Abuse

Abuse is when someone:

• hurts you
• scares you
• controls you.

Emotional abuse

Emotional abuse is when someone:

• says things to make you feel scared or bad about yourself
• makes you feel confused about what has happened to you
• controls what you do.

Family violence

Family violence is when someone close to you hurts you on purpose, such as:

• your partner, like your boyfriend or girlfriend
• someone who used to be your partner
• a member of your family
• someone who takes care of you
• someone you live with or used to live with.

Financial abuse

Financial abuse is when someone: 

• takes your money when you don’t want them to
• stops you choosing how you spend your money
• makes you pay for other people's things.

LGBTQ+

The letters LGBTQ stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. 

The ‘+’ is for people who are part of the LGBTQ+ community but don’t talk about themselves using a word from this list. 

Neglect

Neglect is when someone is not helping you the way they are supposed to help you.

Physical violence

Physical violence is when someone:

• hurts your body
• says they will hurt your body
• makes you think they will hurt your body.

Sexual violence

Sexual violence is when someone:

• makes you do sexual things you do not want to do
• does something sexual to you that you do not want them to do.