Find Support
If you or someone you know is at IMMEDIATE risk of being cut or being taken overseas to be cut:
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.
Support is just a click away.
Birmingham
Sandwell
Wolverhampton
Dudley
Walsall
Leicester
Leicestershire
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]
Police (non-emergency): 101
Home Office
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]
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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
Childline
NHS Choices
NHS Choices provides practical advice and information about FGM.