Torbay

Domestic Abuse Support Service (DASS)

• 01803 217614
• www.westcountryha.org.uk
• Leaflet for DASS

Torbay Refuge

• Crisis accommodation for women and children
• 01803 524594
• www.westcountryha.org.uk
• Leaflet for Torbay Refuge

Pattern Changing Programme for Women

• Domestic Abuse courses for female survivors of abuse
• 0845 053 5627
• Leaflet for Pattern Changing

Children's Group

• Domestic Abuse programme for children who have experienced domestic abuse
• 0845 053 5627
• Leaflet for Children's Group

SEEDS

• Survivors' reference group
• 0845 053 5627
• Leaflet for SEEDS

Police

• IN AN EMERGENCY ALWAYS RING 999
• Torbay Domestic Abuse Unit - 01803 841469
• Devon & Cornwall Constabulary non-emergency number - 08452 777 444

Torbay Council Housing Needs Team

• 01803 208723
• www.torbay.gov.uk/housingadvice

Torbay Council Children's Services

• 01803 208100

National Advice Lines

• National Domestic Violence Helpline - 24 hour confidential advice line - 0808 2000 247
• Asian Women Against Domestic Violence (JYOTI) - 0121 693 6145
• Bharosa - Asian Women’s Helpline - 0121 303 0368
• Broken Rainbow Network - support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people experiencing domestic abuse - 0300 999 5428
• Childline - 0800 1111 (24 hour)
• Domestic Violence Legal Helpline - 0800 5870 209
• Jewish Womens’s Aid - 0800 591 203
• Men's Advice Helpline - for men experiencing domestic abuse - 0808 801 0327
• NHS Direct - health advice and information - 0845 46 47
• Respect 0845 122 8609 www.respect.uk.net (for perpetrators of abuse)
• RSPCA petsafe 07715 540 182 (fostering scheme for pets of families fleeing domestic abuse)
• Shelter - housing advice helpline - 0808 800 444
• Southall Black Sisters - 020 8571 9595
• Women's Aid - for domestic abuse advice and information