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Report domestic abuse - call 999 - call silently

In 2019 the police launched the Silent Solution System. If you are at risk of domestic abuse or in a dangerous situation where you are unable to speak you can call the police silently.

  • Call 999
  • Carry out instructions from the call operator
  • You may be asked to cough or tap the handset or if using a mobile phone, once prompted by the automated system press 55.
  • Police will then understand and react with an emergency response.

Report Domestic Abuse

  • JUNO Women's Aid have a free 24 hour Free Helpline on 0808 800 0340 for women, children and teenagers. 
  • Equation (guidance and support for men) 0115 960 5556
  • Galop for LGBT individuals 0800 999 5428

Domestic abuse and wider associated issues such as honour violence, forced marriage and FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), affects many people across all strands of our community. It overwhelmingly affects women and children, but can also happen to men and to other adults in a close family relationship. It can happen in gay and lesbian relationships.

Many people associate these issues with something that involves a deliberate assault, but it can comprise a range of behaviours such as emotional, financial or sexual abuse - you can experience domestic abuse on any of these levels and physical violence may not always be present.

Rushcliffe domestic violence booklet

Rushcliffe Sanctuary Scheme

The sanctuary scheme might be of help to you if you feel unsafe in your home after you have ended your relationship and you are considering leaving because of this. This is a very practical, free scheme which enhances security and will then enable you to remain at home and maintain your links to schools, work and social/family networks. Please email sanctuary@rushcliffe.gov.uk or call 0115 9819911 for further details.

Embedded Domestic Abuse Support Worker

A Domestic abuse worker from JUNO and Notts Women’s Aid supports housing team across Nottinghamshire to provide advice and assistance to survivors of domestic abuse.  These workers will support housing teams to ensure that domestic abuse cases are dealt with appropriately, referred into the right support services and that housing workers gain valuable skills and knowledge in working with domestic abuse survivors.

Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) Accreditation

A Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) Co-ordination role is being funded by District and Borough Council’s for the provision of a joint role to enable Council’s to gain DAHA accreditation. Each Council will undertake a health check to ensure a survivor centred approach to the delivery of safe accommodation for domestic abuse Survivors and work towards the ‘Whole Housing Approach’ model.  Rushcliffe Borough Council will be seeking accreditation during 2024/25

Pet fostering

Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid and JUNO Women’s Aid run pet fostering schemes to ensure that pets can be housed at short notice when needed so that this is not a barrier to fleeing abuse.

Flexible Funding

District and Borough Councils in Nottinghamshire can in some cases provide grants to assist survivors of domestic abuse to help enable them to move into safe accommodation and on to permanent accommodation (transport, white goods, rent deposit). Please discuss this with your case officer at the Council.   

Equation Training

Equation deliver an extensive package of training to District and Borough Councils across Nottinghamshire. This has been developed to include statutory duty training and protected characteristics across multiple service areas including social and supported accommodation.

Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships

Rushcliffe Borough Council works closely with Equation (domestic abuse charity) who delivers valuable age appropriate annual awareness sessions in both our primary and secondary schools.  The engaging sessions explore the healthy and unhealthy elements of domestic and intimate relationships.

Ask for Angela

More of our bars are joining the Ask for Angela campaign – if you are on a date on a night out or with someone who is making you feel uneasy, threatened you can approach the staff and “Ask for Angela” and they will recognise this as your call for help. They will assist you in calling for a taxi and keep you safe during the wait. Bars with training staff will display the posters for the campaign in the ladies’ toilets.

Help for men experiencing abuse

Men can contact Equation for advice, emotional support and for referral to specialist services. Statutory services such as housing, legal help, the criminal justice system and social care are also all equally available to male survivors as for female survivors.

Safer Streets

Rushcliffe Borough Council takes the safety of its residents and visitors very serious especially that of women and girls. During 2023 the majority of the Home Office Safer Streets 4 funding allocated to the Borough, around £200k, was spent on CCTV and ANPR cameras.   Safer Streets 5 will see the purchase of further cameras for our hotspot locations.

Finding out more

If there is no immediate crisis but you would like to know more about domestic violence and associated issues, you will find the following websites of interest:

 

 

Clare's Law

From September 2012, Nottinghamshire has been chosen as one of the trial areas in the country for Clare’s Law – this means individuals (or an agency) can now make a request to the police to find out if a new or current partner has a history of abusive behaviour in previous relationships.

This scheme hopes to enable individuals concerned the chance to make a more informed choice about whether or not to continue that relationship. Applications have to be made to the police, there is a strict process which will be followed, according to home office guidelines, and where it is then appropriate, any disclosure will be made by the police direct on 101 to the individual concerned.

 

 

National Centre for Domestic Violence

The National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) provide a service to victims and survivors, male and female, of domestic abuse and violence through the provision of Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders and Prohibited Steps Orders. They do this free of charge to victims irrespective of their financial situation.

During 2020 they also provided a free service to over 4,100 victims that could not obtain legal aid or afford a solicitor to represent them and would have undoubtedly otherwise fallen through the gap and gone unprotected. They received over 95,000 referrals from the police and domestic support agencies in 2020 and helped secure just under 10,000 non-molestation orders. Self-referrals are also accepted. NCDV is by far the largest provider of support in this respect in England.

Visit the National Centre for Domestic Violence website to complete a referral form

 

 

Do it online

Documents to download

Useful links

 

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