Domestic Abuse

On 29 April 2021 the government enacted the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. This places a duty on Westmorland and Furness Council to assess the need for support and prepare strategies to provide services for victims in safe accommodation and to provide domestic abuse survivors with community in-reach services.

Domestic abuse includes:

coercive control
emotional abuse
physical or sexual abuse
financial abuse
harassment or stalking
online abuse

If you or someone you know is at risk or experiencing abuse, help and support is available.

To report an incident or in an emergency:
Cumbria police non-emergency call 101 or Cumbria Police online, in an emergency always call 999