A-Z Links…
Alcohol & Drug Detox offers drug and alcohol detox and rehab in multiple locations across the UK. Alcohol
Detox | Private Detox Clinic in the UK.
Barnardo’s: whatever the issue – from drug misuse to disability; youth crime to mental health; sexual abuse to domestic violence; poverty to homelessness; Barnardo’s can bring out the best in every child. www.barnardos.org.uk/index.htm
Be Happy Be Healthy : a site offering support, empathy, advice and information designed to make life happier and healthier www.behappybehealthy.co.uk.
Caledonia Youth provides support to young people covering relationships, sexual health and well being by offering a range of services including clinics, information, advice, educational interventions and short term one to one support and counselling. In addition the charity provides training opportunities for parents, carers and professionals. www.caledoniayouth.org
Care for the Family: visit this website for useful articles and information for all families, and to sign up to the free e-newsletter. Care for the family also runs projects for single parents, step families and parents with special needs families, as well as projects for bereaved parents and bereaved partners. Each of these projects has its own e-newsletter. The website also has details about Care for the Family’s nationwide seminar programme of talks for parents. www.careforthefamily.org.uk
The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE) is an independent centre, set up in 1982, actively supporting inclusive education as a basic human right of every child. The Centre is funded by charitable donations, with additional income from sale of publications and small grants for research or other projects. CSIE’s work is driven by a commitment to overcome barriers to learning and participation for all children and young people. Key activities include lobbying and campaigning, research, training, consultancy and dissemination of information. For more information please see www.csie.org.uk.
Child Obesity and other Weighty Issues blog is owned by Judith Manson, the author of Child Obesity – A Parent’s Guide. www.happyweightchildren.blogspot.com
Couples Counselling Network provides well-qualified counsellors, who have specialist training and many years experience working with couples. All are carefully selected to work within the Network and all counsellors abide by the British Association for Counselling’s (BACP) Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy’s (UKCP) Code of Ethics and Practice. www.ukcouplescounselling.com
The Department for Children, Schools and Families: www.dcsf.gov.uk
The Disabilities Trust is a leading national charity providing quality care, rehabilitation and support for people with physical disabilities, autism (including education), acquired brain injury and learning disabilities. They offer a range of purpose-built accommodation, community-based housing and other services – all aimed at improving quality of life for people with complex disabilities. www.disabilities-trust.org.uk/index.asp
Drug Addicts Anonymous: ‘is a fellowship of men and women who once suffered from a hopeless addiction to mood altering substances. They have recovered by using the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text, and have found it so useful that we have decided to use it in our meetings. We are grateful to the AA fellowship for showing us the way to a new life and we follow the same path with a single exception: our identification as addicts includes any mood changing substance. ‘ www.drugaddictsanonymous.org.uk
DrugScope is a leading drug policy and information charity and the national membership organisation for the drug sector. You can find out more about their work by visiting the website. www.drugscope.org.uk
The Dyspraxia Foundation is a countrywide charity, founded in 1987 as the Dyspraxia Trust by two mothers who met at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. After being told that their children had dyspraxia, they were astonished and dismayed to discover that no facilities existed to help or inform parents and children with the condition. They decided to form their own group to help others to help themselves. www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading charity for everyone with a personal or professional involvement in fostering. They improve the lives of children in care by campaigning for a better foster care service and by directly supporting foster carers. They have a membership of more than 60,000 foster carers as well as almost all local authorities across the UK. www.fostering.net
Gabbitas Education: established in 1873, Gabbitas is one of the UK’s leading educational consultancies offering advice and support in all aspects of independent education. www.gabbitas.co.uk
Glynis Kozma is the author of Secondary School - A Parent’s Guide and Leaving Home - The Essential Guide. You can find out more about Glynis and her work at www.glyniskozma.co.uk.
Herpes Viruses Association (HVA) offers advice and information about cold sores and genital herpes. Nearly everyone carries the virus that causes these, but only a few of us are plagued by outbreaks. The HVA is a patient support organisation offering a helpline, website, leaflets and quarterly journals about herpes simplex (genital herpes and cold sores). The helpline is run by trained volunteers who can answer medical questions on the condition as well as counsel people with the psychological worries that sometimes affect people. Subscribers receive quarterly journals and leaflets dealing with all aspects of the virus from ‘too many recurrences’ to ‘talking about this with a new partner’. www.herpes.org.uk
Hysterectomy Association: provides clear, impartial information and support to women who are having a hysterectomy, their familes and friends. www.hysterectomy-association.org.uk
La Leche League GB: you are expecting a baby and want to know more about breastfeeding. You are already breastfeeding and want help with challenges. You need information on starting solids or weaning. You want to meet other breastfeeding mums to share support and experiences. You are interested in reading more about breastfeeding, birth and parenting. You are a health professional interested in learning more about breastfeeding. You want to find out about peer counselling programmes. You want to help other breastfeeding mothers. Visit www.laleche.org.uk.
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) are International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, (IBCLC) and support breastfeeding families in a variety of situations. Many of them are employed in the health care system as midwives, neonatal nurses or health visitors. Others work as breastfeeding counsellors in the voluntary breastfeeding organisations. Some are in specialist hospital or community posts such as Infant Feeding Advisers or Breastfeeding Co-ordinators and a number of IBCLCs work in private practice. www.lcgb.org
Narcotics Anonymous. www.ukna.org
National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa): there are almost a million children living with an alcohol-dependent parent(s) in the UK today, many of them hiding their problems, living in fear and without support. Nacoa was founded to provide information, advice and support for these vulnerable children and people concerned for their welfare. They do this through their free confidential helpline. Call for help on 0800 358 3456 or email helpline@nacoa.org.uk. www.nacoa.org.uk
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. For the latest national guidance on all health matters, visit www.nice.org.uk
NEAD Trust is a UK registered charity, supporting sufferers of Non Epileptic Seizures, their families and carers. www.neadtrust.co.uk
NEAD Scotland is an online resource and self-help support group for those living with or affected by Non Epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD). Open and available to users worldwide, with a free of charge members-only forum where experiences can be shared and advice sought or given (whether as a patient, carer or concerned party). NEAD Scotland welcome not only those living with the condition, but also their carers, family members, friends and colleagues or anyone genuinely looking to learn more about it. Their main aim is to promote awareness of NEAD, and how it impacts the lives of those living with the condition and those connected to them. NEAD is a not-for-profit organisation, with no-one taking any form of payment from any funds raised. If and when donations are received they are put towards the running costs of the site (hosting fees, promotional items, etc.) To contact NEAD Scotland, please email Gerry at admin@nead-scotland.org. Website: www.nead-scotland.org
Nicci Talbot is the author of Menopause: The Essential Guide, and writes on women’s health and sexuality. You can find out more about her work and background at www.inrudehealth.com.
Parent Lifeline offers emotional support and understanding to parents under stress of any kind, whatever the ages of their children. Parent Lifeline is not just a helpline for times of crisis, but for any time that a mother or father feels the need for someone to turn to and talk things over with a sympathetic listener. They believe that asking for help is a sign of responsibility, not a mark of failure. Parent Lifeline can often suggest further avenues of help if the caller wishes. Callers may wish to remain anonymous. www.parentlifeline.org.uk
Positive Parents Sue Atkins, founder of Positive Parents, is a parenting expert, writer, speaker and parenting coach and the author of ‘Raising Happy Children for Dummies’. She runs workshops, eCourses, teleseminars and 1-2-1 coaching programmes to enhance, fine tune and give you clarity, direction and confidence in your own ability as a parent. Visit www.positive-parents.com for further information.
Rachel Newcombe is the author of Skin Cancer & Sun Safety - The Essential Guide. For further information about Rachel, or to keep up-to-date with the latest research and news on sun safety, visit www.skincancerandsunsafety.com
St James’ Priory Project: Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment - St James’ Priory Project provides abstinence based support and treatment for people with a substance dependency. Walsingham House is a ‘first stage’ residential rehab service for up to 14 people and includes an integrated Dual Diagnosis programme. Treatment lasts 12 weeks. St James’ House is a ‘third stage’ supported accommodation provision for 10 people who are in recovery from addiction. Clients can stay up to 24 months. www.stjamesprioryproject.org.uk
Sarah Dawson is the author of Irritable Bowel Syndrome - The Essential Guide and the forthcoming Everyday Yoga - The Essential Guide (1st Jan 2010). You can find out about her work and background at www.sarahdawsonjournalist.com and www.karmiyoga.com.
Shanta Everington is the author of Terrible Twos - A Parent’s Guide, you can find information on her background and writing at www.shantaeverington.co.uk.
Shingles Support Society provides information on shingles and the neurogenic pain that sometimes follows, especially in the elderly. This post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) can be difficult to treat and they supply a 19 page information pack that includes 6 pages written for the GP by a consultant neurologist and 2 pages of self-help written by other sufferers. www.shinglessupport.org
There4U is a mental health and well-being service providing information for clients of NHS, Local & National Government Agencies, Housing Associations and the Voluntary Sector in Berkshire and across England. They are an independent service run by the Patient Information Officer for and with the full support of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Visitors to their site are welcome to contact them if they cannot locate the information they require and they will try to locate it for them. www.there4u.org.uk
UK Drug Rehab: if you think you have a drug or alcohol problem, and you want to do something about it, the National Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation Directory contains the contact information needed to start the process. www.uk-rehab.com
Voice is committed to achieving change for children and young people in the care system by: empowering children and young people in care to speak out for changes in their lives; campaigning for improvements to the lives of children and young people in care; supporting the active participation of children and young people in their services and campaigning work. www.voiceyp.org
Weight Loss Resources offers a safe, reliable and evidence-based weight management service with hundreds of pages of free content available online. www.weightlossresources.co.uk
Wikipedia Article: this is Need2Know’a article. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need2know
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