Contacts/Help/Links

Standing Together Office

• Address: Room 44D, 4th Floor, The Polish Centre, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
• Email: admin@standingtogether.org.uk
• Phone: 020 8748 5717
• Fax: 020 8748 5921

To get help

Standing Together Against Domestic Violence work with statutory and voluntary sector agencies only. We do not work directly with who people are experiencing domestic violence.

If you are experiencing domestic violence please contact the numbers listed below or refer to your council's web site (look for information on community safety) as it may include information about domestic violence services in your area.

If you are in immediate danger, ring the police on 999. If the danger is not immediate, contact your local police station. Metropolitan Police Switchboard number:

• 020 7230 1212

For 24-hour information, advice and support, contact the National Domestic Violence Helpline: Freephone 0808 2000 247 (run by Women's Aid and Refuge).

Residents of Hammersmith and Fulham suffering domestic violence can have the support of ADVANCE Advocacy Service. To be referred to ADVANCE, contact Hammersmith & Fulham Police and ask to be referred to ADVANCE. You can ask for ADVANCE referral from:

• Charing Cross Hospital A&E
• Charing Cross Hospital Emergency Care Primary Access Service (EPCAS)
• Parsons Green Walk-in Centre
• Housing Options / emergency housing

Links

Support services

• ADVANCE
• Domestic Violence Intervention Project
• Women's Aid
• Refuge
• Rights of Women
• Broken Rainbow

Supporting domestic violence service development

• Greater London Domestic Violence Project (GLDVP)
• CAADA, Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (for information about establishing IDVA service in your area)

Influencing policy development

• End Violence Against Women
• The Women's National Commission
• Women's Aid
• The Fawcett Society
• Greater London Domestic Violence Project (GLDVP)

Government

• Home Office
• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Department of Constitutional Affairs
• Crime Reduction
• Department of Health
• Metropolitan Police
• London Criminal Justice Board (LCJB)

Health

• Department of Health handbook for health professionals and training manual
• Family Violence Prevention Fund (USA)

Training & information

• Praxis International (Duluth, USA)

For a comprehensive list visit www.womensaid.org.uk.