Leaving

If you need to leave in a hurry:

Contact the Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline or your local domestic abuse agency. They can help you with:

• Staying safe
• Leaving
• Emergency housing
• Permanent housing

In an emergency call the Police on: 999. The police can offer help including finding somewhere to stay at any time. Victims have a right to police help if they are being hurt, no matter who is hurting them.

• Contact your Local Area Housing Office.
  Contact the Community Legal Services Direct organisation.
  Contact the Wales Domestic Abuse

Planning to Leave

If you are planning to leave, these are ideas that might help you. They are suggestions and you do not have to have arranged all these things before you can leave….

• Try to find a safe place to go (a friend’s house, family or a refuge)
• Arrange a signal with a friend, which may need to be in code, so that you can be helped to escape
• Try to have enough money put away in case you need a taxi, bus or train fare quickly
• Gather together documents such as child and other benefit books, passports, birth certificates, rent books, mortgage details etc. and keep them in a safe place that you can get to easily
• Have an extra set of keys cut for your house or anywhere else you may need to access. Remember to take a set of house keys with you
• Keep a list of emergency contacts, e.g. school, GP, support services, in a safe place