Non-government organisations (NGOs) are non-profit organisations that operate independent of government and are normally focused on addressing social issues.

Non-recent abuse is when an adult was sexually abused as a child or young adult, or when the incident happened some time ago. The term is preferred over 'historical abuse' because the word historical implies it is in the past. Using ‘non-recent’ recognises that whilst incidents of abuse may have occurred in the past, the effects of this abuse can be on-going.