National contacts

If you are a victim of domestic abuse, there is help and support available to you. There is always someone that you can turn to and help is only a phone call away.

Please call any of the national domestic abuse helplines below. They can offer you practical help.

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline (24 hours) (opens new window) - 0808 2000 247.
• The National Centre for Domestic Violence (24 hours) (opens new window).
  Telephone 0800 9 70 20 70 - emergency free phone number.
  Telephone 0870 9220 704 - legal advice.
• National Victim Support (opens new window) - 0845 3 030 900.
• Women's Aid National (opens new window) - 0808 2000 247.
• Rights of Women (opens new window) - 020 7251 6577.
• Asian Women's Aid - 01494 446366.
• Asian Women's Helpline - 0800 0526 077.
  (Operators speak: Tamil, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, and Bengali).
• Sahara Asian Women’s Project - 0118 9266 333.
• Rape Crisis (opens new window).
• Asian Family Counselling Service (opens new window) - 020 8567 5616.
• National Samaritans (opens new window) - 08457 90 90 90.
• Broken Rainbow Project (opens new window) (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) - 020 8539 9507.
• Northern Ireland Women's Aid Domestic Violence (opens new window) Helpline (open 24 hours) - 028 9033 1818.
• Scottish Domestic Abuse (opens new window) Helpline - 0800 027 1234.
• Wales Domestic Abuse (opens new window) Helpline - 0808 80 10 800.
• Shelter (opens new window) - 0808 8004 444.
• Elder abuse (opens new window) 0208 765 7000.
• Citizens Advice Bureau (opens new window).

Contacts for men experiencing domestic abuse

• Victim Support's Male Helpline (opens new window) - 0800 328 3623.
• The ManKind Initiative (opens new window) - 01823 334 244.
• The Dyn Wales/Dyn Cymru (opens new window) Helpline - 0808 801 0321.
• Male Advice and Enquiry Line (opens new window) - 0808 801 0327.

Contacts for domestic abuse offenders

• Changing Ways - 07818 054563 (only for men living in East Berkshire and Wokingham).
• Making Changes - 01635 264694 (only for men living in the West Berkshire (Newbury) area).
• Respect (opens new window) - 0845 1228 609.

Forced marriage

• Foreign Commonwealth Office (opens new window) - 020 7008 0151.
• NHS (opens new window).