Safety support
Veilig Thuis Groningen
Domestic-violence and child-abuse advice and reporting centre · Groningen
The advice and reporting point for domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse in the Groningen area, reachable free on 0800-2000 and without giving a name.
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Anyone living in or near Groningen can use it for advice or to report a concern, free and without having to give a name. Its published topics include forced marriage, being left behind abroad and honour-based violence.
About
Veilig Thuis Groningen is the advice and reporting point for domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse in the Groningen area. Its own pages state that it is part of the foundation Jeugdbescherming Noord & Veilig Thuis Groningen, and its office is on the Leonard Springerlaan in the city of Groningen. It says it is there for everyone, young and old, and for people who use violence as well as people who experience it, and that both residents and professionals can bring questions and worries to it. The working method it describes runs from advice, through taking a report and acting at once when a situation is urgent, to an investigation in which staff speak with the adults and with children in the family from about the age of six, after which it keeps checking for at least a year that the help arranged is working. It also runs a knowledge centre giving accredited training on the Dutch reporting code for domestic violence and child abuse, and guest lessons at vocational colleges and universities. The routes in are the free number 0800-2000, a chat on its website, a contact form, email, its office number, and an interpreting service for callers who use Dutch Sign Language.
What they offer
- Investigation, arranging follow-up help and checking for at least a year that it is working
- Free telephone line 0800-2000, website chat and a contact form
- Interpreting service for callers who use Dutch Sign Language
Good to know
- It is an advice and reporting point. It does not itself provide the follow-up help; it arranges it and then checks that it is working.
- Its area is Groningen. The free number is national and routes a caller to the organisation covering their own area.
- Its pages are published in Dutch, and the only route it names in another language is an interpreting service for callers who use Dutch Sign Language.
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