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Domestic abuse
Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home. If you don't feel safe in your home due to someone you are, or previously were, in a relationship with, you may be experiencing domestic abuse.
Victim Support
If you, or someone you know are a victim of domestic abuse then we recommend checking out these links to find the right support.
Quick Exit- Hestia: a charity working with adults and children experiencing domestic abuse. View more
- Freedom Programme: free 12 week domestic violence programme. View more
- National Centre for Domestic Violence View more
- Refuge: provides support for women and children through a variety of services View more
- Victim Support: free & confidential support to help victims move beyond the impact of crime. View more
- Suzy Lamplugh Trust: national stalking helpline View more
Find Local Support
Home Start, Central Beds: Provide domestic support services to families with young children in Central Bedfordshire and Luton.
Visit their website or call: 01582 660661.
Bedfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership: Brings together key domestic abuse agencies across Bedfordshire.
Family Lives: Support and advice on bullying.
Visit their website or call: 0808 800 2222
Emerald Centre: Free support and practical help to anyone in Bedfordshire and Luton who has experienced sexual violence and/or sexual abuse.
Homesafe Scheme Luton: Assists people who are at risk of violence from someone who either still lives in the same property, or has since left but occasionally returns, to be able to remain in their own homes in safety and without fear of further harm.
Visit their website or call: 01582 510370
Stepping Stones: Free services to women living in Luton who have suffered abuse, are vulnerable due to substance misuse, offending, or mental health; or who have involvement with Children’s Social Care. Outreach service for Central Bedfordshire.
Visit their website or call: 01582 457114
Women’s Aid in Luton
Visit their website or call: 01582 391856
A2 Dominion: Free 12-week online recovery support group for Domestic Abuse survivors living in Buckinghamshire.
Call: 0800 731 0055
Self-referrals email: DAS@a2dominion.co.uk
The Dash Charity: Supporting families experience domestic abuse in South Bucks.
Visit their website or call: 01753 549865
Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Board
Flag DV: Free legal advice for victims of domestic abuse in Buckinghamshire
MK Act: Milton Keynes based charity helping families move on from fear and abuse.
Visit their website or call: 0344 375 4307
Victims First: Free emotional & practical support to all victims & witnesses of crime across Bucks.
Visit their website or call: 0300 1234 148
Wycombe Women’s Aid: A registered charity working in the Wycombe, South Bucks and Chiltern Districts of Buckinghamshire. They work with women and children who are experiencing or trying to escape domestic violence and who are dealing with its effects and consequences.
Visit their website or call: 01494 461367.
Aylesbury Women’s Aid: Offer free of charge counselling for those who have experienced domestic abuse. Counselling is now available in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and Hindi.
Visit their website or call: 01296 437777 or 07835 346434
Beacon: Free & confidential support to victims of crime from Hertfordshire.
Visit their website or call: 0300 0115 555
Cherished: Confidential, welcoming & safe support for female victims of domestic abuse in Hertfordshire.
Visit their website or call: 01442 767390
Future Living Hertford: Service for those in recovery from addiction and domestic abuse.
Visit their website or call: 01992 537344
Herts Rape Crisis: Free and confidential counselling for female residents of Hertfordshire who are over 18 and survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse.
Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline: Confidential, free, support & signposting service for anyone affected by domestic abuse.
Visit their website or call: 08088 088 088
Herts SARC: Offers free support and practical help to anyone in Hertfordshire who has experienced sexual violence and/or sexual abuse.
Visit their website or call: 0808 178 4448
Herts Sunflower: A service supporting people who have been abused or people who know someone who has been abused.
Visit their website or call 08088 088 088.
Juno Counselling Hertfordshire: Previously Watford Rape crisis, covering Hertfordshire and North London. Supporting all victims of sexual abuse whenever it happened including historical sexual abuse. Via self-referrals or professional referrals.
Visit their website or contact: support@junocounselling.co.uk
Safer Places: Domestic Abuse support services across Hertfordshire.
Visit their website or call: 03301 025811
SAHWR: Specialist Domestic Abuse services based in St Albans, also covering Hertsmere, Dacorum, Watford & Three Rivers. Also offers refuge stay for up to 4 months.
Watford Women’s Centre: Support, education, empowerment & development for women including therapies & domestic abuse support.
Visit their website or call: 01923 816229
Welwyn Hatfield Women’s Refuge: Safe, temporary accommodation for women fleeing domestic abuse, with or without children.
Domestic Abuse: Pets
There are fostering services available for cats and dogs who need rehoming due to fleeing domestic abuse.
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