It\u2019s estimated that one in four women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. It is a largely hidden crime, taking many forms as described below:<\/p>\n
Do you need to change your living arrangements due to domestic abuse?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re experiencing domestic abuse, support is available to help you make an escape plan or remove the perpetrator from your home as quickly as possible whilst not compromising your safety.<\/p>\n Remember, if you and\/or your family are in immediate danger you must ring 999 and seek help from the police. If you are unable to speak, a \u2018silent solution<\/a>\u2019 is available for mobile phones. You will listen to a message and then be asked to press 55 to be transferred to your local police force where the call handler will ask you simple yes or no questions. You may be asked to cough, tap your keys or similar in response if it is unsafe for you to talk, so listen carefully. Please note, the police are unable to track your location from a mobile phone.<\/p>\n If you are calling from a landline, the silent solution does not apply. If you cannot speak, stay on the phone and you will be connected to a police call handler. If you need to put the phone down, the line will stay open for 45 seconds. If you pick the phone back up again during this time and the operator is concerned for your safety, they will transfer you to a police call handler. Your landline should provide your location information.<\/p>\n If you want to move out You may also be able to find emergency accommodation through them, or via a domestic abuse charity, until somewhere permanent can be found.<\/p>\n If you want your abuser to move out<\/strong><\/p>\n People often ask why domestic abuse victims don\u2019t leave, but why should they be the ones to go when they are not to blame for their situation and they are likely living in fear, feeling low in confidence and isolated from friends and relations?<\/p>\n If you\u2019re living with a partner who is abusive, you can apply to the court for protection. You don\u2019t have to be married or in a civil partnership for abuse to happen. There are two types of order the court may grant you:<\/p>\n You can ask for protection immediately, even if you or your abuser has moved out. Please contact us to find out more.<\/p>\n You can call us in confidence on 0116 340 0094 or email hello@agrlaw.co.uk for advice.<\/p>\n Other useful contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s estimated that one in four women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. It is a largely hidden crime, taking many forms as described below: Coercive control \u2013 intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the threat of physical or sexual violence Emotional abuse \u2013 this can include threatening, humiliating, insulting, isolating and intimidating Physical … Continue reading My living arrangements need to change due to domestic abuse. What do I do?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15440,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438\/revisions\/15440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrlaw.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nIf it is unsafe for you to stay in your home, your local council should prioritise your housing needs. They will not categorise you as \u2018intentionally homeless\u2019 if you need to leave urgently, as is sometimes the case where people vacate their home without having anywhere else to go in the hope of forcing their local authority to house them.<\/p>\n\n
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