*Listed organisations are working for pan-London except Hestia 

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline

  • • 24/7 Helpline. Guide options and rights

    • 📱 0808 2000 247 

• ROJ Women's Association (Turkish/Kurdish)

  • • Free advice, advocacy, wellbeing, support, and counselling services, English language classes, education, training, and employment opportunity

    • https://rojwomen.org.uk/get-help/#referral-forms 

• Richmond fellowship AL-Aman (Arabic)

  • • Advice, Activity, ESOL, safety planning, telephone support, and one-to-one support sessions, support groups, advocacy including liaising with other agencies (e.g.: home office, housing, solicitors etc)

    • https://dvip.org/al-aman/ or 📧 dvip.al-aman@richmondfellowship.org.uk 

• Hestia DSV Support 

  • • Emotional and practical support, advice for refugee, homeless decrease their risk 

    • Newham residents over 16, last incidence has to be within 3 months (in the middle of crisis)

    • https://www.hestia.org or 📧 InfoNewham.DSV@hestia.org 

• Maa shanti (South Asian)

  • • South Asian Women with Domestic abuse/Women whose partner is from South Asia

    • Financial abuse, emotional abuse, coercive control, so called honour-based abuse, forced marriage, physical abuse and more.

    • Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi 

    • English classes, social activities, advocacy and financial/benefits guidance.

    • https://www.maashanti.org/referral-form/ 

• Survivors Together

  • • A therapeutic social group for women survivors of sexual abuse. 15 women and usually last around 90 minutes.

    • A safe space where our women can form supportive friendships, develop social skills and learn coping skills and strategies, from the facilitators and each other, that will support the improvement of their mental health.

    • https://survivorstogether.co.uk/contact-us/ 

• London Black Women’s Project (BAME)

  • • Injunctions, issues about children, immigration, housing, welfare benefits, accommodation based refuge services for women and their children fleeing domestic violence, counselling, legal advice

    • https://www.lbwp.co.uk/ 

• Ashiana (BAME)

  • • Advice, counselling, refuge, professional training

    • Black Minority Ethnic women and girls in East London, living in Barking, Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

    • https://www.ashiana.org.uk/resources/refer-to-us/ 

• Stay Safe East (Women with learning disability) 

  • • Advocacy, support services to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, harassment and other forms of abuse

    • 📧 referrals@staysafe-east.org.uk 

• The Traveller Movement (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families) 

  • • Tailored information and support to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) families. Whether it relates to education, parenting, LGBT+ identities or gender-based violence,

    • https://travellermovement.org.uk/ 

• Respeito (Portuguese-speaking women)

  • • Provide information in Portuguese relating to matters of domestic abuse, British Law, interventions and prevention.

    • Information and accompanying on matters related to Welfare and Social Wellbeing, Counselling service, One free Family Law consultation.

    • https://respeito.org.uk/ 

• The Maya Centre

  • • Culturally sensitive counselling, group work and complementary therapies including psychoeducation and art therapy

    • Women with historical experience of domestic or sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse or harmful practices from minoritised communities who have experiences of racism, discrimination or social exclusion from refugee backgrounds with experience of trafficking or other human rights abuses from migrant backgrounds where English is not your first language, who are LGBTQ+

    • https://www.mayacentre.org.uk/self-agency-referral/ 

• Aanchal Women's Aid (Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati)

  • • Emotional and practical support, activities and advice. Women can participate in 12 sessions covering a variety of topics that support mindfulness, knowledge and resilience; 8 sessions for Managing Homes; Twice weekly drop in sessions.

    • https://aanchal.org.uk/contact-us/ 

• Kiran Support Services

  • • Refugee accommodation, Children services, Immigration advice, Drop-in at Walthamstow library, Ilford central library. Barking central library, Willesden Green Library

    • Only professionals can signpost

    • https://www.kiranss.org.uk/ 

• Beyond the streets (Sex workers/sexual exploitation)

  • • Safe space for sex workers or people experiencing sexual exploitation (e.g. selling sex indoors, escorting, in a massage parlour, online or on the street)

    • 📱 0800 133 7870 or 📧 support@beyondthestreets.org.uk 

• Orchards (Sex workers/sexual exploitation)

  • • Housing, Counselling, Coaching. Training  sessions for women experiencing sexual exploitation 

    • https://www.orchardsuk.org/referrals, only counselling accepts self-referrals 📧 counselling@orchardsuk.org