Staying Home Leaving Violence

Staying Home Leaving Violence We are a leading Innovative Domestic & Family Violence Specialist Service, and this is our Advocacy What is family violence?

Assisting women & their children, who are victims of domestic & family violence, to remain at home (or a place of their choosing), whilst the perpetrator is excluded. Providing, risk assessment, safety audits, safety planning, and, intensive case management if needed - to remain free from violence over time. We are part of the NSW Police Force Orana Local Area Commands' Domestic Violence Response.

Violence can be physical, s*xual, psychological or financial and can include neglect. It is never OK for your partner or any member of your family to use violence to hurt or control you. Survivors say psychological abuse attacks their spirit and self-esteem and its effects last the longest. Psychological violence to adults or children includes:
Making you feel like everything you do is wrong
Constantly criticising you or your friends
Humiliating you in front of your friends
Using unsafe driving to frighten you
Damaging property/walls/possessions to scare you
Making you isolated and alone
Blaming everything on you
Threatening to take the children away or hurt them
Stalking, following, checking up on you
Harming pets to punish you
Making you feel scared of what might happen next. Sexual abuse includes:
Forcing you to have s*x or do other s*xual acts you don't want to do
Touching you in a way you don't want
Frequently accusing you of sleeping with other people
Forcing you to watch p**n. Physical abuse includes:
Hitting and punching
Biting, pushing, choking or pulling your hair
Making you drink or take drugs when you don't want to
Using or threatening to use weapons. Financial abuse includes:
Taking your money or property
Running up debts in your name
Misusing power of attorney
Pressuring you into paying money. Neglect includes:
Not providing food, clothing and warmth
Leaving dependants alone or with someone who is unsafe
Not providing comfort, attention and love
Not providing medical treatment.

09/07/2015

Meet three women piecing their lives back together after fleeing abusive relationships.

08/07/2015

In a video viewed more than two million times in just 15 hours, Emma Murphy, 26, fitness blogger from Dublin, Ireland, claims she was hit after confronting an ex-boyfriend about cheating.

04/07/2015

by CarmenLeah Ascencio Growing up, I thought that experiencing violence or abuse was practically inevitable if you were a poor woman or girl, or if you were a person of color. This impression came from the fact that most… Continue Reading →

03/07/2015

This post was contributed by Rebecca, a Hotline manager, and is the second in a series about pregnancy and abuse. Read the first post here.

30/06/2015

These children need a voice.

By all reports this is a legit situation...... does anyone know her!!??
30/06/2015

By all reports this is a legit situation...... does anyone know her!!??

25/06/2015

Earlier this week, The Huffington Post ran a story on undiagnosed traumatic brain injury in domestic violence survivors. We received an outpouring of emails from women who suspected they might

23/06/2015

If you're the parent of a dog, you may want to watch them around new people - your beloved pet may help you identify as****es according to a new study.

23/06/2015

Ever felt like you couldn't trust your own memory? Many people with abusive partners or family can relate. Here's how to tell if it's happening you.

17/06/2015

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Tragic........ so similar to many many women's stories, our job at Staying Home Leaving Violence is to 'as best as we po...
12/06/2015

Tragic........ so similar to many many women's stories, our job at Staying Home Leaving Violence is to 'as best as we possibly can' identify, examine and manage risks!!

The murder of Comrie Cullen, and its similarities to the Simon Gittany case, seemed to make Australia sit up and notice domestic violence.

11/06/2015

They both belong to three-year-olds, so why is one so much bigger? Because one was loved by its parents and the other neglected – a fact that has dramatic implications

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