Report Domestic Abuse
Call 999 if it's an emergency or you're in immediate danger.
To report domestic abuse to Rykneld Homes, you can call us on 01246 217670, or complete the form at the bottom of this page.
If we receive a report of domestic abuse, we will commit to:
- Investigate any incident of domestic abuse in a sensitive and consistent manner
- Support you and ensure confidentiality at all times where possible
- Take appropriate action against perpetrators with the full knowledge, consent and involvement of you
- Work in partnership with other agencies to prevent and stop domestic abuse
- Keep you informed throughout the process
Our Choice Move Team can help you to look at housing options if you need to move as a result of Domestic Violence.
Domestic abuse can be considered a good enough reason for eviction if your partner has left as a result of your violent or abusive behaviour.
As part of our commitment to tackling Domestic Abuse, we have developed a Domestic Abuse Policy, which sets out the actions we will take where abuse is reported or if we suspect it is taking place.
Some of our staff have undergone special training to help them deal with the issues and advise on the housing options available.
Domestic abuse can be considered a good enough reason for eviction, if your partner has left as a result of your violent or abusive behaviour.
As part of our commitment to tackling Domestic Abuse, we have developed a Domestic Abuse Policy, which sets out the actions we will take where abuse is reported or if we suspect it is taking place.
Some of our staff have undergone special training to help them deal with the issues and advise on the housing options available.
The Elm Foundation is a local charity who offer a safe, non-judgmental place, which is there for people who need it most. Their services are available to anyone that has been affected by Domestic Abuse.
The Elm Foundation provide refuges for victims of Domestic Abuse. To find out more information about these safe houses visit the Elm Foundation Accommodation web page.
Sometimes it is difficult to know what is happening and you can feel confused and unsure about whether you are in an abusive relationship and the options available to you. You may feel frightened, humiliated and isolated. You can contact them in confidence. Visit The Elm Foundation website, send an email or call them on 08000 198 668.
If you are hard of hearing or deaf, please text The Elm Foundation on 07534 617252.
Changes is a voluntary programme assisting those concerned they might be hurting, scaring or controlling their partner and who want help making changes.
Project aims:
- Increase the safety for victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Assess and manage risk
- Support social change
- Provide services to diverse communities
- Promote respectful relationships
- Hold perpetrators to account
- Deliver a co-ordinated response
- Evaluation and development.
Rykneld Homes has signed the Make a Stand pledge and made a commitment to take action to support people experiencing domestic abuse.
The Make a Stand pledge has been developed by the Chartered Institute of Housing in partnership with Women's Aid and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance. It was created to help housing organisations make a commitment to support people who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Domestic Abuse is one of the biggest issues in society today. The true scale of the problem is too difficult to determine because a large proportion of domestic abuse goes unreported, but studies suggest many millions of people are affected every year. Tragically, two women are killed every week by their partner or ex-partner.
By signing the Make a Stand pledge, it gives us the opportunity to publicly commit to take action to support the victims of domestic abuse by completing the four focused commitments.
There are signs of Domestic Abuse including:
- Destructive criticism and verbal abuse
- Pressure tactics
- Disrespect – including putting you down in front of other people, not listening or responding when you talk, taking money from your purse without asking or refusing to help with childcare/housework
- Breaking trust – lying to you, withholding information from you, having other relationships or breaking promises or shared agreements
- Isolation – monitoring/blocking telephone calls, telling you where you can and cannot go or preventing you from seeing your friends/relatives
- Harassment – following you, checking up on you, opening your mail or embarrassing you in public
- Threats – making angry gestures, using physical size to intimidate, shouting at you, destroying your possessions, breaking things, punching walls or threatening to kill or harm you and the children
- Sexual violence – using force, threats or intimidation to make you perform sexual acts, having sex with you when you don’t want to have sex or any degrading treatment based on your sexual orientation
- Physical violence – punching, slapping, hitting, biting, pinching, kicking, pulling hair out, pushing, shoving, burning or strangling
- Denial – saying the abuse doesn’t happen or you caused the behaviour, being publicly gentle and patient or crying and begging forgiveness, saying it will never happen again.
We would like to make you aware of a service for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind women in Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
This specialist service enables deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard-of-hearing women to receive specialist domestic abuse support, using their preferred communication e.g. British Sign Language, English, captions, and hands-on signing.
Domestic Abuse Policy Sept 2020
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