Tower Hamlets Crime Watch

VAWG support services

Call for help silently
1. Dial 999 2. Listen to the questions from the 999 operator 3. Respond by coughing or tapping the handset if you can 4. if prompted, press 55. This lets the 999 call operator know it's a genuine emergency and you'll be put through to the police.
Make yourself heard if you can’t speak

Local to Tower Hamlets

There is new statutory guidance for Independent Sexual Violence Advisors

  • LBTH Domestic Violence Team
    • 0800 279 54 34 (office hours)
      domesticviolence@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  • The Haven Whitechapel
  • Victim Support
    • 020 7364 7957 or 020 7364 2448
      website
  • Galop (GLBT Service)
  • ISVA (Support for sex workers experiencing sexual violence)
    • 078 5291 8404
      jacqueline.vennard@homerton.nhs.uk
  • East London Rape Crisis
    (sexual violence advocacy and counselling for women aged 14 plus)
    • 020 7683 1210
      (Mon/Fri/Sat 10am-12pm and Tues/Wed/Thurs 6pm-8pm)
      drop in services (no appointment needed)
  • NSPCC Protect and Respect
    (for young people at risk of sexual exploitation)
    • 0844 892 0286
  • Newham Asian Women’s Project for Young Women
    (for BMER women and girls aged 11-25)
    • for more information and a referral form, please contact Nadia Baksh nbaksh@nawp.org
      or 020 8472 0528
      website

National Sources of support

  • National Domestic Violence Helpline
  • Rape Crisis Helpline
    • 0808 802 9999 (12-2:30pm and 7-9:30pm)
      website
  • Women and Girls Network
    advice line for women and girls who have experienced sexual violence
  • Rights of Women (legal advice helpline)
    • 020 7251 8887 (criminal law)
      020 7251 6577 (family law)
      020 7490 7680 (immigration & asylum law)
      020 7608 1137 ASCENT line for family law and criminal law for women living in London)
      website
  • Broken Rainbow (LGBT helpline)
    • 0300 999 5428 or 0800 999 5428
  • NSPCC Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) helpline
    • 0800 028 3550
  • Forced Marriage Unit
    • 020 7008 0151
      Email: fmu@fco.gov.uk Twitter: @FMUnit
  • Karma Nirvana (Honour Network Helpline
  • IKWRO (Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation)
    Support around HBV and Forced Marriage
  • Southall Black Sisters
  • Modern Slavery Helpline
  • Poppy Project
    Accommodation and support for trafficked women
  • Migrant helpline (help for victims of trafficking)
    • 01304 203 977
  • The National Stalking Helpline
  • Paladin (National Stalking Advocacy Service)
    • 020 7840 8960e (Help for Male victims of domestic abuse)
  • Men’s Advice Line (help for male victims of domestic abuse)
  • Survivors UK (service for adult male victims of sexual violence)
  • Respect Helpline (help for perpetrators of abuse)
  • NSPCC National Child Protection Helpline (for adults worried about children)
    • 0808 800 5000
  • Childline (helpline for children who are experiencing abuse)
    • 0808 1111
  • SignHealth, specialist service for deaf victims of domestic abuse