Domestic abuse help

• Police:
  • If in imminent danger call 999. For non-urgent enquiries call 101
• Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) domestic abuse outreach service:
  • Based at The Hinckley Hub, part of the Community Safety Team
  • Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm
  • Office: 01455 238141 and ask for the Domestic Abuse Outreach Service
  • Mobile: 07966 202181
• HBBC homeless and housing advice:
  • What to do if you are made homeless: homeless and housing advice
  • You can also register as homeless (homes.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk)
  • Or call 01455 238141 and ask to speak to a triage officer in housing options
• Forced marriage unit:
  • 0207 008 0151 – Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
  • 0207 008 1500 – Outside of those hours ask for the Foreign Office Response Centre
  • Email: fmu@fco.gov.uk
• Men's advice line:
  • Advice and support for male victims of domestic abuse
  • Helpline: 0808 8010 327
  • Email: info@mensadviceline.org.uk
  • Respect: men's advice line (mensadviceline.org.uk)
• Lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) centre:
  • For lesbian, gay, bi & transgender people wanting any advice or support
  • 15 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HH
  • Office: 0116 2547412
  • Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre (leicesterlgbtcentre.org)
• Respect:
  • A service for men who are looking for information and advice to stop their abusive behaviour towards their partners
  • Helpline – 0808 802 4040
  • Email: info@respectphoneline.org.uk
• National 24 hour refuge:
  • For advice and emergency refuge accommodation run by Refuge and Women’s Aid
  • Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (free from landlines, charges apply from mobiles)
  • Refuge (refuge.org.uk)
• Women's aid - information and support:
  • Helpline: 0808 2000 247
  • Women's aid (womensaid.org.uk)
• Safeline:
  • Support through sexual abuse and rape
  • Helpline: 0808 80508
  • #5MillionMen Support Service: 0808 805005
  • Young People’s Helpline: 0808 80507
  • Text helpline: 07860 027573
• Leicester rape crisis:
  • Free telephone and face to face counselling and support for female survivors of sexual violence, sexual abuse and rape from the age of 13 plus
  • Helpline: 0116 2558853
  • Email: admin@jasminehouse.org.uk
• Solicitors:
  • Local solicitors can provide free half hour advice regarding protection orders that can be applied for. Some offer legal funding/assistance.
• National centre for domestic violence (NCDV):
  • NCDV is an organisation who specialise in civil remedies available to victims of domestic abuse, both whether they are entitled to legal funding or not.
  • 24 hour emergency number 0844 8044999
  • For help text NCDV to 60777
  • Online referral (referdirect.org.uk)
  • Email: office@ncdv.org.uk
  • National Centre for Domestic Violence (ncdv.org.uk)
• Children and family court advisors and support service (CAFCASS):
  • CAFCASS looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings and advises courts on what they consider to be in the best interest of individual children
  • General Enquiries: 0300 4564000
  • cafcass.gov.uk
• Children and young person service (CYPS):
  • Local office (Hinckley) 01455 636964
• Adult social care service:
  • County Hall: 0116 3050004
• ChildLine:
  • Tel: 0800 1111
  • Childline (childline.org.uk)
• Victim first:
  • Support for people affected by crime or traumatic events
  • National & Out of Hours Helpline: 0808 1689111
  • Victim First, Leicestershire: 080 953 9595
  • Email: support@victimfirst.pnn.gov.uk
  • Victim Support (victimsupport.org.uk)
• Samaritans:
  • 24 hour confidential and emotional support for anybody in crisis
  • Free Helpline: 116 123
  • Leicester Office: 0116 2700007
  • Samaritans (samaritans.org)
• Relate:
  • Provide counselling for couples and individuals concerning personal relationships
  • Helpline: 0116 2543011
  • Relate Leicestershire (relate.org.uk)
• Gingerbread:
  • Advice and support for single parents
  • Helpline: 0808 8020925
  • Gingerbread (gingerbread.org.uk)

Last updated: 12/07/2024 15:48