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Domestic abuse

The Survivors and Supporters Forum is for adults who have been affected by domestic abuse in Warrington. It will be facilitated by experienced practitioners in the area and all information will treated with the strictest confidence and sensitivity. If you are interested in joining the forum and would like further information please email our Safeguarding Partnerships team domesticabusepartnership@warrington.gov.uk.

Domestic abuse can include a wide range of behaviours and may be a single incident or a pattern of incidents.

Domestic abuse is not limited to physical acts of violence or threatening behaviour, and can include emotional, psychological, controlling or coercive behaviour, sexual and/or economic abuse.

Types of domestic abuse include:

  • Intimate partner violence
  • Abuse by family members,
  • Teenage relationship abuse and;
  • Adolescent to parent violence.

Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexuality or background and domestic abuse can take place inside or outside of the home.

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