Useful links

Find more information about different organisations which can provide support and advice with specific issues such as self harm, domestic violence, bereavement and pregnancy.

Abuse

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Child Protection Resource - resources and support for everyone involved in the child protection system in the UK.

Childline  - free, 24 hour helpline for children and young people in danger or distress.

Hourglass - provide help and support to end exploitation of older people in the UK.

Men's Advice Line - Men’s Advice Line: a confidential helpline for any man experiencing domestic violence and abuse from a partner or ex-partner.

NAPAC - support for people abused in childhood

NSPCC - advice on child abuse and cruelty. 

NSPCC - What can I do - Protecting your child from sexual abuse - link to PDF document from the NSPCC about protecting your child from sexual abuse.

SafeSpaces - provide Safe Spaces in their consultation rooms for people experiencing domestic abuse.

Stop it Now! - aims to prevent child sexual abuse by increasing public awareness and empowering people to act responsibly to protect children.

Stop/So - provides specialist therapy for sex offenders and those who have yet to act on their ‘troubling thoughts’ and help for families for sex offenders (there may be a cost for therapy)

Survivors UK - work to ensure every boy, man, and non-binary person in the UK has access to the support they need to navigate the impact of sexual violence and begin their journey of recovery.

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation - is the only UK-wide child protection charity dedicated solely to preventing child sexual abuse.

We Stand - Formerly known as Mosac. They support for all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused. Provides support, advice, information and counselling. 

Womens Aid - support for women experiencing physical, emotional or sexual violence in the home. 

Counselling

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AFT (Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice) - are a registered charity working to benefit the public by promoting effective Family and Systemic Psychotherapy services and high standards of professional training and practice.

Beacon Family Services - provides therapeutic services to families and communities. This service is not free but you may be able to get funding to access their support. Click here to access their booking form. 

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - provides lists of counsellors in your local area.

Counselling Directory - work closely with counsellors, psychotherapists and our visitors, to provide the very best service. They have over 10,000 qualified counsellors listed with them.

Find a Therapist - Connecting users to therapists across the UK. Have advice pages that are helpful too.

Marriage Care - relationship support service including couples counselling, relationship and marriage preparation. No fixed charge, contribution-based

NHS Therapy - refer yourself directly to a psychological therapies service without seeing your GP

Relate for Parents - Help with family life and parenting and access to a free counsellor online.

Relate - relationship counselling offered through regional centres.

Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships - consultation and psychotherapy services for couples seeking help with their relationships.

Emotional and mental health

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Andy's Man Club - is a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the UK and online.

Anxiety UK - provides support if you are dealing with anxiety.

C.A.L.L. Helpline (Wales) - This is a confidential helpline which offers emotional support on mental health and related matters. 

CALM - run a free and confidential helpline and webchat – 7 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who needs to talk about life’s problems. 

Dad's Matter - Supporting dads and mums who are struggling with anxiety, depression and post natal depression

Give Us Shout - Anxious? Worried? Stressed? Get 24/7 help from our team of Crisis Volunteers.

Happy Maps - Reliable resources for children of all ages struggling with their mental health and wellbeing.

MENCAP - support and information for people with a learning disability and their families.

Mental Health Foundation - Committed to reducing the suffering caused by mental ill health and to help everyone lead mentally healthier lives.

MindEd for families - is a free learning resource about the mental health of children, young people and older adults.

Mind - information on all aspects of mental health.

Nip in the Bud - produce free short evidence-based films and fact sheets to help parents, educationalists and others working with children.

OCD Action - provide support and information to anybody affected by OCD

Our Time have Information on parenting with a mental illness and how to have a conversation with children about it.

Out of the FOG - Helping family members & loved-ones of people who suffer from personality disorders.

Place2Be - Provides emotional and therapeutic services in primary and secondary schools, building children's resilience through talking, creative work and play. 

PTSD UK - is dedicated to raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder – no matter the trauma that caused it.

RC Psych - Provide advice and information on mental health and wellbeing 

Rethink - advice and information for those suffering severe mental illness and their families or carers.

Sane - Provide support via their mental health helpline.

Stem4 - supporting positive teenage mental health. 

Student Minds - Mental health peer support for students

Time to change - They empower people with mental health problems to feel confident talking about the issue without facing discrimination

Young minds (for children's mental health) - information for parents who may be concerned about the mental health of their child.

Self-harm

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Harmless - provides information, support, training and consultancy for people who self harm, as well as their friends, families and professionals.

National Self Harm Network - our priority is to support survivors and people who self-harm. We also support the people it indirectly affects, like family and friends, they can discuss the issue and gain effective support in our forums.

Young Minds - supporting people who self-harm. We also support the people it indirectly affects, like family and friends, they can discuss the issue and gain effective support in our forums.

Suicidal feelings

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Andy's Man Club - is a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the UK and online.

CALM - The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide. 

Maytree - offer a free 4 night, 5 day stay for adults who are feeling suicidal, with the opportunity to be heard in complete confidence, in a caring, safe environment.

PAPYRUS – prevention of young suicide - support for young people under the age of 35 with thoughts of suicide, or those concerned about young people with thoughts of suicide.

Samaritans - emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide.

SOBS - exist to meet the needs and overcome the isolation experienced by people over 18 who have been bereaved by suicide.