Safeguarding

Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board

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Adults:

Phone: 01344 351500
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Children:

Phone: 01344 352020
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Adult safeguarding (West Berkshire)
Children safeguarding (West Berkshire)

Social Care Emergency Duty Team Number (Berkshire wide, Adults & Children) Out Of Hours
Phone: 01344 351999

Children Safeguarding Teams

• Reading Borough Council Tel: 0118 9373641

• Wokingham Borough Council Tel: 01189088002

• West Berkshire Borough Council Tel: 01635 503190

Emergency Duty Team: 01344 551999 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Adult Safeguarding Teams

• Reading Borough Council Tel: 0118 937 3747 / 01344 786 543 (Out of Hours) (Professionals line - 0118 9376550)

• West Berkshire Council Tel: 01635 519056/ 01344 351999 (Out of Hours)

• Wokingham Borough Council Tel: 0118 974 6371/ 01344 351999 (Out of Hours)
  (subject to change)
  
  

Domestic Abuse

• Thames Valley Police: 101 for non-urgent calls, 999 in an emergency (for all three areas)

Reading 

• Berkshire Women’s Aid (Reading domestic abuse service): 0808 801 0882
  Berkshire Women’s Aid works against domestic abuse and violence, providing support, advocacy and places of safety in Reading and Bracknell. (supporting all genders) Tel: 0808 801 0882 (24 hours)

West Berkshire

• West Berkshire Domestic Abuse Support Services (ADAS)/A2Dominion
  Providing specialist support for victims of domestic abuse in West Berkshire. (supporting all genders) Tel: 0800 7310055 (10am - 7pm, Monday to Friday)

Wokingham

• Cranstoun (Wokingham Domestic Abuse Service): 0118 402 1921 Domestic Abuse Service: Tel: 0118 402 1921
  Integrated domestic abuse service in Wokingham supporting victims and children and delivering programmes that tackle perpetrator behaviour (supporting all genders). Tel: 0118 402 1921 (24 hours). For an online referral visit: www.cranstoun.org/dass

Adult safeguarding
Children safeguarding 

Safeguarding Adults First Response Team: Tel: 01296 383204 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Online Portal for Professionals: https://adultsportal.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/web/portal/pages/home

Safeguarding Children First Response Team: Tel: 01296 383962 (Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm, Friday 9am to 5pm). Or if you need an urgent response outside of these hours, call the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) on: 0800 999 7677

Adult safeguarding
Children safeguarding

Adult and Children Safeguarding teams can be contacted via the Oxfordshire County Council’s Customer Service Centre on Tel: 0345 050 7666 who will signpost necessary calls to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for children and the Safeguarding Adults team for adults at risk.

Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team – 0800 833408

Domestic Abuse

• If you are being affected by domestic abuse or stalking and harrassment you can contact the ODAS helpline on 0800 731 0055 (10am - 7pm, Monday to Friday) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• If you are being affected by sexual violence or abuse you can contact the OSARCC helpline on 0800 783 6294 (Monday & Thursday 6.30pm-9pm, Sunday 6pm-8.30pm) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• If you are being affected by so-called 'honour based' abuse or forced marriage, or are worried about somebody that is, you can contact the Karma Nirvana helpline on 0800 5999 247 (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• To report a crime or incident of abuse call 999 in an emergency for urgent action, or for a non-emergency call the Police on 101.

The Royal Borough Windsor & Maidenhead Safeguarding Partnership website

Adults:

Phone: 01628 683744
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Children:

Phone: 01628 683150
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Slough Safeguarding Partnership

Adults

Phone: 01753 475111
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Children

Phone: 01753 875362
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• The Rose Clinic (Female Genital Mutilation Service) at the John Radcliffe for referrals: Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tel: 07767 671406
• Information can be offered and support provide through the Rose Community OAC (oxfordagainstcutting.org)
• The Rose Centre (Female Genital Mutilation) Providing support and advice: 0118 951 0279
• Reading and Berkshire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre ‘Trust House’ specialist support services for people affected by rape and sexual abuse in Berkshire Tel: 0118 958 4033
• Kaleidoscopic
  Survivor led peer-based support for children and adults who have been exposed to domestic abuse, working across the Thames Valley www.kaleidoscopic.uk 
• Support U 
  Support for members of the LGBT+ community affected by domestic abuse and / or sexual violence. Tel: 0118 321 0111 (10am-7pm, Monday to Friday) or via the online contact form.
• SAFE! 
  Supporting anyone aged 8-25 years living in the Thames Valley who has been hurt by crime. Including anyone bullied at school, sexually assaulted or abused, witness to domestic abuse, mugged or physically assaulted, abused by cyber crime, or a victim of any other crime. Tel: 0800 133 7938
• FLAG DV 
  Offering free legal advice from a family law solicitor. Tel: 0800 731 0055 (10am-7pm, Monday to Friday)
• Thames Valley SARC (Sexual Assault Referral Centre) - Bicester and Slough
  Providing local communities with a safe, discreet and caring environment to support victims of rape and sexual assault. Tel: 0300 130 3036
• Victims First
  Dedicated to making sure that all victims and witnesses receive the support they need to cope and recover from the impact of crime. Tel: 0300 1234 148