October is Domestic Abuse Awareness month.
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October is Domestic Abuse Awareness month.
It’s important to talk about feeling safe at home. Sometimes, people live with someone who makes them feel scared, sad or controlled. This is called domestic abuse and it can happen to anyone.
What does domestic abuse look like?
Domestic abuse isn’t just hitting or hurting, it can be:
- Saying mean or scary things
- Telling you who you can see or what you can do
- Making you feel alone, scared, or not good enough
- Taking your money or stopping you from working
- Hurting you physically like hitting, pushing or grabbing.
If you have ever asked yourself, “is this OK?”, it might not be.
Why are we talking about this?
We are supporting the #IsThisOk campaign created by Greater Manchester Combined Authority based on meetings with people who lived through domestic abuse.
They want others to know:
- Abuse can look different for everyone
- Help is out there, report domestic abuse
- There is lots of support available for people who are suffering domestic abuse.
How Regenda can help if you are experiencing domestic abuse
Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance
Regenda is part of the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance. This means we work with over 150 other housing providers to make sure we are offering the best support that we can to our residents who tell us that they are suffering domestic abuse.
Centre 56
Centre 56 is a domestic abuse charity and nursery that is part of The Regenda Group. The nursery is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool and can provide support for families in crisis. Find out more about Centre 56, here (this is a link to another website and will open in a new window.)
Safeguarding team
At Regenda, we have a team of people to help, this is called our Safeguarding team.
If you need helping getting the right support, please get in touch with us.
You can contact us directly:
Call us on 0151 703 3000 or
Email us at safeguarding@regenda.org.uk.
Find out more information about how we can support you with safeguarding on our website, here (this link will open in this window.)