Make a Safety Plan
Domestic abuse advisers suggest that if you are at risk you should draw up a safety plan. This should increase your safety in the event of future abuse or if you decide to leave the relationship.
What to do:
- Keep a note of emergency contacts and useful telephone numbers. These can be friends and family or agencies like Women's Aid or Social Work.
- Have access to passports and birth certificates for you and your children.
- Pack a bag of clothes for you and children and store it somewhere safe.
- Have a safe place to go where the abuser can't find you and know how to get there. Consider travel arrangements, timetables and directions.
- Get extra keys cut for your house and car.
- Keep a small amount of money on you at all times for transport or a payphone.
