If you have been affected by any soap storylines, the following organisations have information you might find useful:
MIND
(National Association for Mental Health)
Phone 0845 7660163 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm or go to www.mind.org.uk
NHS Direct
0845 4647 for nurse advice and health information. The helpline is open 24 hours.
Stroke Association
www.stroke.org.uk
Missing Persons Information
www.npia.police.uk/missingpersons or www.missingkids.co.uk
Tel: 0808-100 8777
The 24-hour freephone National Domestic Violence Helpline, run by Refuge and Women’s Aid
Freephone: 0808 2000 247
Website: www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline
Freephone: 0808 80 10 800
Website: www.wdah.org
Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Charity (Sands)
National Helpline: 0207 436 5881 (national rate)
Email: helpline@uk-sands.org
Website: www.uk-sands.org
Address:
SANDS
28 Portland Place
London
W1B 1LY
Cruse Bereavement Care
National Helpline (Mon to Fri 9.30am to 5.00pm): 0844 477 9400
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Calls are free, confidential and cannot be traced: 0845 027 1234
Website: www.domesticabuse.co.uk
FSID (Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths)
Tel: 020 7233 2090 open 9am to 11pm week days and 6pm-11pm weekends
Website: www.fsid.org.uk
Email: helpline@fsid.org.uk
PAPYRUS
A national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide
Tel: 0870 170 4000 - 7pm to 10pm
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
The Samaritans
Phone: 08457 90 90 90
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Support
Website: www.macmillan.org.uk
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel: 020 7403 0888 (Helpline 10am - 10pm, 365 days a year)
Fax: 020 7378 9910
Email: enquiries@al-anonuk.org.uk
National helpline number for Alcoholics Anonymous is: 0845 769 7555
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: for friends and families of alcoholics
Tel: 020 7403 0888 (10 am – 10pm)
Website: www.al-anonuk.org.uk or email enquiries@al-anonuk.org.uk
NHS Smoking Helpline
Phone: 0800 169 0 169
Website: www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
Refuge/Women's Aid - National Domestic Violence Freeline Helpline
Phone: 0808 2000 247
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Please note: callers in Northern Ireland should call The Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation
Phone: 029 9033 1818
The Institute of Cancer Research
Freephone: 0800 731 9468
Website: www.icr.ac.uk
Hearing Concern LINK
Tel (voice): 01323 638230
Tel (text): 01323 739998
Tel (minicom): 01323 739998
Fax: 01323 642968
Website: www.hearingconcernlink.org
Codeinefree
Tel: 07005 942 553
Fax: 07005 942 563
Website: www.codeinefree.me.uk
