Domestic abuse can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race, religion or background. It’s important to recognise that domestic abuse isn’t just physical violence. It can also involve emotional, psychological, sexual, financial, and digital abuse.

Types of domestic abuse

• Physical Abuse: This includes hitting, slapping, kicking, biting, and other forms of physical harm.
• Emotional Abuse: This involves the use of words or actions to control, manipulate, or humiliate someone. This can include insults, threats, gaslighting, and isolation.
• Sexual Abuse: This involves any unwanted sexual activity, including rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
• Financial Abuse: This involves controlling someone’s finances, such as preventing them from working or accessing their own money.
• Digital Abuse: This involves using technology to control, manipulate, or harass someone, such as stalking, hacking, or sharing private information.

Signs of domestic abuse

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, there may be some common signs:

• Physical injuries, such as bruises, cuts, or broken bones
• Unexplained absences from work or school
• Changes in behaviour, such as withdrawal, anxiety, or depression
• Fearfulness or a sense of being “on edge”
• Difficulty making decisions or seeming hesitant
• Controlling or possessive behaviour from a partner or family member
• Isolation from friends and family

At One Vision Housing we pledge to:

• Ensure that customers experiencing domestic abuse can access the relevant support services as early as possible and are provided with advice to allow them to make choices about their next step
• Support those who are currently or previously experienced abuse to rebuild their lives by working in partnership with the customer and external support agencies
• Follow the relevant Child / Adult Safeguarding procedures if we believe a child or adult is at risk due to an abusive relationship

We’ve pledged to Make a Stand to take action against Domestic Abuse. Alongside other housing providers we want to help combat domestic abuse and provide safe homes for our customers and their families.

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