For victims and survivors
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, stalking or coercive control, getting help can be hard. People are not always heard, patterns are missed, and the reality of what is happening can be minimised. If this is happening to you, you are not imagining it.
If you need help now
If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services now.
UK: 999 (or 112)
France: 17 (police) or 112 (European emergency number)
If you cannot speak safely in France, you can contact emergency services via 114.
Specialist support
UK domestic abuse helpline: 0808 2000 247
UK stalking support (National Stalking Helpline): 0808 802 0300
France national support line: 3919
If you are outside the UK or France, use your local emergency number and a local specialist domestic abuse or stalking service.
What AbuseFreeLife is and is not
AbuseFreeLife is not an emergency or crisis service. It is not a frontline advocacy organisation and it does not replace statutory services, police investigation, or specialist victim support.
This work focuses on improving safeguarding systems and professional decision making, so that victims and survivors are better protected over time.
How AbuseFreeLife may be able to help
In limited circumstances, AbuseFreeLife may be able to offer specialist guidance to help you understand how safeguarding systems are meant to work. This may include:
Explaining professional roles, processes and thresholds
Helping you understand how patterns of abuse, coercive control and stalking are typically identified
Helping you prepare for informed conversations with professionals already involved
This guidance is not advocacy and it does not replace specialist support services.
What AbuseFreeLife cannot do
To keep expectations realistic and safe, AbuseFreeLife does not:
Provide crisis support
Investigate individual cases
Act as your representative or advocate
Contact agencies on your behalf or intervene directly in a live case
Contacting us safely
If contacting AbuseFreeLife could place you at risk, do not use this website or a shared device. Consider using a safer phone, a safer email account, or speak to a specialist helpline first.
If you do contact AbuseFreeLife, do not include detailed personal information, case names, addresses, or anything that could increase risk if seen by someone else.
AbuseFreeLife’s work is grounded in improving systems and professional responses so that fewer people are harmed and victims and survivors are better protected in the future.