Domestic abuse is not love

Emotional blackmail, isolating you, controlling your money and promises that violence won’t happen again – until the next time. All that is domestic abuse, not love.

That’s the message from a campaign to help Salford people recognise domestic abuse for what it is and encourage them to get help.

One victim said it took her two years to realise she had no friends or money, never saw her family and was only allowed to go out when her husband allowed it.

Read the full story in Life in Salford magazine online.