This section provides links to useful websites. If you find that a website link has changed, or you have other useful sites that we can add, then please contact us and let us know so that we can update this site for other users.

Action on Elder Abuse
Charity that aims to prevent abuse in old age
http://www.elderabuse.org.uk

Adviceguide (Citizens Advice website)
General information about domestic violence
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/family_parent/family/domestic_violence.htm

Al-Anon/Alateen
Offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics.
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/english.html

BBC Hitting Home Website
Advice and information about domestic violence including links to other organisations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/hh/

Bristol Pregnancy and Domestic Violence Website
This website focuses on domestic violence in pregnancy, and is designed to deliver practical help to midwives and other health professionals working with pregnant women. If you work in this field, the site can help you engage with and effectively support pregnant women who experience domestic violence, ultimately improving their health. You can also download the findings from the impact of the Bristol Pregnancy and Domestic Violence Programme, which promoted the introduction of routine antenatal enquiry for domestic violence at North Bristol NHS Trust.
http://www.nbt.nhs.uk/midwives/domesticviolence/index.html

Broken Rainbow
For survivors of same sex domestic abuse and those agencies that support them.
http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk

Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
This unit based in London Metropolitan University provides training, reasearch and consultancy on violence against children and women. Excellent links to other sites
http://www.cwasu.org

Counselling Directory
The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.
www.counselling-directory.org.uk

Darlington Domestic Violence Forum
Useful website with lots of useful links
http://ddaf.darlington.org.uk/default.htm

DAWES Project
The DAWES Project is a service for women who have problems at work because of their experience of domestic abuse. They can provide information, advice and support on any employment matter that is affecting you because of past or present experience of domestic abuse from a partner, ex-partner or other family member. If you would like to talk to them in confidence, we provide a free, confidential service run by women.

http://www.dawesproject.org.uk

Manchester City Council
How the Council can help (Manchester residents) and how other organisations can help
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200036

Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
http://www.mind.org.uk/

Project SPEAR
SPEAR Support for those who self harm and their relatives
http://www.patient.co.uk/leaflets/project_spear.htm

Respect
A national organisation that provides information and support, including a phone line, for perpetrators of domestic violence who want to change.
http://www.respect.uk.net

rethink
Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness to recover a better quality of life.
http://www.rethink.org/

Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists website which has really good quality leaflets on depression, anxiety etc as well as information about other useful services.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation.aspx

Sexual violence
A handbook for adult survivors of sexual violence
http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk

She’s in Recovery
Online community for women in recovery from addiction
http://www.shesinrecovery.com

The Hideout
National domestic violence website for children and young people. Designed to inform children and young people about domestic violence, help them to identify whether it is happening in their home and direct them to additional support and information.
http://www.thehideout.org.uk

There4me.com
For all 12-16 year-olds living in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. On screen advice about all sorts of things…bullying, relationships, exams, drugs, difficulties at home, etc Or send an e-letter to Sam, our agony aunt. Talk 1-2-1 in ‘real time’ with an NSPCC adviser, or e-mail for reply within 24 hours. You don’t have to say who you are – you stay in control.
http://www.there4me.com/home/index.asp

UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group
Immigration rights for same sex couples and asylum seekers.
http://www.uklgig.org.uk

UK Self Help
On-line directory of self help groups around the UK.
http://www.ukselfhelp.info

When Love Hurts
Australian website aimed at teenage girls and young women this website provides an on-line guide to love, respect and abuse in relationships.
http://www.dvirc.org.au/whenlove/

Women’s Domestic Abuse Helpline
Telephone advice and support for women in Greater Manchester. Women and their children are made aware of their rights and offered choices so that they can live without the fear of domestic abuse.
http://www.wdvh.org.uk

Womens Aid Federation of England
Mission is to advocate for abused women and children and to ensure their safety by working locally and nationally too.
http://www.womensaid.org.uk/