Supporting loving, non-violent relationships
Ahimsa is a Respect-accredited charity working to end domestic abuse. We work with people who cause harm to change their behaviour, while supporting their (ex)partners and families to stay safer. We deliver long-term, trauma-informed interventions for meaningful change.
How can we help?
If you're concerned about your own behaviour in a relationship, we offer a programme to help you understand it and change it. We can work with any adult who wants to change their abusive behaviour and is ready to engage.
Alongside this, our dedicated Integrated Partner Service offers therapeutic support to partners and ex-partners — a service in its own right, grounded in the values of autonomy, safety and wellbeing.
If you're unsure whether Ahimsa is right for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch. We can talk everything through — and if needed, point you in the right direction.
We work with people of all genders and sexual orientations — in heterosexual, gay, lesbian and transgender relationships, whether the person causing harm is male, female or non-binary.
If you or anyone in your family is at risk of harm right now, please call 999. Ahimsa is not an emergency service.
Working to end domestic abuse since 1990
See how we work
Through our short video, hear from the people at the heart of Ahimsa — a client who completed our programme, a partner who received support, and the practitioners who deliver it.
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I'm worried about my own behaviour
If you're concerned about the way you behave in a relationship and you want to make a change, we're here to help. It takes courage to reach out — and it's the first step towards something different.
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Support for partners and ex partners
If your partner or ex-partner is on the Ahimsa programme, our dedicated Integrated Partner Service will be in touch to offer you support. We provide therapeutic support, safety planning, and a confidential space to process what you've been through — and to make the choices that are right for you, at your own pace.
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I'm a young person (16-25)
Are you a young person and worried about how you're behaving in a relationship or towards your family? You don't have to have it all figured out to get in touch. Our Healthy Relationship Advocates will meet you where you are — and help you explore what’s happening.
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I'm a professional
We work closely with police, probation, social services, CAFCASS and other agencies across Plymouth and beyond. Our services span adult behaviour change, our Ahimsa Youth Service for 16–25s, and specialist professional training. Find out how to make a referral or get in touch about training.
Plymouth's specialist integrated domestic abuse programme
What makes us distinctive is our integrated model. When someone joins our programme, a dedicated team simultaneously reaches out to support their (ex)partner - working in close communication to manage risk, but keeping each person's work confidential and separate. This creates accountability and safety in a way that working with those causing harm alone cannot achieve.
The Integrated Partner Service has its own identity, its own values - autonomy, safety and wellbeing - and its own therapeutic approach, grounded in the belief that those affected by harmful behaviour deserve dedicated, person-centred support in their own right.
Abuse is a choice. We hold people fully accountable for their behaviour and its impact - and we do that with humanity, honesty and respect. Our work focuses on the present: on identity, emotional regulation, and the capacity to relate differently. Compassion and accountability are not in conflict. Both are essential to real change.
Call Us
01752 213535
Not sure if Ahimsa is right for you? Call us and we'll talk it through — whatever brings you here.
