If you feel threatened or in danger at any time call 999 immediately.
What is domestic abuse?
We define domestic abuse as an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer. It is very common. In the vast majority of cases, it is experienced by women and is perpetrated by men. But we also recognise that men are also victims and services are available to them also.
Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, the following:
- coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
- psychological and/or emotional abuse
- physical or sexual abuse
- financial or economic abuse
- harassment and stalking
- online or digital abuse
- Female Genital Mutilation
- forced marriage
- ‘so called’ Honour Based Abuse
- other harmful practices
For further information check out What is domestic abuse? - Women’s Aid
Domestic abuse in Slough
Slough takes domestic abuse very seriously. Nobody should live their life in fear of abuse.
The council is committed to tackling all types of Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) as defined by the Domestic Abuse statutory guidance (GOV.UK).
Slough Borough Council, as a key partner of the multi-agency Safer Slough Partnership Board (SSPB), has adopted the government VAWG strategy as outlined above.