SALAMA is Swahili for safe, it also means ‘safety’, ‘security’, or ‘integrity’. It translates as ‘peace’ in the following languages, Jewish (Sephardic), Arabic and Hebrew. Our charity understands the importance of safety within relationships. We offer a safe space should abuse happen in relationships. We also specialise in working with ethnic minority communities and understanding the impact of culture on all relationships.
We aim to support individuals to live a life free from abuse. We also raise awareness of cultural norms that may encourage abuse and we also aim to fight against these so that we can encourage relationships that are safe, secure and peaceful for all.
We provide emotional, practical support and services to help people who face challenging situations compounded by abuse. We help them to understand their rights and help them seek the help that they need. We will also refer them for any assistance that they may need ranging from housing, to social services and counselling. We are also helping individuals affected by post separation abuse and we aim to empower individuals.
Our CEO and founder, and trustees are committed and passionate about raising awareness of domestic abuse.
We are now running Freedom Program training for survivors and victims, and VOICE (Victims of Intimate Coercive Experience) training for survivors and victims. For any enquiries please email
To provide relief to those in need, due to currently, or having previously suffered from domestic abuse. This is through providing a support service to help individuals and families to access legal support and provide longer-term structured support to help victims and survivors rebuild their lives, confidence, mental health and self-esteem. We also raise awareness of the negative impact that domestic abuse has on families and individuals. We are here to raise awareness of post-separation abuse which is a form of coercive control that the abuser uses to maintain power and control over their ex-partner long after a relationship or marriage is over. This results in psychological, emotional, and sometimes even physical abuse, as well as financial abuse. The financial abuse can impact terribly and in some cases creates an inability to fund divorce cases or child contact cases. This just ends with the abuser getting their way in the courts. We will be working with solicitors and barristers where possible to help individuals affected. Post separation is harmful to the children because the abusers usually target the children as well in order to disrupt the life, livelihood and home life of the ex-partner.
