Where to get help

● Call the 24-hour National

Domestic Abuse helpline, run by Refuge, on 0808 2000 247.

● Women’s Aid runs a live chat service (weekdays 10am to 4pm; weekends 10am to 12pm), which may be easier to access more discreetly: chat.womensaid.org.uk.

● Search for local services on the Women’s Aid website (womensaid.org.uk/domestic-abuse-directory).

● SEA has a list of resources (survivingeconomicabuse.org).

● Many utility companies and banks now have customer vulnerability teams; ask to speak to a specialist who is trained to understand economic abuse.

● For advice on how to write off coercive debt, speak to a debt adviser. Find one at moneyadviceplus.org.uk, or call 0808 1963 699.