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Domestic Abuse - Council help and contacts

This page contains information on Council help and contacts for advice and support on domestic abuse.

The council may be able to help you through one of the schemes available. Help offered, such as somewhere to stay, will depend on your circumstances, including immigration status.

Some of the options available are:

• Sanctuary Scheme – offering a range of individually tailored security improvements enabling victims to stay safely in their own homes.
• Surrey Mobility Scheme – helping existing tenants of social landlords transfer to alternative accommodation within Surrey.
• Private rented accommodation – help with finding alternative accommodation. This may include assistance with some of the costs involved, such as security deposits and bonds.

• Making a homeless application – you have the right to make an application to any council as homeless. However, the relevant criteria do need to be satisfied before a council has a duty to find you somewhere to live.

Information is also available regarding legal issues such as injunctions, occupation orders and exclusion orders, as well as referrals to agencies who can assist in obtaining them.

Contact a Reigate & Banstead Housing Options Officer on 01737 276790 (Monday to Thursday 8.45am until 5pm, Friday 8.45am until 4.45pm).

Or visit one of the Help Shops for general information.

Download a copy of the  East Surrey Contact Directory for Domestic Abuse (150.9kB)