Flying

Your stories

Women's Aid helps over 320,000 women and children become safe every year. Read some of their stories:

Amy's story - "I’m really looking forward to the future."

Carole's story - "I never knew anything about domestic violence in my mum's relationship."

Lisa's story - "When my husband died I didn’t really understand how to live a normal life."

Jane's story - "I tried to leave him, but he reacted by taking an overdose."

Claire's story - "It’s really important for young people to know what a healthy relationship really is."

Kelly's story - "I remember the violence at home since I was 3 years old."

Nicola's story - "I was forced into prostitution by him."

Sophia's story - "Going into the refuge is the best decision that I’ve ever made."

Helen's story - "I fled to a refuge after my ex-husband poured a cup of scalding hot milk over me"

Jo's story - "I have become so much closer to my son in the last few months."

Jade's story - "It was very hard at first not being in my own home."

Fiona's story - "My job became the one thing in my life that kept me going."

Gillian's story - "To the outside world he was so charming but behind closed doors he was disrespectful and rude."

Sarah's story - "I never told my health visitor what was happening - I was too scared I would lose my baby."