Other sources of help
Where else can I go for help?
Befrienders Worldwide
Befrienders Worldwide includes comprehensive directory of emotional
support helplines around the world.
www.befrienders.org
NHS Direct
NHS Direct is a 24-hour
nurse-led telephone advice and information service and is part of
the National Health Service.
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Help and
support
British Association for Counselling and
Psychotherapy
Through the BACP you can find
information about counsellors in your area. If you want to be
referred to a counsellor you may want to discuss this with your
GP.
BACP House, 35-37 Albert Street, Rugby, CV21 2SG
Tel: 0870 443 5252
http://www.bacp.co.uk
Breathing Space
A free and confidential
phoneline service for any individual, particularly young
men, experiencing low mood or depression, or who are unusually
worried and in need of someone to talk to
www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk
Cam's Den
An emotional wellbeing website
for children aged 7-10 years.
www.camsden.co.uk
Childline
ChildLine is the UK's free,
national helpline for children and young people in trouble or
danger.
www.childline.org.uk
Counselling Directory
Aims to
provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling
those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and
appropriate for their needs.
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk
CyberMentors
CyberMentors is all about
young people helping and supporting each other online. If you want
to talk to someone about bullying or just want to chat about
something that is bothering you, just drop a CyberMentor a
message or ask to chat to them online. The site is safe and secure;
you can keep all your chats and messages private. There are also
counsellors available for anything really serious.
cybermentors.org.uk
Get Connected
Supports young people’s emotional wellbeing by ensuring that they
find access to the most appropriate help on any issue wherever they
are in the UK.
http://www.getconnected.org.uk/
Hands On Scotland
A new NHS website resource for anybody working with children
and young people
http://www.handsonscotland.co.uk/
Headroom
BBC Headroom is a campaign to encourage you to look after your
mental wellbeing. It contains videos and surveys about life's ups
and downs, wellbeing guides, and information about Headroom
events.
www.bbc.co.uk/headroom
Mental Health Foundation
Founded in 1949,
the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides
information, carries out research, campaigns and works to
improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems,
whatever their age and wherever they live.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
MIND
MIND is the leading mental health
charity in England and Wales, and works for a better life for
everyone with experience of mental distress.
http://www.mind.org.uk/
National Nightline
National organisation
of NightLine student helplines in Universities across the UK.
http://www.nightline.ac.uk/
NHS Choices
NHS Choices has thousands of
pages of practical advice on health and wellbeing, plus videos,
blogs and local service directories.
www.nhs.uk
NHS 24
nhs24.com provides comprehensive up-to-date health information and
self care advice for people in Scotland.
www.nhs24.com/content
Reach Out
Reach Out's aim is to improve
young people’s mental health and well-being by building skills and
providing information, support and referrals in ways we know work
for young people.
ie.reachout.com
Relate
Relate provides counselling, sex
therapy, relationship education and training to support couple and
family relationships throughout life.
http://www.relate.org.uk/
Royal College of Psychiatrists
The
professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United
Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Also offers information about
mental health problems.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
Teens First For Health - by Great Ormond Street
Hospital
A website providing mental health
advice for teenagers. Featuring an A-Z of mental health topics,
people's real stories, information on drugs, lifestyle, therapies
and more.
www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/teens/health/mental_health/index.htm
TheSite.org
A website providing factsheets and articles on key issues
facing 16-24 year-olds, as well as hosting a community area for
peer-to-peer support.
http://www.thesite.org/
Young Military Veterans Football
Programme
Play football to improve physical and
emotional health and wellbeing.
Inside Right ex-servicemen's Football
Alchohol
misuse
Drinkaware
Drinkaware aims to change the
UK’s drinking habits for the better. We promote responsible
drinking and find innovative ways to challenge the national
drinking culture to help reduce alcohol misuse and minimise
alcohol-related harm.
http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/
Bullying
Bullying Online
A UK charity helping
parents and pupils deal with school bullying
www.bullying.co.uk
Bereavement
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement
Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to
enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope
with their loss. The organisation provides support and offers
information, advice, education and training services.
Cruse House,126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR
tel. 0844 477 9400
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Help is at Hand
A resource for people
bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death from the
Department of Health in the UK.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Offers documents
to cope with bereavement, helping children cope with death, and
other issues associated with terminal illness.
Marie Curie publications
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
(SOBS)
SOBS aim is to provide a safe, confidential
environment in which bereaved people can share their experiences
and feelings, so giving and gaining support from each other
Centre 88, Saner Street, Hull HU3 2TR
Helpline: 0844 561 6855
http://www.uk-sobs.org.uk/
The WAY Foundation
A self-help support
group run entirely by volunteers for men and women widowed aged 50
and under. All members (approx 1200 nationally) have been widowed
themselves and we aim to offer support, help and understanding to
those finding themselves in the unfortunate position of losing a
partner at a young age.
http://www.wayfoundation.org.uk/
Drugs and
alchohol
Adfam
Adfam is a national charity working
with families affected by drugs and alcohol and is a leading agency
in substance related family work. They provide a range of
publications and resources for families about substances and
criminal justice including an online message board and a database
of local support groups.
www.adfam.org.uk
Depression
Depression Alliance
Offers help to people with depression, run by sufferers themselves.
Website includes symptoms of depression, treatments for depression,
and local groups.
www.depressionalliance.org
Aware
A voluntary organisation in Ireland
that aims to provide support group meetings for people with
depression and their families.
http://www.aware.ie/
Divorce
Divorce Aid
If you or someone close to you is going through divorce or
separation, we hope to guide you through the emotional and legal
journey as well as providing assistance about finances and
children. Time is a healer; spend some time with us. From distress
to recovery, you are not alone and it will get better.
www.divorceaid.co.uk
SeparatedDads
SeparatedDads was formed to
offer a unique reference point on being away from or separated from
your children.
http://www.separateddads.co.uk/
Domestic
violence
Respect
Respect runs a phoneline for
people who are abusive or violent towards their partners and are
looking for help. The Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609 provides
information and advice about support services and programmes to
anyone who's concerned about their behaviour
www.respect.uk.net/
Farming
Farming Help
The Farming Help partnership was publicises the sources of support
and help that are available to farming people experiencing
stress.
www.farminghelp.org.uk
HIV
Terrence Higgins Trust
Delivers health
promotion campaigns and direct support to people who are at risk or
living with HIV across the UK.
www.tht.org.uk/
Lesbian and Gay
Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Find your
local branch of the switchboard, a voluntary organisation aiming to
provide a 24 hour information, support and referral service for
lesbians and gay men.
http://www.llgs.org.uk/
Families Together
London
Families Together London is a
London-based support group for the parents, families and friends of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people
www.familiestogetherlondon.com
Mental
health
Rethink- Severe Mental Illness
Rethink is
a campaigning membership charity involving people with severe
mental illness and carers, with a network of mutual support groups
around the country. Rethink is also the largest voluntary service
provider in mental health, helping 7500 people each day.
www.rethink.org/
Saneline
Saneline is a national mental health helpline providing information
and support for people with mental health problems and those who
support them. 0845 767 8000 1pm - 11pm.
www.sane.org.uk/
Youthspace
A website aimed at people aged
14-25 experiencing mental health problems which offers information,
films made by young people and clinical advice.
www.youthspace.me/
Prison
Nacro
Provide a range of services, including housing, employment, youth
activity and family support for people who have been in prison or
who are at risk of offending.
www.nacro.org.uk
Self-harm
FirstSigns
A user-led organisation
that provides support to people dealing with self-Injury.
www.firstsigns.org.uk
Stress
Sort out stress
This is a website for men.
It offers ideas and advice for dealing with stress. It was put
together with the help of young men in Camden.
www.sort-out-stress.co.uk
Suicidal
Maytree
Based in London, Maytree offers a place of safety for befriending
and support to those who are feeling suicidal.
http://www.maytree.org.uk/
Sources of information
Centre for Suicide Research
Based in the
University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, the research group
is investigating the causes, treatment and prevention of suicidal
behaviour.
cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/
Centre for Suicide Prevention
Based at the
University of Manchester, this centre brings together a number of
research projects in the field of suicidal behaviour
www.centre-suicide-prevention.man.ac.uk
Independent Advisory Panel (IAP)
A website
providing a resource for those working within the different
custodial sectors to share good practice and learning on preventing
and reducing the number of deaths in custody.
www.independent.gov.uk/iapdeathsincustody
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
An
independent charity that seeks to influence mental health policy
and practice and enable the development of excellent mental health
services through a co-ordinated programme of research, training and
development.
www.scmh.org.uk
Telephone Helplines Association
The Telephone Helplines Association is a registered charity which
works with helplines to ensure that callers receive the highest
quality response.
www.helplines.org.uk