Call the police on 999.
Call your Children Services team. The team may be part of a “MASH”, Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub, or called Children’s Social Care. Click on the links below to find the number in your area.
We can direct you towards useful resources and pre-existing support, both nationally and in the Birmingham and the Black Country area. Click below to find out more.
FORWARD
(Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development)
020 8960 4000
FORWARD is a leading UK charity working to tackle FGM of African girls and women. They will support anyone concerned about FGM.
Visit their website at www.forwarduk.org.uk
NSPCC
0800 028 3550 (FGM Helpline) – a free 24hr service for advice, information or support.
Email: [email protected]
You can get information from the Home Office that might help you argue against FGM.
You can obtain a small leaflet to carry with you about the UK law in various languages on tel. 0870 241 4680. Or you can download the leaflet in English here.
There is also a Home Office leaflet about the facts that may help you explain why you or someone you know should not be cut. You can download the leaflet here.
For further information contact [email protected]
Call the Foreign and Commonwealth Office if you are abroad or someone you know has already been taken abroad and need help or advice.
Telephone 02070081500
Overseas +44 (0) 20 7008 1500
NHS Choices provides practical advice and information about FGM.
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