Newcastle Integrated Domestic Abuse Service

NIDAS offer a range of specialist emotional and practical support

The service is free and easy to access. They have a confidential 24-hour helpline providing a single point of contact.

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The Angelou Centre

The Angelou Centre offers a range of holistic women-only services for black and minoritised women across the North East.

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Housing Advice Centre

Help with housing if you are experiencing domestic violence or abuse

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Newcastle Women's Aid

Help, advice and support to women and girls at risk from domestic abuse

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Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland 

Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland (RCTN) is a charity that provides services to women and girls who live, work or study in Tyneside and Northumberland.

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Someone Cares

SomeOne Cares offers a free counselling service for survivors and supporters of abuse, specialising in childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault.

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West End Women and Girls Domestic Abuse Peer Educators

The Peer Educators provide services for young women aged 11-25 years who are victims or survivors of domestic abuse in their intimate relationships or within their families.  They also deliver preventative domestic abuse and healthy relationship workshops in schools, colleges, youth groups, children’s homes and any setting where young women are present.

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Action for Children Breaking the Cycle Counselling Service

Counselling service for children and young people aged 4-16 years who have been affected by domestic abuse.  

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Children North East

Counselling service for children and young people aged 4-16 years who have been affected by domestic abuse.  

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Streetwise

Streetwise provide a range of free confidential advice, counselling, sexual health and support services for young people aged 11 to 25 years.  Their Victim of Crime Counsellor works with young people impacted by various crimes such as sexual assault, rape, domestic abuse, childhood abuse, sexual violence and hate crime.  Streetwise also run the EmpowHER group for young women impacted by domestic and sexual abuse focusing on creative ways to work through past trauma.

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Safeguarding Children at Risk - Prevention and Action

The Children’s Society is nationally recognised as an expert in the fields of Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation.  The SCARPA project provides intensive one to one targeted youth support to young people between the ages of 10 and 18, who go missing or are at risk of sexual or criminal exploitation.  

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