Thru Care

Description: Staff provide a range of practical and emotional support for women and their children.

Criteria: Women with or without children escaping domestic violence.

Minimum age: 17

Referral Procedure Phone Women's Aid Advice Centre on 08088000340 for referral.

Description: Support for LGBT people experiencing domestic violence.

Criteria: Anyone in a same sex relationship experiencing domestic violence.

Referral Procedure Self.

Phone for advice and information.

Description: Staff offer advice and information on housing issues, welfare rights, courts, solicitors and access to education for children. Part time children's play worker.

Criteria: Women with or without children escaping domestic violence.

Will not accept women with drug or alcohol problems which mean they are unable to live in communal accommodation.

Minimum age: 16

Referral Procedure Agency referral.
Self referral

Description: Support includes advice on benefits, schooling, training and contact orders, action plans. Evening and some weekend support. Outreach and resettlement worker, part time child support worker, provides advice, support and play activities for children.

Criteria: Women with or without children escaping domestic violence.

Will not accept women living close to the refuge, or women with drug and alcohol or other problems. No boys over 16 allowed.

Minimum age: 16

Referral Procedure Self or agency referral.

Description: Staff offer advice and support on housing, financial matters, education, health and legal problems. Will liase with schools and social services and housing authorities.

Child care worker and plpaygroup 4 days a week. Also have an outreach worker and a children's outreach worker.

Weekly sessions with health visitor. School nurse visits regularly.

Criteria: Women with children escaping domestic violence. Women without children also considered but women with children are the priority.
Will not accept women with drug, alcohol or other problems likely to cause disturbance to other families. Women with convictions for violence, arson or theft.

Minimum age: 16

Referral Procedure Self or agency referral.

Description: Helpline for women experiencing physical, emotional or sexual violence in the home. Advice, information and support. Can refer callers to local refuges and emergency and temporary accommodation across England. Run in partnership between Women's Aid England and Refuge. Further website at http://www.thehideout.org.uk.

24 hour helpline.

Criteria: Women and their children experiencing domestic violence, or people calling on their behalf.

Referral Procedure Phone, email or write.

Description: Nottingham Counselling Service provides counselling for men and women over the age of 18 residing, working or studying in the Nottinghamshire area. They provide 1-1 counselling in a safe environment by qualified and accredited counsellors. All counsellors work confidentially, a commitment to equality and diversity and are non-judgemental.
Also provide group support for women survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Trained counsellors are also aware of gender and sexuality issues.

Criteria: Men and women over the age of 18, residing, working or studying in the Nottinghamshire area.

Referral Procedure Self or agency referral.

Description: The Rape Crisis Centre can offer a confidential telephone line to any female and provide face-to-face counselling on housing, pregnancy, police, medical and courts as well as emotional support.Helpline Opening Times:
Mon, Thur, Fri from 10am - 1pm
Tue from 2pm - 7pm

Criteria: Any female who has been raped or sexually assaulted.

Referral Procedure self or concerned friend/other.

Opening times:
Helpline Opening Times:
Mon, Thur, Fri from 10am - 1pm
Tue from 2pm - 7pm

Description: The Domestic Violence Unit have trained officers who are able to deal with domestic abuse issues.

Criteria: Any person experiencing domestic violence.

Referral Procedure Self - phone for advice or in emergency.

Description: National 24 hour helpline for anyone concerned about a child at risk of abuse, including children themselves. Counselling, information and advice from qualified social workers. Can make referrals to Social Services, the police or local NSPCC teams. Advice and information available via email and website. NSPCC also runs Welsh and five Asian language Child Protection Helplines.

24 hour helpline.

Criteria: People concerned about a child at risk of abuse, including children themselves.

Referral Procedure Phone the helpline.

Description: Offering individual treatment for people with alcohol problems. Fast track assessments offered in partnership with the Hospital Alcohol and Drugs Liaison Team, also facilitating early discharge from general medical wards (often within 24 hours). Ensuring high quality care is transferred directly to the team, to continue detoxification incorporating close monitoring of any existing health problems and relapse prevention. Each service user has a programme of care designed to meet their individual needs, co-ordinated by their key worker. Group therapy, abstinence and controlled drinking programmes run along side other therapy groups, such as anxiety management and complementary therapies.

Criteria: Age 18 and over. History of excessive alcohol misuse with physical/mental health related difficulties. Safe guarding issues, offending behaviour including perpetrators and victims of domestic violence, for those based within the Nottinghamshire area.

Minimum age: 18

Referral Procedure Referrals from GP, Hospital, Probation, other statutory and non statutory agencies and self.

Opening times:
Self Referrals: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 11am - 3pm
Thursday: 1pm - 3pm

Description: Staff provide advice and support with making applications and completing forms, benefits claims, finding training courses, employment and life skills training. Advice and support offered in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and Gujarati.
Health visitor allocated to provide care for children at the refuge.

Criteria: Asian women with or without children escaping domestic violence.

Will not accept women living close to the refuge. Women with drug or alcohol or other problems which mean they are unable to live in communal accommodation. Women with no recourse to public funds.

Minimum age: 16

Referral Procedure Self or agency referral.

Phone for referral form.

Description: We provide floating support for women who live within Nottingham City, and have or are experiencing domestic abuse. Our aim is to provide housing and tenancy related support, and we will signpost on any joint work with other agencies if appropriate.
We provide support with benefits, resettlement, tenancy sustainment, legal advice and safety planning.

Criteria: For women who have, or are experiencing domestic abuse, and live within the Nottingham City area.

Referral Procedure Self referral or via another organisation.

Description: Help for men who have been sexually assaulted.

Criteria: Men who have been sexually assaulted.

Referral Procedure Phone helpline for advice and information.

Opening times:
Call between 7pm - 10 pm Tue and Thur

Description: Provides free and confidential emotional and practical support to victims and witnesses of crime. Including homophobic crime and domestic violence in same sex relationships.

Criteria: Anyone who has been a victim or witness of a crime.

Referral Procedure Self referral.

Phone for information and support.

Description: Women's Aid provide a one-stop-shop for women experiencing or escaping domestic violence. They provide confidential advice and support access to safe and secure emergency accommodation. Provide information on housing, children, the police, solicitors and immigration and most importantly, a listening ear. They also offer a drop in service from 10am to 4pm Mon - Fri and a 24 hour helpline.

Criteria: Any women experiencing or escaping domestic violence.

Referral Procedure Self or agency referral.

Phone the helpline for information.

Opening times:
Drop in service from 10am to 4pm Mon - Fri and a 24 hour helpline.

Description: Provides a floating support service for women in Gedling and Nottingham with current or previous experience of domestic abuse. The service is open to travellers and sex workers in Nottingham City, and is available to women with or without children. The centre can help women wanting to move away from domestic abuse, and also runs a drop-in service.

Criteria: Women who have experienced domestic abuse and who have additional issues with mental health, drugs or alcohol. Can provide support to women with or without children.

Minimum age: 16

Referral Procedure Self referrals and referrals from any agency.

Phone.