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.... in an emergency dial 999 or just get out!

If you have the opportunity to plan you should aim to take with you:

• Change for phone calls, taxis, buses or trains
  
  
• Emergency phone numbers
  
  
• Essential legal documents such as:
  
  
  • Benefit books
    
    
  • Medical cards
    
    
  • Bank books
    
    
  • Chequebooks
    
    
  • Rent book
    
    
  • Marriage and birth certificates
    
    
  • Passports
    
    
  • Injunctions or court orders
    
    
  • Driving licence
    
    
  • Divorce papers
    
    
• Spare house keys
  
  
• Any medication for yourself and your children
  
  
• Children's favourite possessions

Put essential items in an 'emergency bag' and leave with a trusted friend.

Leave when your abuser is not around

If none of this is possible we can help retrieve these items once you have reached safe refuge accommodation.

Women, agencies, and services can access Newcastle Women’s Aid by ringing 0191 265 2148