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FREEPHONE
24 HOUR NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE
0808 2000 247
Women's Aid
PO Box 391, Bristol, BS99 7WS
Tel: 0117 944 4411
Fax: 0117 924 1703
E-mail: info@womensaid.org.ukinfo@womensaid.org.uk
Website:
www.womensaid.org.uk
Regional help:
www.womensaid.org.uk/network/regional_map.htm
Housing out of Hours:
You can call L.B Islington emergency duty team out of hours on
020 7226 0992.
If you have nowhere to stay, and are homeless because you are fleeing
domestic violence, the Local Authority has a duty to provide you with
Temporary Accommodation
Shelter line 0808 800 4444
For help with emergency housing and access to refuge services.
Child Protection Helpline 0800 800 500
Helpline for anyone concerned about a child at risk - offers information,
support and counselling.
Childline
Freepost 1111
London N1 OBR
Phone: 0800 1111
Free confidential help line for children, operates 24 hours a day.
“The line” for children in care Mon-Fri 3:30 -9:30pm &
Sat –Sun 2-8pm:
0800 884444 or 0800 400 222
The Samaritans 0345 90 90 90
24 hour emotional support for anyone in crisis.
Specialist Help lines
Jewish Women’s Aid 0800 591203
Women with learning difficulties 020 8522 0675
There are also specialist refuge and/or advice services in some parts
of the country for:
African and African Caribbean women
Asian women
Black women
Chinese women
Irish women
Muslim women
To contact any of these, phone the National or Regional helplines above
for their numbers.
Freecall message home - 0500 700740
This is a confidential, non-traceable service for those who have left
home but want to pass on a message to family and friends without communicating
directly. Women escaping domestic violence can use this service without
having to give details of where they are. This is a free service.
Careline - 020 8514 1177
A national, confidential counselling line for children, young people
and adults on any issue including family, marital & relationship
problems, child abuse, rape & sexual assault, depression and anxiety.
The Refugee Council
One Stop Service
240-250 Ferndale Road
SW9 8BB
Phone: 020 7346 6700
Fax: 020 7346 6778
Alone in London
188 Kings Cross Road WC1 9DE
Phone: 020 7713 6546
NSPCC Child Protection Helpline 0800 800 500
Helpline for anyone concerned about a child at risk - offers information,
support and counselling.
NAPAC The National Association for People Abused in Childhood
42 curtain Road,London, EC2A 3NH
www.napac.org.uk Freephone helpline 0800 085 3330
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