How to support a friend who is experiencing DV?

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I would be grateful for any practical suggestions/tips on how I can best support a friend who is experiencing domestic abuse. At the moment, I am of course listening and trying to provide as much emotional support as I can and gently trying to encourage her to leave. I have also suggested that she buy a pay as you go phone to hide in her home, along with some cash. I’ve told her to save my number and ring whenever she needs to. She also knows that she can come to my house at any time of the day or night. I just would be grateful for any other practical suggestions that I am overlooking (I have looked at the Refuge advice too). Thank you.

Can she sneak her paperwork out of the house and can you keep it for her for now?
Birth certificates, passports, etc. Maybe bills in her name or anything she might need to have ready when she leaves.
Save as much money as she can and encourage her to contact Women's Aid.

A friend of mine in this situation sends me voice recordings of his verbal abuse and photos of his physical abuse. I make sure the photos etc. are clear and then save them to my phone, so there’s a third party source of evidence for the police if it’s ever needed I wish she’d leave him but at least I feel like I’m helping her a bit by listening and keeping evidence of what he’s doing.

Encourage her to contact Womens Aid.
You are doing all the right things though.
She will leave only when she is ready.
It's horrible to sit by but there's nothing else you can do.
I remember going through all of this with my sister years ago.
It took a really small thing to make her eventually leave.
Well done for being such a good friend OP.
She's lucky to have you.

I second suggesting she store important papers at your house, and encourage her to seek help - otherwise just be there

Make a note of anything she tells you, take screen shots of messages. If in the future she’s trying to compile a timeline or evidence it will help.
Try to get her to memorise your number or at least know your address off by heart so she could contact you if she just has to leave one night. Also maybe a safety plan of if she sends you a blank message you call the police?
Mainly carry on being there; when one friend found out she told me that she wouldn’t come to my house again and couldn’t watch me stay in the relationship now she knew; I know she was trying to encourage me to leave but at the time it just felt very isolating and made things worse.

Thank you all very much for taking the time to respond: I’ve taken a note of all the tips, which are greatly appreciated. User14, I hope your situation is now improved & all the best for your friend, Sonata.

I have messaged you.

You are a great friend. I have sent you a private message.

One really important thing, if she ever needs to go to the police or go to court, is to keep a diary of events. She could just make some sort of mark on the calendar if she’s too scared he’d find a diary.

If you tell the police he did x, y or z they immediately ask “when” or “on how many occasions”?

Also, it’s helpful to look back and see that things really ARE bad and have been for a long time.

Show her how to register for the 999 text service- you can do it with her. Details here