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Safety during a violent incident
It may be impossible, however hard you try, to avoid violence from your partner. Some ideas for increasing your safety are:
- Think about what triggers the violence – can you keep out of the way at these times?
- Use your judgement. If the situation is very serious, it may be better to give him what he wants so you can protect yourself from serious harm
- Tell someone close by about the abuse and ask them to call the police if they see or hear anything suspicious. You could agree a sign or a codeword to alert them. Make sure this is someone you can trust
- If you think an incident is about to occur, try to get yourself to a place in the house (not the kitchen as there are knives etc) where you can get to an outside door
Keep your children as safe as possible
- Tell your children to stay out of the way if there is a fight; they should not get involved
- Tell them to go to a safe place in the house – not the kitchen
- Teach them how to dial 999 and ask for the police
- Plan with them who to call for help, for example a neighbour, and make sure they know the number or programme it into the phone
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