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Where can I find domestic abuse helplines?
Help is available from the following UK helplines and organisations:
Specialist support for women
- Refuge and National Domestic Abuse Helpline - Refuge is a large domestic abuse organisation for women and children, which runs a 24-hour national helpline.
- Women’s Aid Domestic Violence Helpline - A national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children.
Specialist support for men
- Men’s Advice Line - Confidential helpline for male victims of domestic abuse.
Specialist support for elderly
- Hourglass - The Hourglass confidential helpline provides information and support to anyone concerned about harm, abuse or exploitation of an older person.
Additional organisations
- SafeLives.org.uk - A UK-wide charity that provides domestic abuse support and guidance for victims, as well as friends and families. 11 members of our family law team have done training with SafeLives.
- Victim Support - Free and confidential help for victims of crime, witnesses, their family and friends, with 24-hour live chat and helpline available.
- UK Finance - UK finance have support services for financial support.
Legal Resources
Resolution, the UK family law association has the following resources:
In these FAQs and answers, we use 'England' as a shorthand for 'England and Wales' because England and Wales share a single legal system. Scotland, meanwhile, is a different legal system and has different rules for many aspects of family law.
We have also chosen to talk about 'marriages' most of the time (which may be between either an opposite or same-sex couple). Unless we say otherwise, what we have said is also true of civil partnerships (which may also be between an opposite or same-sex couple).
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