This directory provides contact information for anybody who is affected by domestic abuse:

• whether you currently experience domestic violence
• work for an agency and receive a report of domestic violence
• or are a family member or a friend looking for advice.

• Introduction
• Specialist support for women who experience domestic violence and abuse
• Idvas (Independent domestic violence advisors)
• Specialist services for men who experience domestic violence and abuse
• Specialist police domestic violence units
• Specialist support for black, minority and ethnic communities
• Specialist support for children and young people
• Specialist support for survivors from the LGBT communities
• Specialist course for men who show abusive behaviour towards their partner
• Other support services

Did you know that...

• domestic violence is the largest cause of morbidity worldwide in women aged 19-44, greater than war, cancer or motor vehicle accidents?
• on average a woman will endure 35 incidents of domestic violence before reporting it for the first time? (Yearnshire, 1997)
• one in three child protection cases show a history of domestic violence to the mother? (Hester and Pearson, 1998)
• nearly three quarters of children on the 'at risk' register live in households where domestic violence occurs? (Department of Health, 2002)
• 2 women in England and Wales are murdered every week by their current or former partner? (Home Office)
• domestic violence accounts for 16% of all violent crime? (British Crime Survey)

Domestic violence and abuse is a crime! It must stop!