Domestic abuse - help and advice

• Swindon Paragon Integrated Domestic Abuse Service
  • 24 hour helpline – 01793 610610
  • Website: Swindon Paragon Team SPIDAS - Integrated Domestic Abuse Service
     
• Swindon Borough Council - Housing Options
  • Phone: 01793 440053
     
• National Domestic Abuse Helpline
  • 24-hour helpline - 0808 2000 247
  • Website: National Domestic Abuse Helpline
     
• Swindon & Wiltshire Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)
  • Phone: 01793 781916
  • Website: First Light - Swindon & Wiltshire SARC
     
• Men's Advice Line
  • Phone: 0808 8010 327
  • Website: Respect - Men's Advice Line
     
• Galop support for LGBT+
  • Phone: 0800 999 5428
  • Website: Galop
     
• Action on Elder Abuse
  • Phone: 0808 808 3141
  • Website: Hourglass
     
• The Honour Network (Karma Nirvana) - for victims of honour-based violence
  • Phone: 0800 5999247
  • Website: Karma Nirvana
     
• Female Genital Mutilation (NSPCC) 
  • Phone: 0808 800 8000
  • Website: NSPCC
     
• Forced Marriage Campaign
  • Phone: 0845 607 0133
  • Website: Forced Marriages Campaign
     
• Southall Black Sisters - for Asian and African Caribbean women experiencing domestic abuse 
  • Telephone: 020 8571 9595
  • Website: Southall Black Sisters
     
• Childline     
  • Phone: 0800 1111
  • Website: Childline
     
• The Hideout, for children and young people
  • Website: The Hideout

If you would like support for your family you can contact:

• Contact Swindon - Children's Services front door for help and support
  • Phone: 01793 466903 (option 1)
     
• The Swindon Local Offer
  • Website: Swindon Local Offer

If you are concerned about how you treat your partner, you can get help to change or modify your behaviour by contacting:

• Open2Change -  a programme to support you in Swindon
  • Website: Open2Change
• Respect Phoneline
  • Phone: 0808 802 4040
  • Website: Respect Phoneline

Leaving no trace of your visit to this page

You can cover your tracks online if you are scared your abuser will see you have visited this page.

When you visit websites, your computer or device logs the details of your visit. It creates a copy of the pages you have looked at in your temporary Internet files.

You can delete both the history of visited websites and the temporary Internet files from your computer. The way you do this varies depending on the type and version of web browser (for example, Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer) you are using. You can check how to do this through a simple Google search, or in the online help/support for your browser. Often, you can find ‘delete functions’ or 'History' options in your browser's ‘Tools’ menu.

You can also switch your browser to 'private' or 'incognito' mode, which means it doesn't log the details of your website visits.

While deleting your temporary Internet Files and history will help reduce the likelihood of discovery, it may not completely cover your tracks. If you want to be completely sure of not being tracked online, the safest way is to access the internet at your local library, a friend’s house, at work or an iplus point.

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