Links
- » Children and Young People
- » Counselling & Related Services
- » Domestic Abuse Support
- » Equality
- » Funding
- » Government
- » Health
- » Housing Support
- » Immigration
- » Legal Issues
- » Other Services
- » Research and Statistics
- » Training
- » Violence Against Women
- » Women's Aid in the UK and Ireland
Health
Al-Anon UK and Eire (www.al-anonuk.org.uk)
Alcohol Concern (www.alcoholconcern.org.uk)
British Association For Counsellors and Psychotherapists (www.bacp.co.uk)
Brook Advisory Centre (http://www.brook.org.uk/content/M1_aboutbrook.asp)
Brook Advisory Centres - commonly known just as Brook - is the only national voluntary sector provider of free and confidential sexual health advice and services specifically for young people under 25. Brook is a registered charity, and has 40 years' experience of providing professional advice through specially trained doctors, nurses, counsellors, and outreach and information workers to over 200,000 young people each year.
Taff Ely Drug Support (www.teds.org.uk)
Teds are a voluntary agency offering free and confidential services to users of drugs and alcohol throughout the Rhondda Cynon Taff area.
Children & Young People's Partnership for Health (http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/cypph/background.html)
Depression Alliance (www.depressionalliance.org.uk)
Drugscope (www.drugscope.org.uk)
The UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs
Eating Disorders Association
Fast Forward (www.fastforward.org.uk)
Information on drugs and alcohol education for youth
Information, support and counselling for drug users and their families
GAP (www.gwentalcoholproject.org.uk)
A free and confidential counselling and information service for people aged 16 and over living within the greater Gwent area who are concerned about their own drinking or that of a relative of friend.
Marie Curie Cancer Care offers information and support to families experiencing illness or loss. Child Bereavement Care is provided through 10 hospices in the UK, where they have Children and Young People's Counsellors to work with families who have children.
Meet a Mum Association (http://www.mama.co.uk/)
provides friendship and support to all mothers and mothers to be, especially those feeling lonely or isolated after the birth of their baby or after moving to a new area.
Mental Health First Aid (Wales) (http://www.mhfa-wales.org.uk/)
New mental health training 'for everyone'.
Front line workers in Wales often have to deal with people with experience of mental distress but lack the skills and confidence to support them appropriately.
With one in four of us affected by mental health problems each year, service providers across Wales are being offered a new short training course to deal more effectively with these challanges.
In an ambitious new project, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, Mind Cymru is training trainers to teach Mental Health First Aid throughout Wales. Mental Health First Aid was developed in Australia and is being rolled out in Scotland, Canada, England and Northern Ireland.
The 12 hour course does not train you to be a therapist, counsellor or mental health professional. It will teach you to:
- give initial help to someone experiencing a mental health problem
- deal with a crisis situation or the first signs of someone developing mental ill health
- guide people towards appropriate help.
Mental Health Charity
New Pathways (www.newpathways.co.uk )
New Pathways
Telephone and face to face counselling for men, women and children who have been affected by rape and sexual abuse. Phone for an appointment. Based in Merthyr, they also have satellite centres in
- 01685 379 310 (9am-5pm, Mon-Fri & answerphone)
NHS Direct (www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk,)
NHS Direct Wales is a bilingual health advice and information service, available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. You can call NHS Direct
North West Wales Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line (http://)
North West
Helpline and one to one counselling for men and women over 16 who have suffered any kind of rape or sexual abuse, recently or in the past. They have an office in Caernarfon but also offer services across north
Positively Women (www.positivelywomen.org.uk)
For Women and Families affected by HIV
Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling (www.rasac.org )
RASAC (Rape And Sexual Abuse Counselling)
Based in Hampshire, but with a
- 01962 848024 - women only
- 01962 848027 - for men
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday; 11.30-1.30pm, 7-9pm
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (www.rasasc.org.uk )
RASASC (Rape And Sexual Abuse Support Centre)
Helpline support and information for survivors of rape and childhood sexual abuse. Visit their website at www.bbc.co.uk/go/wales/weekinweekout/stories/2006_whennomeansno.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http:/www.rasasc.org.uk/ href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/wales/weekinweekout/stories/2006_whennomeansno.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http:/www.rasasc.org.uk/">www.rasasc.org.uk or call 08451 221 331
- Mon-Fri 12pm - 2.30pm, 7pm- 9.30pm
- Sat: 2.30 -5pm
- Sun: 2.30-5pm
World Health Organisation (http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/index.html)
WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women
Support for those who self harm and their relatives
Terrence Higgins Trust (www.tht.org.uk)
The Association For Post Natal Illness (www.apni.org)
The National Autistic Society (http://www.nas.org.uk)
This website includes information about Autism and Aspergers syndrome, the National Autistic Society and its services and activities.
Young Minds (www.youngminds.org.uk)
A national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
