Useful Sites
Refuges
General
ManKind |
Helpline: 0870 794 4124
ManKind helps and advises male victims of domestic violence.
Miscarriage Association
Victim Support |
Helpline: 0845 3030900
Offers information and support to victims of crime, whether or not they have reported the crime to the police.
Action on Elder Abuse |
Astral House, 1268 London Road, London, SW16 4ER
Tel: 020 8765 7000
This organisation aims to prevent abuse in old age by raising awareness, providing education and promoting research.
Ethnic Minority Groups
Asian Women's Aid|
Tel: 020 8558 1986
Provides safe, temporary accommodation for Asian women and their children escaping domestic violence.
Children and Related Issues
Childline|
Helpline: 0800 1111
Free, 24 hour helpline for children and young people who need to talk about any problem they may have.
When Love Hurts |
An excellent Australian site for young people. Good for self help and as a resource for those working with young people living with domestic violence.
Barnardo's |
Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Ilford
Essex, IG6 1QG
Barnardo's helps children, young people and their families over the long term to overcome the most severe disadvantages - problems like abuse, homelessness and poverty.
NSPCC (Wales) |
Maes y ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW
Tel: 0808 1002524 (child protection helpline)
Textphone: 0808 100 1033
The Cymru/Wales Helpline is for everyone who lives in Wales. They can take calls in either Welsh or English.
Gingerbread |
16-17 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R OAN
Freephone: 0800 0184318
Support organisation for lone parent families in England and Wales. Contact other lone parents via their online discussion groups.
52 Warwick Square, London. SW1V 2AJ
0871 423 8756
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