Bede House
serving the community since 1938
Bede House Association, 351 Southwark Park Road, Bermondsey SE16 2JW
Registered Charity No: 303199 Registered Company No. 420386
Domestic Violence
- Is your partner constantly putting you down?
- Do you feel that you don't have any individual rights?
- Does your partner sometimes become violent?
- Are you worried about how this affects your children?
- Do you feel that you can't talk to anyone about how you feel?
- Do you sometimes feel isolated and trapped?
- Do you ever feel that you have no way out?
Bede House has dedicated caseworkers, including a specific LGBT caseworker, who offer
practical and emotional support.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender hate crime and incidents
Any incident or crime which you or any other person believes is motivated by a hatred of someone’s actual or presumed sexual orientation or gender identity is an offence.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) hate crime or incidents can take many forms but frequently involves one or more of the following:
- Verbal abuse (e.g. threats, insults, nuisance phone calls, name calling)
- Physical assaults and violence (e.g. pushing, stabbing, or even manslaughter)
- Attacks against you property (e.g. insulting graffiti, vandalism, theft or damage to your home or car)
- Emotional intimidation (e.g. threatening to "out" a person to colleagues, family or friends)
LGBT hate crime or incidents can occur in a number of places, such as your home, your school, in your neighbourhood, when you are out socialising or simply walking down a street.
By providing you with both practical and emotional support we can help you and the community to stop LGBT hate crime and incidents.
Bede House also runs SAFE, a programme for contacting a dedicated LGBT worker for help and support about domestic violence and hate crime. You can chat online with a worker using our secure system, or use the SAFE phone number to send a text message asking for help or support.
Click here for more details.
Last year we helped over 500 clients and the violence
and abuse stopped in 4 out of 5 cases.
You can use SAFE to contact a dedicated LGBT worker for help and support.
