refuge offered me a place to talk, I didnt get battered either, just constant verbal abuse, threats of physical abuse if I didnt tow the line. I went along to the meetings, told all and they couldnt believe it, they said it was abuse in the worst form. They helped me a lot, they get houses very quickly, they did me, I had 3 small children and a newborn.
I dont know if Doctors note would be as effective, you need some outside agency working for you.
Its not that the individual officers employed by the council dont care, they scatched their heads with me when I had to move recently due to the disablities affecting my children. The computer just blows a gasket or something with anything out of the box, like errr 4 people 3 bedrooms, errr sorted. Actually no it isnt because no one can share. Bang.... computer bits everywhere.
