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Debt & Money Problem HelplinesCCCS (Consumer Credit Counselling Service) Free Helpline: 0800 138 1111 (8am-8pm M-F)
www.cccs.co.uk Charity
dedicated to providing confidential, free counselling and money
management assistance to financially distressed families and
individuals.
National Debtline Free Helpline: 0808 808 4000
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk Provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
Citizen’s Advice Bureau www.citizensadvice.org.uk Citizens
Advice Bureaux provide free, confidential and independent advice from
over 3,000 locations including in bureaux, GP surgeries, hospitals,
colleges, prisons and courts. Advice is available face-to-face and by
telephone. Most bureaux offer home visits and some also provide email
advice.
Community Legal Advice Helpline: 0845 345 4345
www.communitylegaladvice.org.ukThis
website offers free, confidential and independent legal advice for
residents of England and Wales. They can provide help via their
helpline, website as well as advice centres and networks.
Homeless UKwww.homelessuk.org Information on over 8,000 services, including hostels, day centres and other advice and support services for homeless people.
Debtors Anonymous www.debtorsanonymous.org.uk Debtors
Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience,
strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common
problem and help others to recover from compulsive debting. The only
requirement for membership is a desire to stop incurring unsecured debt.
There are no dues or fees for D.A. membership; we are self-supporting
through our own contributions.
Bereavement Helplines
Cruse Bereavement Care Helpline: 0844 477 9400 Young People’s Helpline: 0808 808 1677
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Not
only does Cruse provide a telephone helpline and the useful information
you will find on the website, but their trained volunteers provide
face-to-face support and practical advice in branches across England,
Wales and Northern Ireland. If you are a young person, you might also
want to visit RD4U, where you can find helpful information, fun games
and an interactive message board where you can share your stories and
support others in a similar situation.
Winston's Wish Helpline: 0845 20 30 405
www.winstonswish.org.uk Winston's
Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity and the largest
provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their
families in the UK. They offer practical support and guidance to
families, professionals and anyone concerned about a grieving child, and
believe that the right support at the right time can enable young
people to live with their grief and rebuild positive futures.
The Miscarriage Association Helpline: 01924 200 799
www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk Miscarriage
can be a very unhappy, frightening and lonely experience. If you have
been affected by the loss of a baby in pregnancy - whether recently or
long ago - you will find here support, information and comfort. The
Miscarriage Association has a UK-wide network of support volunteers, who
have been through the experience of pregnancy loss themselves and can
offer real understanding and a listening ear. Most offer support by
telephone and some run support groups.
Grief Encounter Tel: 020 8446 7452Website:
www.griefencounter.org.uk Grief
Encounter aims to help and support each person with an individual
approach offering a flexible and accessible bereavement service which
professionally listens and understands, cares and responds to the needs
of those who contact. The helpline offers information, signposting and
advice.
Child Death Helpline: 0800 282 986
www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk The
Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to
anyone affected by the death of a child. Callers to the Helpline might
be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or
involved professionals. They offer a confidential, safe environment
within which a caller can talk openly about the child’s life and death.
Callers are given the opportunity to freely express their worries and
emotions. They provide support not only at times of crisis but also for
the ongoing needs of callers over their lifetime.
Support after Murder and Manslaughter Helpline: 0845 872 3440
www.samm.org.uk If
you have lost someone dear to you through murder or manslaughter you
are not alone. SAMMS offers a confidential telephone help line where
you can talk to someone who has experienced the devastating effects of
this most distressing crime. “If you want to know what’s on the road
ahead, ask people on their way back”.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS )Helpline: 0844 561 6855
www.uk-sobs.org.uk SOBS
exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by
the suicide of a close relative or friend. They aim to provide a safe,
confidential environment in which bereaved people can share their
experiences and feelings, so giving and gaining support from each other.
Road Peace Helpline: 0845 4500 355
www.roadpeace.org Losing
a loved one in a crash is devastating. Lives are shattered, and some
never recover from the trauma. Family breakdown, job loss, depression
and even suicide are the unfortunate consequences of losing a loved one
in this way. The helpline is staffed by volunteers who have themselves
been bereaved or injured in a crash. They are able to offer emotional
support and practical guidance. This can take the form of alerting
callers to specific information guides or putting them in touch with
RoadPeace staff and members.
London Friend Gay Bereavement LineHelpline: 020 7403 5969Website:
www.londonfriend.org.uk/bereavementhelpline/ London
Friend's dedicated helpline offers support and practical information to
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered callers who have been bereaved
or are preparing for bereavement. Our trained volunteers also welcome
calls from affected family, friends, colleagues and carers.
The WAY Foundation Helpline: 0870 011 3450
www.wayfoundation.org.uk WAY
was founded in 1997 and now has around 1,700 members across England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. All the groups are run by
volunteers, all of whom are widowed themselves, which means everyone you
meet in WAY will understand something about what you’ve been through.
Despite grief, WAY members know how to laugh and have fun. Supporting
each other is a great way to learn to live again after the trauma of
watching a loved one die.
National Association of Widows Tel: 0845 838 2261
www.nawidows.org.uk The
National Association of widows is run by the widowed for the widowed -
men and women. The death of a husband, wife or partner is a devastating
experience. Learning to cope with life without that partner is a slow
and painful process. That's where the NAW can help. They offer support,
friendship and understanding to men and women who have lost their
partners through bereavement, and do this with the help of people who
know how you feel - other widows and widowers. Whatever your age,
whatever the circumstances of your loss, the NAW is here to help you.
Military Families Support Groupwww.mfsg.org.uk The
aim of the web site is to provide emotional and practical support to
all those families who have lost loved ones serving in the Armed Forces
whether it is through the consequences of war and military conflict,
illness, suicide or a tragic accident during the course of normal duties
wherever and whenever it happens. We are also here to be able to talk
to serving soldiers and their families in confidence if they just want
someone to talk to, or point them in the right direction for any other
help and assistance that they might need.
War Widows’ Association of Great Britain Tel: 0845 2412 189
www.warwidowsassociation.org.uk The
Association works to improve the conditions of war widows, widowers and
their dependants and recipients of benefits from the Armed Forces
Compensation Scheme 2005.It also offers friendship and support to all military widowers.
Army Widows AssociationTel: 01264 381 991/385 457
www.armywidows.org.uk A
Bereavement Support Group offering comfort, support and friendship to
the widows, widowers and dependants of Army personnel who die in
service. It tries to address some of the difficulties encountered after
the death.
RAF Widows AssociationTel: 0870 514 3901
www.rafwidowsassociation.org.uk In
1992 a group of young RAF widows, who felt very much as you probably do
now, met and founded the RAF Widows’ Association. Like you we have all
been bereaved. The Association’s aim is to offer comfort, support and a
special understanding of the problems you are facing. We believe it is
useful and reassuring to meet and talk with others who are in a similar
position.
Naval Families Federation (NFF)Tel: 02392 65474
www.nff.org.uk In
the absence of a Bereavement Support Group for Naval Personnel the NFF
acts as a point of contact for bereaved families sign posting them to
relevant organisations for specific support and advice.
Direct Govwww.direct.gov.uk/en/AdvancedSearch/Searchresults/index.htm?fullText=bereavementComprehensive
site which contains legal and practical information on death and
bereavement as well as links to sites to support and downloadable
information for probate, choosing a funeral and information on financial
help that you may be eligible for.
SamaritansHelpline: 0845 790 9090 (24-hour)www.samaritans.org.uk
Anxiety Helplines
Anxiety Alliance Helpline: 0845 296 7877 (10am-4pm Monday to Friday)
www.anxietyalliance.org.uk Advice
and support for sufferers of anxiety disorders, phobias, panic attacks
and OCD. Support is available for friends and families of sufferers
too.
No Panic Helpline: 0808 808 0545
www.nopanic.org.uk Aims
to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those people suffering from
Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, other related
Anxiety Disorders, and to provide support to sufferers and their
families and or carers
TOP UK (Triumph over Phobia Helpline: 0845 600 9601
www.triumphoverphobia.comTriumph
Over Phobia (TOP UK) is a UK registered charity which aims to help
sufferers of phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder and other related
anxiety to overcome their fears and become ex-sufferers.
Anxiety UK (formerly National Phobics Society)Helpline: 08444 775 774
www.anxietyuk.org.ukWorks
to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing
information, support and understanding via an extensive range of
services.
OCD ActionHelpline: 0845 390 6232
www.ocdaction.org.uk OCD
Action’s vision is of a society where OCD is better understood and
diagnosed quickly, where appropriate treatment options are open and
accessible, where support and information are readily available and
where nobody feels ashamed to ask for help.
OCD UK
www.ocduk.orgOCD-UK
works independently working with and for people with
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, their objective is to make a positive and
meaningful difference in the everyday lives of people affected by OCD
by providing accessible and effective support services and by
campaigning for improved access and quality treatment and care.
