Everyone deserves a life free from fear and abuse

The support we offer:

We will guide and support you every step of the way.

The support we offer is confidential, free, and individually tailored. We believe in a person-led approach to recovery.

This includes:

A safe place to stay
Improving your safety
Emotional support, therapy & counselling
Support reporting abuse (if you choose to)
Legal, financial & housing advice & advocacy
Stalking support service
Family fun sessions, trips & activities
Children’s support services
Immigration support & No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)

Who do we support?

Anyone, regardless of gender identity, sexuality, age, race, ethnicity, religion or disability.

Domestic abuse does not discriminate and neither do we.

Vision

Safer Places vision is a society where everyone lives a life free from fear and abuse.

Mission

Safer Places exists to drive down the incidence and impact of domestic and sexual abuse and to support those who use our services in their journey to recovery, resilience, and independence.

Our values:

These are the values we promise to uphold so we never lose sight of our mission:

Client Led – We empower our clients to exercise choice and control of their support. We ensure client’s voices are heard and that they impact our decision making and shape our services.

Accessible – We work inclusively with our clients, partners and communities. Anyone who is at risk of or experiencing domestic abuse can access our services when, how and where they need them.

Respectful – We adopt a trauma informed, holistic approach to support. We listen and believe, are non-judgemental and open and honest about what we can and cannot do.

Effective – We deliver high quality services that work for our clients. Our practice is informed by our clients, research, evidence and learning from experts by experience.

Our approach:

Safer Places has almost 50 years’ experience in delivering specialist support services to adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse. Over the years we have grown and adapted our services to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Our services are located in Essex and Hertfordshire, but our accommodation-based services are available to people from across the UK.

Domestic abuse has both a devastating and radiating impact and affects not just those who have been directly abused but also their families, friends, colleagues, and communities. Our team of qualified professionals take a non-judgemental and respectful approach to their work, and we will do all that we can to ensure that everyone who needs our services can use them, how they want to, when they want to, and where they want to.

The support that we offer is trauma informed and tailored to the individual needs and choices of the client as we understand that although there are common behavioural patterns, not one experience is the same as any other and therefore there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution.

Our highly qualified team are there to empower our clients, sharing our knowledge and expertise and explaining all the options available to them so they can make well informed and confident choices and then offer continued support throughout their journey to safety and recovery.

By working together with our clients and working collaboratively with multiple external agencies, we can tackle domestic abuse together, ensuring that the possibility of a life without fear and abuse and the prospect of a better and brighter future is a reality for everyone.