You can call the National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
The Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge, is a national service for women experiencing domestic violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf.
The Helpline can give support, help and information over the telephone, wherever the caller might be in the country. The Helpline is staffed 24 hours a day by fully trained female helpline support workers and volunteers. All calls are completely confidential. Translation facilities for callers whose first language is not English and a service for callers who are deaf or hard of hearing are available.
If you live in Barnet or Haringey you can also get help and advice from Christian Action’s own domestic violence floating service – ELEVATE.
Elevate aims to provide a professional service which ensures safety and choice to survivors of domestic violence through structured support.
Once you have been accepted for the service you will be assigned a Resettlement Worker who will give you a welcome pack. This includes useful information on local services and our policies and procedures which govern how we will work with you.
The resettlement worker will assist you to deal with any urgent business such as getting benefit in payment or seeking an injunction. We will get you to carry out as many tasks as you can by yourself, as this will prepare you to manage without support. We recognize peoples differing abilities and will advocate, make phone calls and write letters on your behalf when necessary. We are basically here to guide you and help you reach decisions. We will get information you need and refer you to other specialist services.
We can be contacted on the following office numbers:
0845 371 0190 for Barnet and
0845 371 0194 for Haringey.
We are often out of the office but will contact you as soon as we get back. If you need to speak to us urgently please let our Team Assistant know or ask to speak to another member of the Elevate team.