Children
- Parents - Family
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CHILDLINE
0800 1111
Available
24 hours, 7 days a week
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is the free helpline for all children or young people in trouble or
danger. ChildLine provides confidential comfort, help and protection
to any child with any problem, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. |
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CHILDLINE
Children in
Care Line
0800 884444
open every evening
18.00- 22.00.
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for Children in Care
is a free helpline providing comfort, advice and support for children
and young people in residential and foster care. Although you can
also call ChildLine on the main 0800 1111 number, you may find it
easier to get through on the ChildLine for for children in care. |
CHILDLINE
Minicom service for children
who are deaf or hearing impaired.
0800 400222
Open 14.00 - 21.00 daily
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| Parentline
is a national organisation offering telephone support, guidance and
counselling services to any parent or carer or child. Parentline provides
confidential advice and acts as a safety valve and an invaluable source
of information about a whole range of parenting issues. The helpline
workers are all parents who have undergone training to help callers
find the answers to concerns ranging from bad behaviour to bullying,
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NSPCC
0800 800500 - 24 hrs.
The child
protection helpline of The National Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children.
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Cry-sis
Helpline 0171
404 5011
Support for
families with excessively crying, sleepless, and demanding young
children.
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KIDSCAPE
Tel: 0171 730
3300
Monday to Friday
10.00 - 16.00
Kidscape is
a registered charity which was founded in 1984 to prevent child
abuse and bullying. Kidscape works with parents, teachers, police,
social workers and other child care professionals to protect children
and young people.
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GINGERBREAD ADVICE LINE
Tel: 0171 336 8184
Monday to Friday 11.00 -
16.00
The Gingerbread Advice Line
provides advice and emotional support to all lone parent families.
Calls to the advice line are confidential.
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Sickle Cell Society
Tel: 0181 961 7795
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National Association of Widows
Tel: 01865 559081
24-hour service
Practical & social help
for widows.
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Association for Spina Bifida
and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)
Tel: 01733 555988
E-mail: postmaster@asbah.demon.co.uk
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Royal National Institute
for the Blind
Helpline: 0345 669999
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Family Planning Association
Helpline 0171 837 4044
Weekdays 9am-7pm
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Food Safety
Helpline 0800 282407
Weekdays 9.00 - 5.00
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NATIONAL AIDS HELPLINE
Tel: 0800 567 123
24 hours, 7 days a week
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Heartline 0800
858585
Weekdays 12noon
- 5.00pm
Telephone advice relating
to all aspects of coronary heart disease and it’s prevention.
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Hormone
Replacement Therapy
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Menopause and HRT
Helpline 0891 660 620
24-hour information service
Calls are
charged at 39p a minute cheap rate and 49p at all other times
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National Asthma
Campaign
Helpline 0345
010203
Monday to
Friday 9am to 7pm
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Rape Crisis Centre
Helpline 0171 837 1600
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Cruse Bereavement Care UK
Helpline 0181 332 7227
Free help & support for all
bereaved people, counselling & practical advice
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The Compassionate
Friends uk
HelpLine 0117
953 9639
9.30am-10.30pm
daily
Support for
parents, grandparents and siblings after the death of a child.
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ADD/Hyperactivity/Epilepsy
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Hyperactive
Children's Support Group
Tel: 01903 725182
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ADD-ADHD Family Support Group
UK
Tel: 01373 826045
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Thanet ADDers
Tel: 01843 851145
E-mail: simon@adders.org
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British Epilepsy
Association
Helpline: 0800
309030
Monday to Thursday
9am to 4.30pm
Friday 9am
to 4pm
E-mail: epilepsy@bea.org.uk
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National Autistic
Society
Tel: 0171 833
2299
E-mail: nas@nas.org.uk
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Scope
Helpline: 0800 626216
Monday to Friday 11am to
9pm
Saturday and Sunday 2pm to
6pm
E-mail: cphelpline@scope.org.uk
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Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Tel: 0181 464 7211
E-mail: Enquiry@cftrust.org.uk
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Arthritis Care
Helpline 0800 289170
Weekdays 12noon - 4.00pm
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BACUP
Cancer Helpline 0800 181199
Weekdays 9.00am - 7.00pm
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Breast Cancer Care's
Helpline 0500 245 345
Weekdays 10-5
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Meningitis
National Meningitis Trust
Helpline 0345 538 118
24 hours
for people
concerned about any aspect of meningitis or possible meningitis
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Meningitis Research Foundation
freefone helpline 0808 800
3344
24 hours
for people
concerned about any aspect of meningitis or possible meningitis
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Seniorline
Tel: 0800 650065
Weekdays 9.00am
- 4.00pm
An information
line from Help the Aged
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WINTER WARMTH
LINE
Tel: 0800 289404
Available 9.00
- 16.00, Monday to Friday (1 October - 31 March)
Minicom (textphone)
available for the deaf or hard of hearing on 0800 269626.
Calls are free
of charge.
The Winter Warmth
Line provides advice and information for older and vulnerable
people on keeping warm and well during the winter months.
Information
is also available on benefit entitlements, cold weather payments,
and grants for energy efficiency improvements to the home.
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Careline
To talk to a telephone counsellor
in confidence ring the
Counselling Line on 0181
514 1177
Monday - Friday 10am-4pm
& 7pm-10pm.
Confidential
telephone counselling to children, young people and adults. Trained
counsellors take calls on a variety of issues including family
and relationship problems, child abuse, bullying, eating disorders,
exam worries, HIV/AIDS and sexual health, mental health, depression,
addictions, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, anxieties
and phobias
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Deafness/Hearing
Impairment
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National Deaf Children's
Society
Family Helpline: 0800 252380
Monday to Friday 2pm to
5pm
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Samaritans in United Kingdom
Tel: 0345 90 90 90
Samaritans in Republic of
Ireland
1850 60 90 90
email jo@samaritans.org
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British Diabetic Association
Tel:
0171 323 1531
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British Diabetic Association
Diabetes Careline
Tel: 0171 636 6112
Weekdays 9.00am - 5.00pm
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Downs Syndrome
Association
Tel: 0181 682 4001
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British Dyslexia
Association
Tel: 0118 966 8271
E-mail:
info@dyslexiahelpbda.demon.co.uk
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Eating Disorders
Association
Helpline: 01603 621414
9am to 6.30pm
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National Eczema Society
Tel: 0171 388 4097
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Mencap
Tel: 0171 454 0454
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Disability Benefits
Enquiry Line 0800 882200
Textphone 0800 243355
Weekdays 8.30am - 6.30pm
Saturdays 9.00am - 1.00pm
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Moorfields
Direct
Helpline 0171 566 2345
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
calls charged at normal
rates.
A new patient
information helpline from Moorfields Eye Hospital. Staffed by
ophthalmic nurses. Provide patients, health professionals and
the public with expert telephone advice and information about
eye problems
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The National Missing Persons
Helpline
Tel: 0500 700 700 (24 hrs)
Advice and
support those searching for loved ones and those 'missing' people
who may want to let someone know they are safe and well.
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Saneline 0345 678000
calls at local rate
For people
with mental problems and their families and carers.
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QUITLINE 0800
002200 Available 12.00 - 19.00, Monday to Friday Quitline provides
free, confidential and practical help on giving up smoking.
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Gamblers Anonymous
Helpline 0171 384 3040
24 hours
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NATIONAL DRUGS HELPLINE
Tel: 0800 77 66 00
Available 24 hours, 7 days
a week
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DRINKLINE
Tel: 0345 320202
11.00 - 19.00
Monday to Friday
Calls to the
service are charged at local rates.
Recorded alcohol
information line freephone 0500 801802
24 hours
Drinkline is
a national alcohol helpline providing counselling, support, advice
and information.
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Stillborn
& Neonatal Death
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Stillborn
& Neonatal Death (SAND) Support Group
Tel:
01865 452115
Contact Anne
Stares (Chair)
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