Forced marriage and school holidays

As the school holidays approach and travel restrictions are lifted, there is a risk of children being taken abroad, and being forced to marry. Forced marriage is illegal.

We need to stay alert to Signs of children and young people being in potential danger of Forced Marriage. It is important to act quickly, without alerting family members or friends who may be part of the plans.

Support services for perpetrators of abuse/abusers

Help and resources for those worried about how they are treating their partner or family member and want to stop.

Being controlling and abusive is a choice of the abuser. They are the only ones who can stop their behaviour. If they do not want to change then they will continue to be abusive. Addiction, redundancy or witnessing abuse as a child are not causing the perpetrator to be abusive. There is no excuse for domestic abuse.

If you are being abusive to someone you love or have once loved, you can change your behaviour. You can do this by accessing support.

Support organisation
Organisation	Support	Contact
Positive Change Service (PCS)	Work with children who have lived with family conflict, parents who have experienced abuse and parents who’ve been abusive. They deliver programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence, their female partners/ex-partners, and their children. The children’s and mum’s weekly programmes run parallel over 12 weeks and the dad’s programmes run over 20 weeks. The family needs to be linked in some way to Children’s Social Care and professionals making the referral need to have consent from the family.	Tel: 020 7364 3015 Professionals For consultancy and risk, Kate Iwi: 07714329550 Email: Kate.Iwi@towerhamlets.gov.uk For Referrals to PCS: Email: eafc.referrals@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Respect	Offers a confidential helpline offering advice, information and support to help perpetrators stop being violent and abusive to their partners. Trained advisors help and advise men who abuse their female partners (straight or bi), men who abuse their male partners (gay or bi), women who abuse their partners and frontline practitioners working with domestic violence perpetrators.	Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm Tel: 0808 802 4040 Email: info@respectphoneline.org.uk Webchat
Domestic Violence Intervention Project	Support for individuals who have been violent to their partner. Female partners of those accepted on to a programme will be offered services.	Tel: 020 7633 9181 Email: dvip.info@richmondfellowship.org.uk Violence Prevention Programme Email: dvip.vpp@richmondfellowship.org.uk
GamCare	GamCare is the leading national provider of free information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling. With Live chats, group chats and forums, there are many ways to get in contact.	Available 24/7 Tel: 0808 8020 133 Live chat Group chatroom Forum
The National Debtline	National Debtline is a charity. We give free and independent debt advice over the phone and online.	Use the online tool to get debt help now. Webchat with an adviser Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm and Saturday, 9:30 am to 1pm. This is the fastest way to speak to a specialist adviser. Email for advice

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VAWG service directory

You can find lots of other useful services on the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) service directory homepage.