This page is for people looking for help and advice about bullying and abuse.
General bullying/abuse | Rape & Sexual | Under 18s | Honour | Trafficking
LGBT | Revenge Porn | Men | Elderly | Historical (Childhood)
Help for Perpetrators
Please make sure you are safe/alone before ringing a helpline, and delete the call record from your phone. Cover your tracks online too, by using your browser’s “incognito” or “private” mode, or deleting your history (remember to clear cookies/cache too). Challenging or otherwise antagonising your abuser – by leaving, thinking of leaving, or trying to get some outside help – could make the abuse worse.
Recommended Reading
- Living with the Dominator, by Pat Craven – This book accompanies The Freedom Programme, a set of workshops about domestic abuse.
- Who’s Pulling Your Strings?, by Harriet Braiker – This book is about manipulation, how to spot it, and what to do about it.
If you can recommend other links, for the UK or elsewhere, please leave details in the comments.
Bullying & Abuse: General
- Women’s Aid – information & 24h helpline (same number as for Refuge).
- Refuge – information & 24h helpline (same number as for Women’s Aid).
- 24h National Domestic Violence Helpline – same number as for Women’s Aid and Refuge.
- The Freedom Programme – workshops/information about domestic abuse.
- National Bullying Helpline
- Contact a Family – help and advice for parents of disabled children, including offering advice on how to approach a school with a bullying issue – includes helpline.
- Karma Nirvana – supporing victims of honour crime and forced marraiges. Includes helpline.
- NSPCC: Bullying & Cyber-bullying – information for parents/carers.
- Abuse Survivors: information, advice, and support – focus on mental health issues.
- Victim Support: domestic abuse.
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
- Breathing Space (Scotland) – helpline for those who feel low.
- The Samaritans – for everyone.
Rape & Sexual abuse
- Rape Crisis – includes helpline
- NHS Choices: Help After Rape or Sexual Assault
- Lifecentre: for survivors of rape/sexual abuse – includes helpline.
- Victim Support: page for victims of rape or sexual assault.
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Under 18s
- Childline – includes helpline.
- Lifecentre: for survivors of rape/sexual abuse includes under 18s helpline.
- Bullying UK – includes helpline
- NHS Choices: Bullying – How to Stop It
- Think U Know? – advice for online safely, includes reporting service.
- Respect helpline for male abuse-victims (aged 16+): 0808 801 0327, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
- Karma Nirvana – supporing victims of honour crime and forced marraiges. Includes helpline.
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Honour-based abuse
- Karma Nirvana – supporing victims of honour crime and forced marraiges. Includes helpline.
- Support Line – helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Trafficking / immigration
- Rights of Women – Various helplines, including immigration / asylum law / trafficking-related issues.
LGBT-related abuse
- Galop – includes helpline, and email.
- Switchboard – includes helpline, IM messaging, and email.
Revenge Porn
- Revenge Porn Helpline – includes helpline, online chat, and email.
Male abuse
- ManKind – includes helpline.
- Men’s Advice Line – information and helpline.
- NHS Choices: Domestic Violence Against Men
- Respect – helpline for male victims (16+): 0808 801 0327, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Shelter: Domestic Abuse Against Men
- Karma Nirvana – supporing victims of honour crime and forced marraiges. Includes helpline.
- Victim Support: information for male victims of rape and sexual assault.
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Elderly / Older people
- The Silver Line – helpline for older people: 0800 470 8090 (or, from a mobile: 0300 740 8090).
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Historical Childhood Abuse
- Victim Support: childhood abuse.
- Abuse Survivors: information, advice, and support – focus on mental health issues.
- NAPAC: National Association for People Abused in Childhood – includes helpline.
- Support Line: helpline providing emotional support for an extremely wide range of issues.
Abusers/Perpetrators
- Respect helpline for perpetrators: 0808 802 4040, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
- Refuge: “I am an abuser”