Directory of Local Services
You can find a Directory of Local Services on this page, listing organisations and groups offering help and support to anyone who needs it.
Please click on the required heading below:
National Services | Perpetrators | Male Victims | Young People | Elderly | LGBT | People with Disabilities | Stalking | Religious Groups | Legal
Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service (GDASS)
A Gloucestershire-wide service designed to reduce the level of domestic abuse and improve the safety of victims and their families.
Call: 01452 726 570 | Email: support@gdass.org.uk | Visit: www.gdass.org.uk
Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
GRASAC is an independent charity offering free, confidential support and information to women and girls affected by any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives.
Call: 01452 305421 | Visit: www.glosrasac.org
Hope House – SARC
For victims of rape and sexual assault. Based at Hope House, SARC, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester.
Call: 0300 421 8400 | Visit: www.hopehousesarc.nhs.uk
Young Gloucestershire
Providing a range of services to people living in Gloucestershire including a groupwork programme for female survivors of domestic abuse, training to professionals about honour based violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation and support to those experiencing child sexual exploitation.
Call: 01452 501008 | Email: getinvolved@youngglos.org.uk | Visit: www.youngglos.org.uk
Hollie Gazzard Trust
HGT helps reduce domestic violence through creating and delivering programmes on domestic abuse and promoting healthy relationships to schools and colleges. In addition, it funds hairdressing training for young people who may not otherwise have the funds to study.
Email: info@holliegazzard.org | Visit: www.holliegazzard.org
Local Safe Spaces
The Safe Space Scheme is a community of businesses that provide a safe and secure place for women to go to if they are being followed or feel under threat in any way. Wherever you see the Safe Space logo, you know that the business welcomes you in immediately, no questions asked until the threat has passed.
Visit: www.safespacescheme.org
National Services
National Domestic Violence Helpline
Call: 0808 2000 247
Forced Marriage Unit
Advice for British nationals forced into marriage.
Call: 020 7008 0151 | Email: fmu@fcdo.gov.uk | Visit: www.gov.uk/stop-forced-marriage
Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis is a national charity and the umbrella body for a network of independent member Rape Crisis organisations.
Call: 0808 500 2222 | Visit: www.rapecrisis.org.uk | Email: rcewinfo@rapecrisis.org.uk
Refuge
Refuge supports women and children experiencing domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse, including sexual violence, trafficking, FGM, ‘honour’-based violence, forced marriage, stalking and prostitution.
Call: 020 7395 7700 | Email: info@refuge.org.uk | Visit: www.refuge.org.uk
Samaritans UK
Available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts.
Call: 0845 7909 090
Shelter
Shelter help millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness.
Call: 0808 800 4444 | Email: info@shelter.org.uk | Visit: www.england.shelter.org.uk
Victim Support
Victim Support helps people to cope with the effects of crime. It provides free and confidential support and information to help victims.
Call: 08 08 16 89 111 | Email: supportline@victimsupport.org.uk | Visit: www.victimsupport.org.uk
Women’s Aid
Women’s Aid works to end domestic violence of women and children. It runs a network of domestic and sexual violence services (including the National Domestic Violence Helpline).
Call: 0117 944 4411 | Email: helpline@womensaid.org.uk | Visit: www.womensaid.org.uk
Perpetrators
Positive Relationships
PRG is a service for men and women aged 18 and over, living in Gloucestershire, who want to make positive changes to improve relationships with their partner, ex-partner or future partners.
Call: 01452 529866 | Email: PRGgloucester@fearfree.org.uk
Respect
Works with perpetrators of domestic violence and partners and ex-partners. Respect’s key focus is on increasing the safety of those experiencing domestic violence through promoting intervention with perpetrators.
Call: 0808 8024040 | Email: info@respect.uk.net | Visit: www.respect.uk.net
Male Victims
MALE (Men’s Advice Line)
A confidential helpline for men who experience violence from their partners or ex-partners or from other family members.
Call: 0808 801 0327 | Email: info@mensadviceline.org.uk | Visit: www.mensadviceline.org.uk | Weekdays 10am to 4pm
Mankind Initiative
Mankind Initiative directly, and indirectly help others to, support male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence across the UK and within their local communities.
Call: 01823 334244 | Email: admin@mankind.org.uk | Visit: www.mankind.org.uk
Survivors UK
A national organisation providing information, support and counselling for men who have been raped or sexually abused.
Call: 02035983898 | Visit: www.survivorsuk.org
Young People
West Mercia Women’s Aid
Children and Young People Services
WMWA provides support to children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse. Our work has a strong focus on self-esteem, self-care and on understanding healthy relationships. This includes support for young people who are themselves experiencing abuse in their teen relationships.
Visit: https://www.westmerciawomensaid.org/services/children-and-young-people-services/
ChildLine
ChildLine is the free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK about any problem, day or night.
Call: 0800 1111 | Visit: www.childline.org.uk
National Youth Advocacy Service
NYAS provides socio-legal services that offer information, advice, advocacy and legal representation to children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Call: 0808 808 1001 | Email: help@nyas.net | Visit: www.nyas.net
The Hideout
Website to help children and young people understand domestic abuse, and how to take positive action.
Visit: www.thehideout.org.uk
Elderly
Action on Elder Abuse
Works to protect and prevent the abuse of vulnerable older adults.
Call: 0808 808 8141 | Email: enquiries@wearehourglass.org | Visit: www.wearehourglass.org
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
National LGBT Domestic Abuse Helpline
National helpline- support for LGBT people experiencing domestic violence.
Call: 0800 999 5428 | Visit: www.galop.org.uk
Switchboard
Switchboard promotes the health, wellbeing and happiness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in the UK by providing them with high quality peer-led support and information services.
Call: 0800 0119 100
| Visit: www.switchboard.lgbt
People with Disabilities
DeafHope
Deaf Hope is the only sign-language based service designed to help deaf women and children who suffer domestic violence.
Text 078600 33214 | Voice/minicom 020 3947 2600 | Email: info@signhealth.org.uk | Visit: www.signhealth.org.uk/deafhope
Respond
Helps victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual abuse who have learning disabilities.
Call: 020 7383 0700 | Email: admin@respond.org.uk | Visit: www.respond.org.uk
Stalking
National Stalking Helpline
The National Stalking Helpline provides guidance and information to anybody who is currently or has previously been affected by harassment or stalking.
Call: 0808 802 0300 | Email: advice@stalkinghelpline.org | Visit: www.stalkinghelpline.org
Religious Groups
Jewish Women’s Aid
Supports Jewish women affected by domestic violence.
Call: 0808 801 0500 | Visit: www.jwa.org.uk
Muslim Women’s Network UK
An independent national network of individual Muslim women and Muslim women’s organisations across the UK.
Call: 0121 236 9000 | Email: contact@mwnuk.co.uk | Visit: www.mwnuk.co.uk
Muslim Youth Helpline
Provides free and confidential faith and culturally sensitive support services targeted at vulnerable young people.
Call: 0808 808 2008 | Text: 07860 022 811 | Email: help@myh.org.uk | Visit: www.myh.org.uk | Mon-Fri 6pm-12am and Sat-Sun 12pm-12am
Legal Advice
Civil Legal Advice
Find a publicly funded family or immigration solicitor.
Call: 0845 345 4 345 | Visit: www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice
Law Society
Find a solicitor
Visit: www.solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk
National Centre for Domestic Violence
Free, fast emergency injunction service to survivors of domestic violence. Anyone can apply for an injunction within 24 hours of first contact (in most circumstances). Works in close partnership with the police, local firms of solicitors and other support agencies.
Call: 0800 970 2070 | Email: office@ncdv.org.uk | Visit: www.ncdv.org.uk