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Conflict or Violence in the Home

Conflict or Violence in the Home

This section contains information about support with domestic violence, harmful parental conflict, emergency accommodation and many more sources of advice and information for families experiencing violence or conflict 

IMPORTANT: If you are at risk of injury or harm in your home, you can leave the house.  The government guidance is clear that you can do this and that the social distancing regulations do not apply if you need to leave the home to escape risk of injury or harm.  

The Women’s Aid Rail to Refuge scheme means that survivors with a refuge space can travel for free across England, Scotland and Wales. 

How it works: 

  1. A survivor reaches out for support to Women’s Aid. 
  2. Once a refuge vacancy has been confirmed, the survivor will be informed. 
  3. Now that the survivor has a confirmed refuge space, the refuge can book a ticket for the survivor so they can travel for free. 
  4. After booking the ticket, the refuge can send the ticket and collection details to the survivor via a mobile phone. The survivor can then pick the ticket up from the station using any debit or credit card; they can travel like normal, on a normal ticket, without having to declare the ticket was free or that they are fleeing from domestic abuse. 

 More information here: 

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/rail-to-refuge-faqs/  

Last updated: 30 November 2020