What is domestic abuse?

 

Domestic abuse refers to any incident of violence or aggression, wherever and whenever it occurs. The abuse can take many forms physical, sexual, emotional, or financial by a family member, partner, or ex-partner in an existing or previous relationship, regardless of gender, culture or sexual orientation

 

Useful contacts

 

Vale of Glamorgan Women's Aid

24-hour helpline: 01446 746981

Offer free and confidential support, information, outreach, education, and temporary emergency accomation for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.

 

For details please drop into the Information Centre at the address shown below, 10-3 Monday - Friday, or ring on 01446 744 755.

 

Vale of Glamorgan Women's Aid, 222 Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4HS

Tel Support Unit: 01446 744 755, Helpline: 01446 746 981

E-mail: v.gwa@btconnect.com

 

The All Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline

24-hour helpline: 0808 8010800

24 hour helpline provides access to advice and support to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. The freephone helpline number is 0808 8010800.

http://www.welshwomensaid.org/index.html  

 

Welsh Women’s Aid

38-48 Crwys Road, Cardiff, CF24 2NN

Helpline: 0808 801 0800 (24 hours)

Website: http://www.welshwomensaid.org/

 

National Domestic Abuse Helpline

0808 200 0247

A national 24 hour helpline provides access to advice and support to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. The freephone helpline number is 0808 200 0247. The helpline is provided jointly by Women's Aid and Refuge.

 

Women’s Aid

Helpline: 0808 200 0247 (24 hours)

PO Box 391, Bristol, BS99 7WS

Tel (admin): 0117 944 4411

Fax: 0117 924 1703

E-mail: info@womensaid.org.uk

Website: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/

 

The national helpline offers advice and support to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. Women's Aid can also give details of refuges and the availability of refuge places throughout the UK.

 

Mens' Advice Line

08450 646800

Mens Advice Line & Enquiries, 1st Floor Downstream Building, 1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG

Email: info@mensadviceline.org.uk

Website: http://www.mensadviceline.org.uk/

Advice and support for men in abusive relationships.

 

Refuge

Helpline: 0808 200 0247 (24 hours)

2/8 Maltravers Street, London, WC2R 3EE

Tel: Admin: 020 7395 7700

E-mail: info@refuge.org.uk

Website: http://www.refuge.org.uk/ 

 

The national helpline offers advice and support to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. Refuge provides safe, emergency accommodation through a network of refuges throughout the UK. It also offers a children's programme, individual and group counselling for women who have suffered abuse, help with resettlement and an outreach project for women from ethnic minority communities.

 

Police Domestic Abuse Units

01446 746988

There are a number of police domestic abuse units, which have staff specially trained to help people experiencing domestic abuse. They work closely with other organisations such as local solicitors and Women’s Aid groups. Your local police station, in the phone book under Police, will be able to tell you if they have a domestic abuse unit, or where the nearest one is. For Vale of Glamorgan Domestic Abuse unit call 01446 746988.

 

Colcot Centre

Tel: 01446 748757

1 Police House, Winston Road, Colcot, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 9SU

Email: colcot.project@ntlbusiness.com

 

The centre is open 5 days a week 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. After these hours it is open by special arrangement.

 

Its services include advocacy, advice, information and networking to other organization working within domestic abuse.

 

The Colcot Centre is able to offer counselling for men and women who have experience domestic abuse, it is also piloting a self-referral domestic abuse perpetrator group and which will include support to female partners. It is hoped by May 2007 they will be able to look at the provision of children’s groups.

 

SSAFA Forces Help

Tel: 01446 797010

 

SSAFA Forces Help offers an all-embracing service to the whole of the RAF community dealing with a bread range of social support issues in a confidential, professional and sympathetic manner. The service deals not only with social work problems, but the entire rang of personal and family related problems, including domestic abuse, marital problems, illness, debt and child abuse.

 

Personal & Family Support Worker, Building 400, East Camp, RAF St Athan, CF62 4WA

 

Respect

0845 122 8609

The Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609 offers information and advice to domestic violence perpetrators, their (ex)partners, friends and family and to frontline workers who come into contact with perpetrators in their work.

 

The Respect Phoneline is now open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10-1 and 2-5

 

CHILDREN

 

The Hidehout

http://www.thehideout.org.uk/

 

National website for children and young people to inform about domestic abuse , and help them identify whether it is happening in their home. Also provides indirect and informal support to children and young people living with domestic abuse or to those who may want to help a friend, and to signpost additional help and direct support.

 

ChildLine

http://www.childline.org.uk/

Offers free helpline for children and young people 18 and under in trouble or danger. Confidential service offer support, advice and referrals.

Childline : 24 hour helpline : 0800 11 11

 

Legal Help

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/

Legal Services information.