Downloads & Links

Please find below useful links to other organisations and advice lines.

Help for Male victims of domestic abuse!

Men experiencing a breakdown of their relationship

Asking for help can be hard. It’s OK to talk.

Information and referral service for male victims

Men's Organisations

The ManKind Initiative is a national charity that provides help and support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence.
The ManKind Initiative is a national charity that provides help and support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence.

M.A.N was founded in 1994 through the efforts of a group of local men seeking to provide a safe space for men to find support with the crisis’s and life issues they were experiencing.

Empowering and supporting men and their families experiencing domestic violence, to be safe.

Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS) is a national organisation dedicated to supporting men who are experiencing, or who have experienced, domestic abuse.

Men's Advice Line

Men’s Advice Line: a confidential helpline for any man experiencing domestic violence and abuse from a partner (or ex-partner). GB based. 

A network of organisations, academics, journalists, professionals and leaders committed to highlighting and taking action on the gender-specific issues that affect men and boys.

Age

Action on Elder Abuse work to protect, and prevent the abuse of, vulnerable older adults and by doing so also protect other adults at risk of abuse.

AGE NI delivers care services, provides advice and advocacy, fundraises and influences our decision-makers to improve later life for us all.

Disability

Disability Action works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.

Housing

The Housing Executive is Northern Ireland’s strategic housing authority. We offer a range of services to people living in socially rented, privately rented and owner occupied accommodation as well as supporting and working with a number of other public bodies.

Housing Rights Service has been helping people in Northern Ireland deal with housing problems since 1964.

The Simon Community is a voluntary organisation based in Northern Ireland which provides emergency accommodation, advice and community support for people who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless.

Council for the Homeless is the umbrella organisation representing those working with homeless people throughout Northern Ireland. They are the independent voice of the sector.

Law / Advice

Citizens Advice is the largest advice charity in Northern Ireland, working against poverty and meeting the information and advice needs of people in Northern Ireland.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland is the regulatory and representative boady for solicitors in Northern Ireland.

The Commission’s role is to administer the provision of publicly funded legal services in keeping with the statutory legal aid schemes.

LGBT

A human rights and community organisation for trans and gender diverse people in Northern Ireland. Based at our groundbreaking community centre, the Belfast Trans Resource Centre, we work tirelessly to protect and promote the rights and services that our community need.

Cara-Friend was established in 1974 as a voluntary counseling, befriending, information, health and social space organisation for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and/or Questioning (LGBTQ) community.

The Rainbow Project works to improve the physical, mental & emotional health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender people and their families in Northern Ireland.

Parents Advice

Parenting NI is a leading organisation, which has been supporting parents in Northern Ireland since 1979.

The Children’s Law Centre works to protect the rights of all children living in NI but in particular those who are the most disadvantaged, especially children who are living with disabilities, have special educational needs, mental health problems and are experiencing discrimination.

To improve the lives of children & young people cared for away from home.

Race

NICEM is the umbrella body for many ethnic minority groups in Northern Ireland and works towards the elimination of discrimination.

Sexual Abuse

Nexus NI offer counselling and support to survivors of sexual abuse, victims of sexual violence including those who have experienced rape and sexual assault.

The Rowan is the regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) for Northern Ireland.

Helpline or 24Hr Support in NI

Relate’s mission is to enhance emotional wellbeing in individuals, couples, families and communities by delivering professional counselling and theraputic services.

Other Sites

Relate’s mission is to enhance emotional wellbeing in individuals, couples, families and communities by delivering professional counselling and theraputic services.

The Samaritans supports anyone in distress, around the clock, through 201 branches across the UK and Republic of Ireland.