Domestic Abuse

News - 17 May 2021

Domestic abuse is when you are controlled, bullied or threatened by your partner or a family member, who wants to gain control over you.
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Most people think of women with a black eye when they think of domestic abuse, but abuse can also be mental, emotional, psychological, sexual or financial.

It doesn’t happen to one kind of person either – women and men of all classes, ages and backgrounds can suffer abuse.
 

Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid (BCWA) is committed to ending domestic abuse in all its forms, which include:

  • Intimate partner abuse
  • Family member abuse
  • So-called honour-based violence (HBV)
  • Forced marriage
  • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

How to get help?

  • If you are in imminent danger, ring the police on 999.
  • To get help from Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid for yourself or a client, call 020 8313 9303 (Monday to Friday, 9-4.30 pm).
  • Call the virtual One-Stop Shop on 020 8313 9303 (Thursdays 1:30-4 pm)
  • EMAIL at info@bcwa.org.uk
  • To get help outside of the office hours, ring the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

Struggling in lockdown or can’t call?

Click here for the Women’s Aid confidential Live Chat service.

Open 10am-2pm Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm Saturday & Sunday”.

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