(source: Women's Aid)
We offer specialist support — including a confidential Referral and Advice Line, emergency accommodation, community-based support and referrals to other agencies.
In an emergency please call the police (999).
Call us on 020 8317 8273. Lines are open Monday to Friday 9.30am - 8pm.
Our Referral and Advice line provides practical advice, emotional support and signposting to support survivors and professionals across London. The team will provide a listening ear if you want to talk about your experiences and support you to work through your options. Our aim is to work with you to keep you safe and give you information so you can make informed choices. We will never tell you what to do.
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, we encourage residents to report it to their Neighbourhood Officer. If you think you or someone you know may be experiencing abuse you can also visit this area of our website for more information.
A national helpline which is available every day of the year.
Freephone: 0808 2000 247
Anti-social Behaviour is “Conduct that has caused or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person; conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises or conduct capable of causing housing related nuisance or annoyance to any person ”.
We are committed to taking positive action, in partnership with other agencies, to deal with all forms of anti-social behaviour (ASB). We recognise that if ASB is allowed to persist, it can significantly affect the quality of life for those affected and that dissatisfaction with the living environment could have a negative impact on the way we’re able to manage our homes.
We will not investigate normal behaviour occurring at unusual times because of different working patterns.
If you call us to report ASB we will ask you a series of questions to help us understand exactly what has happened, how often it is happening, its severity, and what support you have available to you. This will help us to identify if the incident(s) is ASB, and if so, we can tell you what you can expect from us as the next step.
If you suspect that there is a criminal activity, we advise you to contact the police in the first instance.
Please also keep a log, and call our Housing Management team to report it. We will undertake an assessment to determine the extent of the report, which will help us to consider the best course of action.
Your Neighbourhood Officer will call you back to discuss these issues further and agree on next steps.
You can download Housing for Women’s full Anti-social Behaviour Policy here.
If you are using a shared computer, or simply do not want other people to see that you have visited the Housing for Women website, you may want to hide your internet viewing history.
When InPrivate Browsing is turned on, you will see this indicator in the address bar
InPrivate Browsing helps prevent Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. Toolbars and extensions are disabled by default
Browsers store some info—like your search history—to help improve your experience on the web. When you use InPrivate Browsing, info like passwords, search history, and page history is deleted once you close the tab.
To open an InPrivate Browsing session, right–select the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar, and select Start InPrivate Browsing. Or if you have already opened Internet Explorer select the Settings icon to the extreme right side of the address bar. Doing so will present a list of options, one of which reads Safety. Selecting this option presents another set of options, one of which is InPrivate Browsing. Clicking this option will open a new window allowing private browsing, and which can be closed with a single click.
As you browse the web, Firefox remembers lots of information for you - like the sites you've visited. There may be times, however, when you don't want people with access to your computer to see this information. Private Browsing allows you to browse the Internet without saving any information about which sites and pages you’ve visited.
There are two ways to open a new Private Window.
When you use Private Browsing windows, Safari doesn’t save your browsing history, and it asks websites you visit not to track you.
To use Private Browsing: Choose File > New Private Window, or switch to a Safari window that’s already using Private Browsing. A window that’s using Private Browsing has a dark Smart Search field with white text.
If you don’t want Google Chrome to save a record of what you visit and download, you can browse the web privately in Incognito mode.
The method for starting Incognito may very depening on the PC you are using. The default method in Chrome is to click on the 3 dots to the extreme right side of the address bar. Doing so will present a list of options, one of which is New Incognito Window. Clicking this option will open a new window allowing private browsing, and which can be closed with a single click.
How Incognito mode works
Incognito mode opens a new window where you can browse the Internet in private without Chrome saving the sites you visit. You can switch between an Incognito window and any regular Chrome browsing windows you have open. You'll only be in Incognito mode when you're using the Incognito window.
Others can see some information
Incognito mode only prevents Chrome from saving your site visit activity. It won't stop other sources from seeing what sites you’ve visited, including:
Downloads are saved to your computer
Chrome won’t save a record of the files you download in Incognito mode. However, the downloaded files will be saved to your computer’s Downloads folder, even after you close your Incognito tabs. You and anyone who uses your computer can see and open the files.