The Samaritans
Tel: 08457 90 90 90
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Diabetes UK
For information and support about Diabetes and hypoglycaemia (a hypo) contatct:
Website: www.diabetes.org.uk
Email: careline@diabetes.org.uk
Tel: 0845 120 2960
Starlight
Starlight grants wishes to seriously and terminally ill children and provides entertainment in hospitals and hospices around the country with their Starlight Fun Centres.
Website: www.starlight.org.uk
Fanconi Hope
For information and support about Fanconi Anaemia
Website: www.fanconihope.org
Email: information@fanconihope.org
Pregnancy worries
ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices)
Tel: 0207 631 0285
Email: info@arc-uk.org
Website: www.arc-uk.org
FASD Trust (Raising the awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders)
Tel: 01608 811599
Website: www.fasdtrust.co.uk
Email: admin@fasdtrust.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
Addiction
FRANK
For information on drug abuse and how to get help:
Tel: 0800 77 66 00
Website: www.talktofrank.com/
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
Email enquiries@al-anonuk.org.uk
Codeinefree
Tel: 07005 942 553
Fax: 07005 942 563
Website: www.codeinefree.me.uk
NHS Smoking Helpline
Tel: 0800 169 0 169
Website: www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
Bereavement
Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Charity (Sands)
National Helpline: 0207 436 5881 (national rate)
Email: helpline@uk-sands.org
Website: www.uk-sands.org
Cruse Bereavement Care
National Helpline: 0844 477 9400 (Mon to Fri 9.30am to 5.00pm)
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Disabilities
Spinal Injuries Association
National association of spinal cord injured people
Tel: 0800 980 0501
Website: www.spinal.co.uk
Aspire
Supporting people with spinal injury
Tel: 020 8954 5759
Website: www.aspire.org.uk
Back Up
Transforming lives after spinal cord injury
Tel: 020 8875 1805
Website: www.backuptrust.org.uk/
Spinal Research
Funding research into spinal cord repair:
Tel: 01483 898786
Website: www.spinal-research.org
Hearing Concern LINK
Tel (voice): 01323 638230
Tel (text): 01323 739998
Tel (minicom): 01323 739998
Fax: 01323 642968
Website: www.hearingconcernlink.org
Genetic disorders
Down's Syndrome Association
Tel: 0845 230 0372
Website: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
Health
Allergy UK
Tel: 01322 619898
Website: www.allergyuk.org/
NHS Direct
Tel: 0845 4647
Website: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
For nurse advice and health information. The helpline is open 24 hours.
Stroke Association
Website: www.stroke.org.uk
Mental Health
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)
Tel: 0845 7660163
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Self Harm
Website: www.selfharm.co.uk
Email enquiries: info@selfharm.co.uk
Missing Persons
Missing Persons Information
Website: www.npia.police.uk/missingpersons
or
Website: www.missingkids.co.uk
Tel: 0808-100 8777
Victim support
Action on Elder Abuse
Tel: 0208 8359280
Website: www.elderabuse.org.uk
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline
Freephone: 0808 80 10 800
Website: www.wdah.org
Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline
Tel: 0845 027 1234
Calls are free, confidential and cannot be traced
Website: www.domesticabuse.co.uk
Rape Crisis
Tel: 0808 802 9999
Website: www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Victim Support
Tel: 0845 30 30 900
Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk/
Calls from the UK are charged at local rate and mobile charges will be considerably higher.
Refuge/Women's Aid - National Domestic Violence Freeline Helpline
Tel: 0808 2000 247
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Please note: callers in Northern Ireland should call The Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation
Tel: 029 9033 1818
Suicide
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
Tel: 08457 90 90 90
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Terminal illness
Macmillan Cancer Support
Website: www.macmillan.org.uk
The Institute of Cancer Research
Tel: 0800 731 9468
Website: www.icr.ac.uk
Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan urgently need men between 18 and 30 to become donors. For more information go to:
Website: www.anthonynolan.org
Email: info@anthonynolan.org
Tel: 0303 303 0303