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Safety after you have left your home or put an abusive partner out of it
If you no longer live with an abusive partner but are still at risk, some ideas are to:
- Ask trusted friends/neighbours to contact the police if they see him near your house
- Tell your employer or colleagues if you think he might contact you at work
- Tell the school, nursery and so on who has permission to pick up your children
- Change the locks on your doors and install window locks and outside lighting
- Change your phone number (landline and mobile) and make ex-directory
- Use a telephone answering service to screen calls
- Use the BT call barring service on your landline
- Carry a mobile phone and safety alarm
- Tell your children what to do if your ex-partner makes contact with them unexpectedly
- If child contact is arranged, ensure there is a safe handover arrangement
If you are in immediate danger phone 999 and ask for the police.
For details of sources of help and support see section 12
Phone the Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline in confidence on 0800 027 1234 any time, day or night.
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