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Exposure - Breaking The Silence: Kate's Story

If you have been affected by the issues in this programme find information below offering support and advice. 

It is estimated that 2.3 million people aged 16 years and over experienced domestic abuse in the year ending March 2024. There were 1.6 million women and 712,000 men. This means 1 in 6 men, and 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime and at least one woman a week is killed by their current or ex-partner. No one should face domestic abuse alone. Below are some charities which provide vital support. Please do reach out if you are worried about yourself or someone else, if it is safe to do so.

Important Contact Details:

If you are in immediate danger, call 999 and ask for the police. If you can’t speak and are calling on a mobile press 55 to have your call transferred to the police.

Domestic Violence Helplines:

The Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline for Northern Ireland: help@dsahelpline.org 0808 8021414

Scotland Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline: 0800 027 1234

Wales: Live Fear Free Helpline: 0808 8010 800

England: Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247

UK wide Men’s Advice Line is a confidential helpline specifically for male victims: 0808 8010 327

Rape Crisis Rape Crisis England & Wales Call free on 0808 500 2222

Surviving Economic Abuse: 0808 196 8845 (run by Money Advice Plus)

The Mix, free information and support for under 25s in the UK: 0808 808 4994

National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0800 999 5428 (run by Galop)

Samaritans: 116 123

For issues concerning child abuse, you can contact the NSPCC Helpline by calling 0808 8005000

Women’s Aid:

Women's Aid is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services and build a future where domestic violence is not tolerated. They can offer direct support through their email service and Survivor’s Forum.Contact helpline@womensaid.org.uk to speak to a Women’s Aid professional or https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Refuge:

Refuge, the largest UK domestic abuse organisation for women, offers a wide range of services to support victims of domestic abuse. Visit www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk to fill in a webform and request a safe time to be contacted or to access live chat (live chat available 10am-10pm, Monday to Friday). For support with technology-facilitated abuse visit refugetechsafety.org.https://refuge.org.uk/

Rights of Women:

Rights of Women (ROW) provides frontline legal advice to women experiencing all forms of violence against women and girls in England and Wales. Call their advice lines listed below or fill in a webform to receive support.Family law advice line: 020 7251 6577Criminal law advice line: 020 7251 8887FLOWS: A free online criminal law advice service for women in England and Wales called FLOWS Answers. You can write to them using the online tool and a lawyer from the Rights of Women team will email you with a response to your question within 2 weeks:https://cms.rightsofwomen.org.uk/flows-answers/triage

Surviving Economic Abuse

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it. SEA runs a Financial Support line in partnership with Money Advice Plus, which provides dedicated support to victim-survivors with their money worries, providing the opportunity to regain financial control and economic stability.

They can be contacted on 0808 196 8845 between 9am–5pm Monday to Friday. Calls are freeof charge.

https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/

Practitioner Health

NHS staff in England and Scotland are able to access confidential mental health care through NHS Practitioner Health. The service exists to support health and care staff who face barriers or experience difficulties accessing care through mainstream routes and understand how issues such as domestic abuse can cause stigma. Practitioner Health can offer access to expert mental health clinicians and to both one to one and group therapy.The service is available at www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk or by calling 0300 0303 300

Centre for Women’s Justice

Centre for Women’s Justice is a small charity which aims to hold the state to account for violence against women and girls. Their website provides signposting to specialist legal advice on varies different types of legal issues.

https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/home

For those causing harm who want to stop:

Respect: 0808 8024040 or info@respectphoneline.org.ukTalk, Listen, Change: 0161 872 1100 or enquiries@talklistenchange.org.uk