Help in Essex
Never be afraid to ask for help.
There are lots of charities and organisations that can offer
support and guidance but they can’t do that until you make the
first step and contact them.
If you decide not to speak to the police, please don’t suffer in
silence. Think about contacting one of the groups below.
A simple call can be just that. It doesn’t have to mean leaving
home, separation or court proceedings but a friendly voice and an
open ear.
Refuges, counselling and
support
Women’s Aid, a national domestic violence charity working to end
violence against women and children, has a network of services
throughout Essex.
Basildon Women’s
Aid
Basildon Women’s Aid offers temporary
accommodation for women of all ages, races and cultures, with or
without children.
The charity can also give advice on welfare, housing and women’s
rights and has 10 counsellors and a designated homeless officer on
hand to help.
Phone: 01268 581591 (24-hour emergency line)
E-mail: enquiries@basildonwa.org
Website: www.basildonwa.org/
If you urgently need to leave your home call the refuge
on 01268 581591.
Download a leaflet about Basildon Women’s Aid.
The Parklands
Centre
This centre in
Gloucester Park, Basildon, is run by staff from Basildon Women’s
Aid and offers a helpline, support groups, advice and information
surgeries and one to one counselling.
All of the services are free and the centre is open Monday to
Friday between 9.30am and 1pm and 2pm and 5pm.
Phone: 01268 521666
E-mail: parklands@basildonwa.org
Download a leaflet about The Parklands
Centre.
Braintree Women’s
Aid
Provides a refuge for women and their families and advice on
housing, legal issues and benefits. The charity also employs child
care professionals who can help get your children to and from
school safely and arrange free lunches if necessary.
Helpline: 01376 321720
Chelmsford Women’s
Aid
Provides a refuge for women fleeing domestic violence and an
outreach service supporting women living in the community.
There's also an
intervention programme to help women meet new friends, boost their
confidence and move on in life.
Phone: 01245 493114
E-mail:
refuge@chelmsfordwa.co.uk
Website:
www.chelmsfordwa.co.uk/
Download a leaflet about the
refuge or
outreach
services.
You can also visit the Women’s Resource centre.
The centre is run by staff from Chelmsford Women’s Aid and is based
at 11a/b Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1AP.
Phone: 01245 493056.
Colchester and Tendring Women’s
Refuge
The refuge, which is part of Women’s
Aid, offers emergency accommodation for women and their children
and includes a specially adapted room for disabled women.
You can call 01206 500585 ay any time, day or night, for
help or if you need a place at a refuge.
The refuge
also holds drop in support groups on Thursday mornings between
10.30am and 12.30. Call 01206 500585 for more information.
If you would like to find out more about counselling you can call
the welfare staff on 01206 500586.
E-mail: info@colchester-refuge.org.uk
Website: www.colchester-refuge.org.uk/
SOS Domestic Abuse Project
Formerly known
as Southend Women's Aid, SOS Domestic Abuse Projects provides
services based at The Dove Project and Fledgelings Child and Family
Contact Centre.
The Dove Project focuses on the specific needs of women, providing
24-hour telephone crisis support, a drop-in service and
counselling.
Fledgelings Child and Family Contact Centre supports mum, dads,
children and young people experiencing domestic abuse and family
breakdown.
Helpline: 01702 300006 (24-hour crisis line)
Phone: 01702 302333
E-mail: enquiries@sosdap.org
Website: www.savsmembers.org/sosdomesticabuseprojects
Thurrock Women’s
Aid
The charity runs a drop in service every Wednesday between 10am and
noon at 5 Davall House, Argent Street, Grays.
Each month on a rotating basis, a solicitor, a homelessness officer
from Thurrock Council and a Domestic Violence Liaison Officer from
Essex Police are on hand to offer advice. To find out more call
01375 488693.
Helpline: 01375 845899 (24 hours)
E-mail: info@thurrock-wa.org
Website: www.thurrock-wa.org/
Essex Change
Essex Change is a community based domestic violence intervention
programme for men who want to end their violent or abusive
behaviour towards a partner or ex-partner.
They also run a women’s service which aims to increase
the safety of women and children by offering support and safety
planning.
E-mail: admin@essexchange.org
Phone: 01245 258680 ext 223 or 077872541982
Website: www.essexchange.org
Victim Support
Essex
Helpline: 0845 456 5995 (open Monday – Friday 8am to 8pm)
E-mail: Essex@victimsupport.org.uk
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