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One women in four reports experiencing Domestic Violence at some time in
her life.
The Home Office have concluded that approximately every three
days one woman dies as a result of Domestic Violence.
Domestic Violence
includes all kinds of physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse between
people who are or have been partners, whether or not married and whether
or not living together. This includes same sex relationships.
People experience
domestic violence regardless of their social group, class, age, race, disability,
sexuality and lifestyle. It can happen in the home, or in a public setting.
Find out what you can do in an emergency and how we can help you:
Emergency:
 Phone
999 or get someone else to phone immediately
Move out to a safe
place, or near a door to escape if possible
Contacts:
Women’s
Aid National Domestic Violence Helpline
Telephone:
0808 200 0247
Men’s
Aid National Domestic Violence Helpline
Telephone: 0871 223 9986
Tamesides
womens project: Tel: 0800 200 0247
If you need to get out immediately contact
the Housing
Options Centre, 0161 331 2700, who will be able to assist
with temporary accommodation and help assess your
choices.
Their address:
119/125
Old Street, Ashton.
If its out of hours, please ring 342-2222 and a homeless prevention
officer will contact you to arrange emergency accommodation.
If you are
not in immediate need for rehousing, but may
be in the future, keep these
things in a safe easily
accessible place:
 Useful
contact phone numbers and addresses
Cash
for taxi, bus or train
Spare
keys (car, house)
Passport,
driving licence, benefit books, or some other
form of ID
Change
of clothes for you (and children)
Plan
of where you can go.
Housing Associations play an important role in housing
people who have experienced domestic violence,
some of the housing options
available to the victim are:
Remaining in the home without the violent
partner;
Leaving the family home on a temporary basis; and/or
Leaving the
home permanently and seeking rehousing.
We can help victims remain in the
home whether you are a New
Charter tenant or not, or information on how
we can do this
please see the details of our Sanctuary
Scheme here.
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