Domestic Violence affects many men and women throughout Britain and Cambridgeshire. One women in four (and one man in 13)  is likely to be subject to physical or sexual violence at the hands of their partner. Many more men and women will be subject to emotional, psychological or verbal abuse while in a relationship (including being shouted at, put down, threatened or intimidated).

Despite this, there is help available for those affected by domestic violence. NDS  runs programmes in Cambridgeshire to help men, women and children eliminate abuse and violence from their lives. Participants of behaviour change programmes often describe these programmes as "life-changing", helping many people to create the violence-free lives that they really want to be living. 

The central message of this website is that help is available for anyone who is living with abuse or violence. This includes people who are:

• becoming angry, abusive or violent towards their partner or children living in fear of their partner’s anger or abuse and violence
• reacting with anger, abuse or violence at the small things in life
• worried about the effect of their anger on their children
• worried about the effect of their partner's anger on their children
• experiencing difficulties with the law due to issues of anger, abuse or violence

Whatever situation you are in we can help you.

Perhaps the most difficult step in accessing our help is contacting us the first time. This can take a lot of courage. The contact details on this website mean you can email us or phone us (in confidence if necessary) to access the help that you and your family deserve. Living a life free of abuse or violence is a right that all people deserve to have.

This website provides information for:

	Men who are thinking about their anger, behaviour, relationship issues or parenting, and need help and support
	Women who are experiencing violence from a male family member
	People concerned about how someone else is being treated by a male family member
	People concerned about someone else's use of violence
	Service providers who are helping a man, woman or family when violence might be an issue
	People who are considering volunteering with the New Directions Service

We hope that you find the information on this website useful. Calls to the New Directions Service Advice and Information line are anonymous and confidential.

Acknowledgement

New Directions would like to acknowledge and thank a leading Australian agency called the “Men’s Referral Service” for their kind and generous support and specifically Rodney Vlais, Policy Co-ordinator from "No To Violence" who has been a terrific support to Jenny Moran Service Manager of NDS. This sitE has been based extensively on the website of the Men’s Referral Service in Victoria, Australia, www.mrs.org.au.