You are not alone.
You are not to blame.
You deserve to be safe.
A complete, trauma-informed library covering legal rights, safety planning, protective orders, children's protections, financial abuse, helplines, and professional pathways — written and curated by a Registered Nurse and domestic abuse specialist.
Your complete protection guide
Everything you need to know about legal protections, support services, and your rights as a victim of domestic abuse in the UK. Select any section below to go straight to that resource.
Legal Rights & Police
Victims' Code, DA Act 2021, protective orders, police duties, ABE guidance, legal aid, court support, and IDVAs.
Read more → Page 2Children & Young People
Children Act 1989, Cafcass policy, Child Arrangements Orders, Working Together, PEGS, and children as victims under the 2021 Act.
Read more → Page 3Understanding Abuse
Types of abuse, coercive control, trauma bonding, narcissistic abuse cycle, myths vs facts, DA and neurodiversity.
Read more → Page 4Safety Planning
Digital safety, evidence and documentation, Plan · Document · Exit · Stabilise framework, Freedom Programme.
Read more → Page 5Financial Abuse
Signs of financial abuse, Surviving Economic Abuse, Banking Protocol, benefits, Universal Credit, MoneyHelper.
Read more → Page 6Helplines & Reporting
Full helplines directory, 999 and Silent Solution, anonymous reporting, housing rights, immigration, disability, and elder abuse.
Read more → Page 7Therapy & Recovery
Trauma-informed therapy, support groups, online counselling, self-care, Freedom Programme, BACP, UKCP.
Read more → Page 8For Professionals
Referral pathways, MARAC, DASH RIC, professional duties, and statutory guidance for multi-agency working.
Read more →Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2024
Am I being abused?
Recognise the signs
A private, 5-minute self-assessment covering physical, emotional, financial, coercive control, and digital abuse. No data is stored or submitted — everything stays on your device.
Police Misconduct,
Victim Blaming
& Your Rights
When the system that should protect you fails you instead — you need to know your rights, how to report misconduct, and that what happened to you was not your fault.
Police and CPS failures are not rare edge cases — they are a pattern experienced by thousands of survivors every year.
Not being believed · Reports not recorded · No action taken · DASH risk assessment failures
“Why didn't you leave?” · DARVO not recognised · Secondary victimisation
Victims' Code · Right to complain · IOPC referral · CPS review
🔒 Browsing safely — if someone may check your internet history
- Use Private or Incognito mode — press Ctrl+Shift+N (PC) or Cmd+Shift+N (Mac)
- Clear your browsing history after visiting this site
- Use a device the abuser does not have access to — library, friend's phone, or work computer
- The Bright Sky app disguises itself as a weather app for discreet access to support
- The Quick Exit button (top right of this page) takes you immediately to BBC Weather
Key resources & guides
From the Founder
Personal writing from Amy Royle — the story behind NAAVoices, survival, recovery, lived experience of domestic abuse, neurodiversity, parenting through trauma, and advocacy. Written in Amy's own voice, from her own journey.
The journey that built NAAVoices from the inside out
Lived experience of late diagnosis and masking
When institutions fail the vulnerable — and what to do about it