It is important to get help for domestic violence! Various agencies provide information, advice and support. This is usually confidential and often free of charge and with an interpreter if necessary. Help is available from these places.
More information on help in emergencies is available here.
Confidential and free of charge. An interpreter is possible.
Confidential and free of charge. An interpreter is possible.
Children and young people with difficult family situations can call Pro Juventute day and night to talk. By phone, chat, text message or email.
The Pluto emergency shelter offers refuge, protection and safety to people aged between 14 and 23 in emergency situations free of charge.
If sexual and physical abuse against children up to 16 years of age is suspected, the child protection group at the University Hospital (Inselspital) offers assessments as well as consultations for private individuals and professionals.
People who have been abused by family carers can find support here. Confidential and free of charge.
Elderly people can also access confidential and free help with conflicts here:
City Emergency (City Notfall) in Bern specialises in injuries and evidence recovery after physical violence. Investigations are confidential. The police are only informed if the victim wants this. Those who are seeking medical treatment elsewhere should ask the doctor to document the traces of violence.
Confidential. An interpreter is possible.
The website of the Bern Intervention Centre against Domestic Violence (Berner Interventionsstelle gegen Häusliche Gewalt) lists other agencies that can help. For example, for questions about migration, addiction counselling, legal advice or counselling in difficult family situations (list in German and French).
