GENERAL POINTS OF REFERENCE
National Electronic Library for Health
www.nelh.nhs.uk
Connexions
- careers service for young people
www.connexions.gov.uk
Families Need Fathers
- promotes shared parenting
www.fnf.org.uk
National Youth Agency
www.nya.org.uk
Women's Aid Federation
- working to end violence against women and children.
www.womensaid.org.uk
14:21
- a confidential counselling Service
www.14-21timetotalk.freeserve.co.uk
Barnados
www.barnardos.org.uk
Alcohol Support
www.wrecked.co.uk
British Heart Foundation (BHF)
www.bhf.org.uk
Drug support
www.trashed.co.uk
Parentline
www.parentline.co.uk
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Release
- services for the health, welfare and legal needs of drugs users
www.release.org.uk
The Edge
- Drug Awareness and Substance misuse
Contact a Family
- helping families caring for disabled children.
www.cafamily.org.uk
Sexual Health
www.playingsafely.co.uk
Shelter
- practical aid and assistance for homeless people and housing-related organisations.
www.shelter.org.uk
General Practitioners
(Find names and addresses from Yellow Pages)
Kidscape
- keeping kids safe from abuse.
www.kidscape.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Height Matters
- how to understand growth problems
www.heightmatters.org.uk
Mencap
www.mencap.org.uk
Gingerbread
- a charity which provides lone parents with opportunities through a network of local groups
www.gingerbread.org.uk
Social Services
(Find local contact information from Local Council Website)
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
Health Visitors
www.bbc.co.uk/health/hh/kids15.shtml
www.healthvisiting.org
Commission for Racial Equality
www.cre.gov.uk
Sure Start
- helps disadvantaged children under the age of four to develop physically, intellectually, and socially.
www.surestart.gov.uk
Childline
www.childline.org.uk
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org.uk
Relate
- Relationship Counselling
www.relate.org.uk
Cruise
- bereavement counselling
www.aeiou.co.uk/cruse
Association for Postnatal Illness
(APNI)
www.apni.org
Meet a Mum Association
(MAMA)
www.mama.org.uk
Age Concern
www.ageconcern.org.uk
National Council for One Parent Families
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
MIND
- offers counselling services for individuals suffering from depression and other mental health problems.
www.mind.org.uk
YMCA
- practical help for young people
www.ymca.org.uk
Victim Support
www.victimsupport.org.uk
KIDS
- working for childrens educational, social, developmental, and emotional needs.
www.kids-online.org.uk
National Childbirth Trust
www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com