Useful Links
Refuge contact number
0808 2000 247 www.refuge.org.uk
General support
Samaritans: 0845 7909 090 www.samaritans.org.uk
Inland revenue: 0845 3020203 www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Rape Crisis: www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Shelter: 0808 800 4444 www.shelter.org.uk
Victim support: 0808 168 9111 www.victimsupport.org.uk
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111 www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Legal Support
SDV 0800 019 8859
Rights of Women: 020 7251 6577 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
Broken Rainbow: 0300 999 5428 or
08452 644 www.brokenrainbow.org.uk
Support for children and young people
Childline: 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk
NSPCC: 0808 800 5000 www.nspcc.org.uk
Get Connected (16-25 year olds): 0808 808 4994 www.getconnected.org.uk
Support for men
Men’s Advice Line (for men experiencing domestic violence): 0808 801 0327 www.mensadviceline.org.uk
Respect (for perpetrators of domestic violence): www.respect.uk.net
Support for women and children from minority ethnic communities
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit: 020 7008 0151 https://www.gov.uk/forced-marriage
Refugee council: 020 7346 6777 www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Immigration Advice Service: 020 7357 6917 www.iasservices.org.uk
Asylum Aid: 020 7247 8741
Southall Black Sisters: 020 8571 9595
Muslim Community Helpline: 020 8904 8193 / 020 8908 6715 http://muslimcommunityhelpline.org.uk
Jewish Women’s Aid Helpline: 0800 59 12 03 www.jwa.org.uk
Somalian Women’s Centre: 020 8752 1787
Newham Asian Women’s Project: 020 8552 5524 www.nawp.org
Kiran: Asian Women’s Aid: 020 8558 1986 www.rdlogo.com/cwp/kawa
Chinese Information and Advice Centre: 020 7692 3697 www.ciac.co.uk
BAWSO: 02920 644633 or 24 hour helpline 0800 731 8147 www.bawso.org.uk
JAN Trust: 0208 889 9433 www.jantrust.org
Local support
Women’s Aid Federation of England: 0117 944 4411 www.womensaid.org.uk
Welsh Women’s Aid: 02920 390 874 www.welshwomensaid.org
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 80 10 800
East London – ELBWO
The Haven Project (Wolverhampton): 01902 572140 www.havenrefuge.org.uk
Other support
Network for Surviving Stalking : www.nss.org.uk
National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300 / www.stalkinghelpline.org
Gingerbread http://www.gingerbread.org.uk
Women and Girls’ Network www.wgn.org.uk
Nursing Home Abuse Guide www.nursinghomeabuseguide.org
National Association for People Abused in Childhood www.napac.org.uk
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Violence (for bereaved friends and family): www.aafda.org.uk
Mothers Apart from Their Children www.matchmothers.org