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Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading, or violent behaviour from a partner, ex-partner, or family member. It is very common and can happen to anyone, at any time in their lives.
Forms of domestic abuse include, but is not limited to:
| Physical abuse: hitting, slapping, pushing, using objects or weapons to hurt you |
| Emotional abuse: insults, threats, humiliation |
| Psychological abuse: manipulation, gaslighting |
| Sexual abuse: any unwanted/ nonconsensual sexual contact, being forced to do things you don’t want to do, degrading you during sex |
| Reproductive coercion: interference with your ability to make decisions about your own body, especially regarding pregnancy, contraception, and sexual health |
| Financial and economic abuse: controlling money, withholding access to finance, taking out debts in your name (sometimes without you knowing), stopping you from being in work/education/training, having control over spending (i.e. checking receipts) |
| Coercive control: isolating you, monitoring, or restricting your freedom and choices |
| Harassment: any form of unwanted contact – phone calls, emails, texts, social media messages, gifts, unannounced visits |
| Stalking: fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repeated behaviour – in person or online to follow or monitor your movements |
Be Free exists to support and empower victim-survivors of domestic abuse by providing compassionate, trauma-informed services that promote safety, healing and choice, while advocating for dignity, justice and a future free from abuse.
Be Free are committed to listening without judgment and standing alongside victim-survivors of domestic abuse with compassion, respect and belief. As a specialist service, we provide safe, trauma-informed and culturally responsive support tailored to individual needs, empowering each person to make informed choices, regain control and move towards safety and recovery at their own pace.
We support people of all ages, genders, backgrounds, abilities, sexualities, and immigration statuses. We believe everyone has the right to live free from fear and harm.
We are committed to providing:
| A safe and respectful environment |
| Confidential support (with some legal exceptions) |
| Empowerment, not pressure – we support people’s decisions |
| Trained professionals with experience in trauma-informed approaches |
We provide specialist support within the community, safe accommodation provision and specialist support for children and young people.
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