IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, THEN PLEASE CALL THE POLICE ON 999 OR FOR NON-EMERGENCIES 101.
Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading or violent behaviour, including sexual violence. In the majority of cases, the perpetrator is a partner or ex-partner, but it could also be a family member or carer.
Reports of ASB can be a sign of domestic abuse. We will support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and we encourage you to raise concerns if you think anyone is affected by it. Where appropriate we will work with people to understand the reasons behind anti-social behaviour supporting them to change, while balancing their needs against the impact their behaviour has on the community.
BCH does not tolerate domestic abuse in any form. We will always take your report seriously, thoroughly investigate it and treat it sensitively and confidentially throughout.
We will:
- Discuss your support needs and how these might be met, which may involve referring you to a specialist agency such as Women’s Aid.
- Discuss with you the possibility of taking action against the offender.
- Make a referral to the Sanctuary Scheme or Community Safety to risk assess your property and provide additional security.
Please note that we do not have properties available for people to move into immediately. Should emergency accommodation be appropriate, we will discuss this with our colleagues in Housing Options to see if they can identify emergency accommodation.
Visit the UK SAYS NO MORE website to find a safe space near you