Tag: Adult

We offer a free service which provides advice and support including:

• Crisis intervention, risk assessment and individual safety planning
• Advice and support on civil and criminal court proceedings
• Signposting to other services such as crime prevention, immigration advice, legal advice, groupwork and counsellors.
• Advocacy with other agencies on your behalf

Northamptonshire Sunflower Centre employs qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA’s) who have specialist knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse including the effects it has on individuals, their family, local community and society as a whole.

Refuge is national charity supporting women and children who have experienced domestic violence through a range of services, including refuges, independent advocacy, community outreach and culturally specific services.

Delivers domestic abuse support, programmes and refuse for males and females.

EVE provides advice and guidance regarding any domestic violence or abuse support needs, including: access to a safe and secure women’s refuge, telephone support, information about domestic violence and abuse and support to access help.

The Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women’s Aid and Refuge, is a national service for women experiencing domestic violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf.

The Helpline can give support, help and information over the telephone, wherever the caller might be in the country. The Helpline is staffed 24 hours a day by fully trained female helpline support workers and volunteers. All calls are completely confidential. Translation facilities for callers whose first language is not English, and a service for callers who are deaf or hard of hearing are available.

NCDV was established to help survivors of domestic violence obtain protection against an abuser, as well as offering services to the police, probation service, domestic abuse agency workers, the legal profession and judiciary.

They specialise in providing free, fast and effective legal support to survivors of domestic violence, usually by helping individuals obtain injunctions from their local county court. This free service is provided to everybody, regardless of their financial circumstances, sexual orientation, race, gender, age, or political or religious belief or otherwise.

Text ‘NCDV’ to 60777

The ManKind Initiative is a national charity that provides help and support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence.
The initiative has the mission to directly and indirectly support male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence across the UK and within their local communities.

Men’s Advice Line: a confidential helpline for any man experiencing domestic violence and abuse from a partner (or ex-partner).
The team of skilled professionals offering practical advice, information and emotional support to male victims of domestic violence, as well as to concerned friends and family and frontline workers.
The service is run and managed by Respect.
Their focus is to increase the safety of men experiencing domestic violence (and the safety of their children) and help them reduce the risk.

National LGBT & Domestic Abuse helpline.