Domestic Abuse

What is domestic abuse?

The Home Office defines domestic abuse as 'any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between adults who are or have been in a relationship together, or between family members, regardless of gender or sexuality'. This can include actual or threatened physical, emotional, psychological or sexual abuse. |More information is available online.

Below are some local and national websites and agencies that can provide more support.

Local Help

Counselling, advice and victim support

• |North Surrey Domestic Violence Outreach Service 01932 260690
• Surrey Domestic Abuse Helpline 01483 776822
• |Victim Support 0845 3899528
• |Elmbridge Community Safety Team 01372 474399 or 01372 474398

Safety advice

• |North Surrey Sanctuary Scheme (keeping you safe in your home)

Police contacts Surrey Police 101 (in an emergency call 999)

Other needs

• |Housing Advice 01372 474597
• |Housing and Council Tax Benefit 01372 474060
• |Other Welfare Benefits
• |Furniture

National Help

Helplines

• 24 hour helpline Freephone 0808 2000 247 |Womens Aid /Refuge
• |Samaritans 08457 909090
• Same Sex Violence - |Broken Rainbow 033 999 5428
• |Advice on Stalking
• |Mind
• |Rape Crisis
• |Forced Marriages

Help for children and young people

• |ChildLine 0800 1111
• |NSPCC
• |The Hideout
• |Connexions

Help for Male Victims

• Mens Advice Line 0808 801 0327
• |Mankind Initiative 0870 794 41

Legal Help

• |Community Legal Advice(Legal Advice and Legal Aid Information Website)
• |Legal Services Commission(Legal Aid)
• |National Centre for Domestic Abuse (help in getting non-molestation and other injunctions) 08709 220704 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Other Support

• |Action on Elder Abuse
• |Relate
• |Respect (Association for Domestic Violence Perpetrator programmes)
• |Advice for Perpetrators
• |The TRYangle project (Domestic Abuse Intervention)
• |Everyman Project (counselling programme for perpetrators)
• |BBC Hitting Home