Domestic abuse help

Where can I get information?

  • Police:
    • If in imminent danger call 999. For non-urgent enquiries call 101
  • Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) domestic abuse outreach service:
    • Based at The Hinckley Hub, part of the Community Safety Team
    • Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm
    • Office: 01455 238141 and ask for the Domestic Abuse Outreach Service
    • Mobile: 07966 202181
  • HBBC homeless and housing advice:
  • Forced marriage unit:
    • 0207 008 0151 – Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
    • 0207 008 1500 – Outside of those hours ask for the Foreign Office Response Centre
    • Email: fmu@fco.gov.uk
  • Men's advice line:
  • LGBTQ+ centre:
  • Respect:
    • A service for men who are looking for information and advice to stop their abusive behaviour towards their partners
    • Helpline – 0808 802 4040
    • Email: info@respectphoneline.org.uk
  • National 24 hour refuge:
    • For advice and emergency refuge accommodation run by Refuge and Women’s Aid
    • Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (free from landlines, charges apply from mobiles)
    • Refuge (refuge.org.uk)
  • Women's aid - information and support:
  • Safeline:
    • Support through sexual abuse and rape
    • Helpline: 0808 80508
    • #5MillionMen Support Service: 0808 805005
    • Young People’s Helpline: 0808 80507
    • Text helpline: 07860 027573
  • Leicester rape crisis:
    • Free telephone and face to face counselling and support for female survivors of sexual violence, sexual abuse and rape from the age of 13 plus
    • Helpline: 0116 2558853
    • Email: admin@jasminehouse.org.uk
  • Solicitors:
    • Local solicitors can provide free half hour advice regarding protection orders that can be applied for. Some offer legal funding/assistance.
  • National centre for domestic violence (NCDV):
  • Children and family court advisors and support service (CAFCASS):
    • CAFCASS looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings and advises courts on what they consider to be in the best interest of individual children
    • General Enquiries: 0300 4564000
    • cafcass.gov.uk
  • Children and young person service (CYPS):
    • Local office (Hinckley) 01455 636964
  • Adult social care service:
    • County Hall: 0116 3050004
  • ChildLine:
  • Victim first:
  • Samaritans:
    • 24 hour confidential and emotional support for anybody in crisis
    • Free Helpline: 116 123
    • Leicester Office: 0116 2700007
    • Samaritans (samaritans.org)
  • Relate:
  • Gingerbread:

Last updated: 12/07/2024 15:48