Our Domestic Abuse Services
Refuge
We have 18 refuges across Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton and can accommodate 106 women and their children. We make each refuge feel like a home and provide both one-to-one support and group activities for women and children. Watch our video below to find out more about what it is like to be in refuge.
Dispersed Accommodation
We provide self-contained accommodation that meets the needs of a diverse range of service users, including male victims, women with older male children and families with very complex needs.
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
We provide one-to-one support for adult victims and children affected by domestic abuse.
GROUP WORK
Our group work programmes give adults, children and young people the opportunity to learn about domestic abuse and how it has affected them.
TARGET HARDENING
Our specialist workers visit homes to give safety advice and issue personal and home safety equipment.
HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES
We deliver specialist work, addressing harmful cultural practices including female genital mutilation, forced marriage and ‘honour’ based violence.
HEALTH ADVOCATES
Our Health Advocated offer immediate advice and support to staff and patients in hospitals.
LGBTQ+ ADVOCACY
We provide support, advice and assistance to adults in the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced, or who are at risk of domestic abuse, and we deliver training to other professionals working with victims from LGBTQ+ communities.
STALKING ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT
A specialist support and advocacy service for victims of stalking in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, offering a range of support, including risk and safety planning, advocacy support, emotional and practical support, specialist advice and support in relation to cyber-stalking and support to access any other services the victim may need.
TRAINING
We deliver a range of courses for other organisations and professional partners in the community.
UP2U:CREATING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
We deliver a behaviour-change programmme to people who use abusive unhealthy behaviours in their intimate relationships