLL centre (Tallinn, Narva, Tartu) — Counselling for people involved in prostitution; anti-trafficking projects. [counselling · anti-trafficking · exit-oriented]

Trafficking help: Trafficking prevention and victim assistance line — +372 660 7320 (weekdays; 24/7 victim crisis line 116 006).

Latvia

• Patvērums „Drošā māja” (Riga / national) — Consultations, rehabilitation and practical help for victims of trafficking. [anti-trafficking · counselling]
• Centrs MARTA (Riga, Liepāja, Rēzekne) — Social-worker, psychologist and lawyer consultations for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. [counselling · legal help · exit-oriented]

Trafficking help: Drošā māja trafficking helpline — +371 28612120 (24/7).

Lithuania

• KOPŽI — Centre against Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Kaunas + 5 branches) — Social, psychological and legal help and safe housing for victims of trafficking and prostitution. [anti-trafficking · legal help · exit-oriented]
• Demetra (Vilnius) — Free, anonymous rapid HIV, hepatitis and syphilis testing without referral. [testing & health · open to everyone]

Trafficking help: National anti-trafficking hotline — 0 800 91119 (from abroad +370 616 91119).