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Leave safely plan

If you need to escape and have a few minutes to prepare, these are a few things you may want to take with you:

• Identification, passports, visas, work permits, national insurance number
• Birth certificates – yours and the children’s
• Money, bank books, order books, debit and credit cards
• Driving licence, address book
• Prescribed medication
• Mortgage or tenancy document, rental agreement
• Family photographs, children’s favourite toys
• Clothing and toiletries
• Keys – home and work
• Legal documents, injunction papers, divorce papers
• Mobile phones – if you have one, try to make sure it’s fully charged and if possible have credit on the phone
• Try and keep items in a safe place like at a friend’s or neighbour’s home.

Safety numbers

• Think about who you can trust to tell if you are planning to leave. Maybe have a code word you can say in case of emergency
• Keep emergency phone numbers together in a safe place
• Local police station, 24-hour domestic violence helpline number – 0808 2000 247
• Domestic violence support worker phone number at hand, along with your doctor’s phone number.