Domestic Abuse

Domestic violence, also called domestic abuse, includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse in couple relationships or between family members.

At Martham we have four trained Domestic Abuse champions who are able to offer support and help to children who have witnessed Domestic abuse and their parents.

Women’s Aid: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Women’s Aid is a grassroots federation working in England to provide a future where domestic violence is not tolerated. Women’s Aid have provided the following survey to help people identify their experiences of domestic abuse:

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/the-survivors-handbook/am-i-in-an-abusive-relationship/

Support in school:

• Class teacher

• SLT Office

• Safeguarding section of website

• report4support

Support outside of school - Support to cope

• Clare’s Law (Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme) - For Partners
  https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/daa/domestic-abuse/alpha2/request-information-under-clares-law/

• Sarah's Law (The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme) - For friendships https://www.met.police.uk/rqo/request/ri/request-information/sarahs-law-beta/sarahs-law-child-sex-offender-disclosure-scheme/

• Hollies Guard- App https://hollieguard.com/

• Bright Sky - App https://www.england.nhs.uk/supporting-our-nhs-people/support-now/wellbeing-apps/bright-sky/

• Leeway https://www.leewaysupport.org/

• Victim Support https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/

• Connect/ Spurgeons https://spurgeons.org/norwichconnect/

• Orwell (Haven Project) https://www.heron.nhs.uk/heron/organisationdetails.aspx?id=22123

• Pandora (for women) https://www.pandoraproject.org.uk/

• Daisy https://thedaisyproject.org.uk/

• GALOP (LGBT) http://www.galop.org.uk/

• One Voice (support for travellers) https://onevoice4travellers.co.uk/

• Men’s advice line https://mensadviceline.org.uk/

• National Domestic violence hotline https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help

• Refuge (For women and children) https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/Contact-us

• Paladin (Stalking) https://paladinservice.co.uk/

Support to Recover

• Freedom Programme - Action for children and the Daisy programme https://www.freedomprogramme.co.uk/

• Power to change- Leeway

• Open the box Programme https://www.pandoraproject.org.uk/group-programmes/

• Counselling - Off the record, MAP, one to one project, Mind, Norwich Centre

• Child Parent violence

• Family lives https://www.familylives.org.uk/

• Young Minds Parents Helpline https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-helpline/

• Pandora Norfolk https://www.pandoraproject.org.uk/