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Useful links and contacts

The following listing of helpful resources and organisations is intended to be a useful guide for your information. 

School Advice

National Wellbeing Partnership 

https://schooladvice.co.uk/national-wellbeing-partnership/?filter=staff

Crisis and emotional support helplines for everyone

The following helplines provide emotional and crisis support for everyone affected by mental ill health.

Samaritans

Phone: 116 123 

Website: www.samaritans.org 

SaneLine

Phone: 03003047000

Website: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/helpline

 

Mental Health information helplines for everyone

The following helplines provide advice and information on mental health, but cannot provide emotional support in a crisis. 

Mind Infoline

Phone: 03001233393

Text: 86463

Provides information on types of mental health issues, where to get help, medication and alternative treatments and advocacy. 

Rethink Advice and Information Service

Phone: 03005000927

Provides practical help and infromation on issues such as the Mental Health Act, community care, benefits, debt, criminal justice and carers' rights. 

The Recovery Village

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/

Mental Health support for an array of mental health conditions and addictions. 

Finding a therapist

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

Phone: 01617054304

Website: www.babcp.com

British Association for Councelling and Psychotherapy Register

Phone: 01455883300

Website: www.itsgoodtotalk.org.uk

British Psychological Society

Phone: 01162549568

Website: www.bps.org.u

Counselling Directory

Phone: 08448030240

Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

Website: www.iapt.nhs.uk

Ieso digital health

Website: www.isesohealth.com

UK Council Council for Psychotherapy

Phone: 02070149955

Website: www.ukcp.org.uk

 

Anxiety

Anxiety UK

Phone: 08444775774

Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk

No Panic

Phone: 0849674848

Website: www.nopanic.org.uk

 

OCD-UK

Phone: 08451203778

Website: www.ocduk.org

 

Bereavement

Bereavement Advice Centre

Phone: 08006349494

Website: www.bereavementadvice.org

 

Child Bereavement UK

Phone: 08000288840

Website: www.childbereavementuk.org

 

Cruse Bereavement Care

Phone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Lullably Trust

Phone: 08088026868

Website: www.lullabytrust.org.uk

 

Bipolar disorder:

Bipolar UK

Phone: 03333233880

Website: www.bipolaruk.org

 

Carers

Carers Trust

Phone: 08448004361

Website: www.carers.org

Carers UK

Phone: 080088087777

Wesbite: www.carersuk.org

 

Education Support 

Education Support Partnership

Free Confidential Counselling for teachers, including online chat services. 

Phone: 08000562561

Wesbite: www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk

 

Creativity and Mental Health

Creative Response

www.creativeresponsearts.org

Sound Minds

www.soundminds.co.uk

Tempo Wellbeing

www.tempowellbeing.co.uk

 

Debt

Money Advise Service

Phone: 08001387777

Website: www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

National Debtline

Phone: 0808 8084000

Website: www.nationaldebtline.org

Stepchange

www.stepchange.org

 

Depression

Association for Postnatal Illness

Phone: 0207 386 0868

Website: www.apni.org

Depression UK

Website: www.depressionuk.org

PANDAS Foundation

Phone: 08432898401

Website: www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

 

Family, Parenting and Relationships

Family Action

Phone 02072546251

Website: www.family-action.org

Family Links

Website: www.familylinks.org.uk

Family Lives

Website: www.familylives.org.uk

General Advice, information and support

Citizen's Advice

Phone: 038444111444

Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Health Talk

Website: www.healthtalk.org

NHS Choices

Wesbite: www.nhs.uk

 

General Mental Health

Action for Happiness

Website: www.actionforhappiness.org

Together for Mental Wellbeing

Phone: 02077807300

Website: www.together-uk.org