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Domestic abuse is a crime.
Always call 999 in an emergency. If you are unable to talk, stay on the line and press 55 when prompted.
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There are doctors' surgeries and businesses in East Cambridgeshire that offer rooms as safe spaces for victims of domestic violence.
Walk into any of the locations and ask to use their safe space, the room will contain all the information you need and provide a sanctuary to make relevant calls.
Visitors to our office at The Grange can go in and Ask for Ani, which stands for Assistance Needed Immediately.
You will be shown into a room where trained staff can offer a safe place, help with making essential phone calls and provide support and assistance.
1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men experience domestic abuse
To help prevent this, East Cambridgeshire District Council is encouraging anyone who is experiencing domestic violence – to Ask for Ani.
Visitors to its office at The Grange can go in and Ask for Ani, which stands for Assistance Needed Immediately. They will be shown into a room where trained staff can offer a safe place, help with making essential phone calls and provide support and assistance.
If you experience domestic abuse, or if you are a perpetrator of domestic abuse and want to seek help with your behaviour, simply call into our offices and Ask for Ani. You can also speak to any member of staff.
Domestic abuse is not just physical violence. It is any type of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse from someone you have (or have had) a relationship with, this can include financial, emotional, sexual or psychological abuse.
Abusive behaviour includes acting in a controlling, coercive or threatening manner. Typical actions might include demanding you keep the house in a specific way, taking or restricting access to your money, stopping you seeing your friends and family, or threatening your children or pets.
Approximately one in four women and one in six men are likely to suffer from domestic abuse at some point in their lives, not all victims are women, not all perpetrators are men. Domestic abuse can affect anyone regardless of their age, gender, race, sexuality, wealth or location.
Some people can also be affected indirectly by domestic abuse, for example, children and young people who live in the same house can be traumatised by what they see or hear.
Domestic abuse is a crime and you have the right to be protected from it.
Read the Home Office's Domestic Abuse Act factsheet and their guidance on domestic violence and abuse.
We want to listen, we want to help
Our housing advice team drop-in clinics can help you if you are living with domestic abuse.
Alternatively, you can call us on 01353 665555 or during out of office hours on 07710 978900.
Read more on our housing pages.
Legal advice is available from Resolution and The National Centre for Domestic Violence.
Call the police on 101 (if it is not an emergency) or 999 in an emergency if your personal safety is threatened.
Website links for organisations that can provide support for you are further below on this page, in this section we have included some helpline telephone numbers:
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) Partnership website has contact details of organisations that can help you, or someone you know, who is being affected by domestic violence.
The information is split into various subjects, with telephone numbers, email addresses and hyperlinks to websites.
The following websites provide information, advice and support to people affected by domestic violence:
You can also speak to our community advice team, call in to the council offices Monday to Friday from 10:00am to 4:00pm, or call 01353 665555.
Visit our violence against women and girls page for more tips and advice.