Keeping Safe
Cheshire East Domestic Abuse Family Safety Unit - call 01606
363532
National 24 Hour Helpline 0808 2000 247
Living with a violent partner is not an easy thing to do. You
will already have developed many strategies to ensure your own
safety and that of your children. The Women’s Aid website has lots of
good advice on safety planning, and specific information for
children, friends and family, male victims, perpetrators and pages
in foreign languages.
Organisations in Cheshire
There are many different organisations in Cheshire who can offer
you help. You can expect to be treated non-judgmentally and in
privacy. You may be asked if you need an interpreter and any
conversation will be treated in confidence. No action will be taken
that will jeopardise your safety. Requests for information will be
answered wherever possible, you will be listened to in your own
time and your experiences will be taken seriously.
For help and advice with housing, getting
your partner to leave, friends and family, refuges, money and
a range of other issues,
the Women's Aid Survivor's handbook has a wealth of
information.
Refuge provision
If you need to leave your home because you are living with the
person who is abusing you, you may decide to go to one of the five
refuges in Cheshire. See refuge
provision for more details on staying in a refuge.
Legal Rights
You have the right to legal protection from an abusive partner.
This might be through the criminal law (contacting the police and
pursuing a prosecution) or through the civil law (contacting a
solicitor to apply for a court order to prevent the abuse or keep
him/her away from your home)
