This episode is the final of a six-part series exploring abuse in relationships. Dr Ava Kanyeredzi (Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology at the University of East London) and Rev. Kim Bacchus (Ordained Minister, Strategic Development Coach and Trainer), both lead members of the Black Church Domestic Abuse Forum (www.bcdaf.org.uk) discuss introduce financial abuse, a form of domestic abuse where someone uses money to control their partner/spouse. This could include the abuser not giving their partner/spouse sufficient money to look after the household, overspending or running up debts in partner/spouse’s name, not sharing and controlling their wage, refusing to do paid work when fully able to do so or making the person lose their job.
If you would like more information about financial/economic abuse, please click on the following links:
What is economic abuse? - Surviving Economic Abuse
The Reinvent You After Abuse Foundation
To find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse, please use the following link or helpline:
Domestic abuse: how to get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Refuge National Domestic Abuse: 0808 2000 247
If your church would benefit from domestic abuse training, please visit: www.bcdaf.org.uk/training
