Domestic abuse contacts
Ring the Emergency Services if you are concerned for your own or someone else's immediate safety - 999Local
West Mercia Women's Aid
0800 783 1359
A 24 hour helpline (free from any landline) is staffed by trained female advisors, through which you will be able to access support and advice, safe accommodation, support sessions in your home or at a safe venue and group programmes. Male victims are signposted to appropriate support services.
National
The Hideout
Provides help, information and support for children and young people - whether you're currently living with violence, you've experienced violence in the past or if you know someone else going through it and you're looking for help and information.
National Helpline - Refuge and Women's Aid Federation (England)
0808 2000 247
http://www.refuge.org.uk/ and http://www.womensaid.org.uk/
This helpline is run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge. Fully trained female workers provide support and information, and all calls are confidential. Refuge and the Women's Aid Federation also run and/or co-ordinate a network of refuges and safe houses, providing emergency accommodation for women and children when they are most at risk.
RESPECT
0845 122 8609
Funded by the Home Office, the phoneline is a pilot project offering information and advice to those who are violent and abusive to their partners.
MALE Helpline
0808 8010372
http://www.mensadviceline.org.uk/
A helpline for men suffering from domestic abuse
Victim Support
0845 30 30 900
If you are a victim of crime, local Victim Support branches can give you and your family and friends information and support. And if you are going to court, the Witness Service can help before, during and after the trial.
