Domestic abuse

We believe everyone should feel safe in their home and local community. If domestic abuse is affecting your quality of life, our trained teams are here to help and advise you.

What domestic abuse is?

Domestic abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, threatening or violent nature between people over 16 years of age who are or have been intimate partners or family members.Domestic abuse can happen against men, women and young people.Anyone can be an abuser regardless of gender or sexuality.

There are many types of domestic abuse, most common of them being:

  • Psychological abuse
  • Physical abuse
  • Sexual abuse
  • Financial abuse
  • Emotional abuse

It’s important to remember that different forms of family violence such as honour based violence, forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM), modern slavery and self-neglect are also classed as domestic abuse.

How to report a concern to us

To report domestic abuse, or if you have any concerns or questions, please contact us. Here are the details:

Experiencing domestic abuse?

  • Emergency
    In an emergency please call the Police (999).
  • National Domestic Violence Helpline
    A national free helpline which is available every day of the year.
    Freephone: 0808 2000 247 (24-hour helpline)
  • Contact us
    There are lots of ways to reach out to us. Read more.

What happens next?

At Triathlon Homes we realise that domestic abuse has a serious impact on those affected, therefore we make it our top priority to put the person affected at the centre of what we do.

Your safety and that of any children will be treated with importance.  We treat each case seriously, sensitively and in confidence.

We’ll work with you to understand your current situation to make sure that you get the right support and agree an action plan with you. To help support you we may also work with other partners such as, Victim Support, Women’s Aid, local authorities, the police and other social landlords.

In high risk cases we may make a Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) referral to share information with our partners to make sure that we’re all working together with you to help keep you safe.

We understand being safe in your home is important and we can offer additional home security where it’s necessary after an assessment of your case.

If you are reporting domestic abuse on behalf of someone and wish for your details to remain confidential, these would not be disclosed.