Every possible resource must be put at their disposal: anonymous helplines, community support, safe houses, relocation and fresh start chances.
"We want this helpline to be a safe space for families who are against their daughter having female genital mutilation but feel powerless to stop it.
There are a few that I'd like to highlight: Safe Havens, Crisis Nurseries and Parent Crisis Helplines.
Throughout the country, loveLife, the world's biggest prevention campaign for youth, spreads the gospel of safe sex, as well as offering advice through a helpline.Nor is the government idle.
To the reader who wrote to me this week on coloured paper: please contact the National Domestic Violence helpline, 0808 2000 247 (womensaid.org.uk), to discuss your next safe move.
In the short term, you can carry on driving it as normal – the VW helpline (0800 333 666) is telling callers that the cars are "safe and roadworthy" and that the problem will only affect the emissions.
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths helpline: 0171 235 1721.
Royal College of Nursing revalidation helpline 0345 772 6100.
Eczema Society helpline: 0800 0891122, eczema.org.
Is the helpline still working?
