SEPSIS SUPPORT
Sepsis Research FEAT
We work to save lives and improve outcomes for sepsis patients by funding research and raising awareness
https://sepsisresearch.org.uk/
LIFEGUARD ADVICE
RNLI- Float to Live
Would you know what to do if you got into difficulty in the water? Float by following these five simple steps – it could save your life.
CHILD BEREAVEMENT
Grief Encounter
Grieftalk Helpline: 0808 802 0111 (9am-9pm M-F)
When a child’s parent or significant loved one dies, their lives change forever. As well as the sadness they feel, they are often left confused and full of fear and anxiety. Grief Encounter helps families address difficult issues such as death and we help make sense of the hurt and confusion. Above all, we aim to help them find ways out of the abyss of grief. The Grieftalk Helpline offers support to those who need a confidential space to chat and be heard.
Winston's Wish
Helpline: 08088 020 021
Winston’s Wish supports children and young people to rebuild their life after a family bereavement, the Winston's Wish family line offers practical support and guidance to anyone concerned about a grieving child.
Young Minds
Parent’s Helpline: 0808 802 5544
Are you worried about how bereavement is affecting your child? Young Minds is here to help and support you. We've put together information about bereavement, especially for parents and carers, with lots of links to organisations who can help. We're also here to listen. If you want to talk to someone in confidence about your worries, call the Parent’s Helpline.
Hope Again
Hope Again is Cruse Bereavement Care's website for young people. Cruse is a national charity that provides support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone close to them dies. We also work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.
Child Bereavement UK
Support & Information: 0800 02 888 40
Our vision is that when a child dies or is bereaved, all grieving children, young people and families have access to quality support and information relevant to their individual needs from appropriately trained professionals and to make a real difference to bereaved families through providing accessible quality support and information to all affected by the death of a child or when children are bereaved, and accessible quality training for the professionals who work with these families and children.
DEMENTIA
Dementia UK
Admiral Nursing Dementia Helpline: 0800 888 6678
We provide mental health nurses specialising in dementia care, Admiral Nurses are a lifeline to thousands of people in this country. They provide psychological support to help family carers understand and deal with their feelings, practical advice and information on dementia, its impact and how to cope. They can also provide referrals to other appropriate services and liaison with other professionals to provide holistic support when it's most needed.
Dementia Friends
Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition. Whether you attend a face-to-face Information Session or watch the online video, Dementia Friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. From telling friends about the Dementia Friends programme to visiting someone you know living with dementia, every action counts.
NHS
Looking after someone with dementia
Comprehensive information from the NHS with links to external sites.
Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia Connect Support Line: 0333 150 3456
The Alzheimer's Society is Britain's leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. Our local services include day care and home care for people with dementia, as well as support and befriending services to help partners and families cope with the demands of caring. From Alzheimer's Café's and innovative 'Singing for the Brain' sessions to memory-book projects and group outings, our services provide both practical support and an essential point of human contact.
Alzheimer Scotland
Helpline: 0808 808 3000 Freephone, 24 hours
Caring for someone with dementiaAlzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research. We have Dementia Resource Centres in 25 different locations across Scotland. Those centres provide a safe and friendly environment for people with dementia and their carers to visit and take part in a wide variety of activity groups.
AMPUTEE AND INJURED VETERAN SUPPORT
Amputation Foundation
The Amputation Foundation is a unique charity that empowers amputees through education, advocacy, and support.
Veterans’ Gateway
Helpline: 0808 802 1212
The Veterans’ Gateway service is the first point of contact for all Tri-Service veterans and their families. Its expert content covers welfare areas: housing, employment, finances, living independently, mental wellbeing, families and communities, and physical health. Its unique support is funded by the Armed Forces Covenant and supported by charities and organisations and individuals including the NHS, the Government of the UK and the Ministry of Defence.
The Royal British Legion
Legion Line: 0808 802 8080
The Royal British Legion safeguards the welfare, interests and memory of those who are serving or who have served in the Armed Forces. We help serving and ex-Service personnel and their families. Not just those who fought in the two World Wars, but also those involved in the many conflicts since 1945 and those still fighting today.
SSAFA – the Armed Forces Charity
Forcesline: 0800 260 6767
Forcesline is a free and confidential telephone helpline, online chat and email service, outside the chain of command, that provides support for serving (regulars and reserves), ex-Forces and for their families. SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.
Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes raises money to support members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded in the service of their country. If you have suffered a life-changing injury or illness whilst in service, or you care for someone who has, we are here for you. Find out how we can provide swift financial assistance and a long term support network while sharing incredible offers we receive from the hugely supportive public. Our whole focus is supporting you and your family on your road to recovery. We ask our supporters to “do their bit” to show these extraordinary young men and women that they are cared for by us.
Combat Stress
Helpline: 0800 138 1619
Combat Stress is the UK's leading military charity specialising in the care of Veterans' mental health. We look after men and women who are suffering from a psychological condition related to their Service career. This might be depression, anxiety, a phobia or PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Our services are free of charge to the Veteran. Also offer support to partners and families of veterans.
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Servicemen’s Association)
Tel: 020 8590 1124
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) is the national charity for limbless serving and ex service men and women and their dependants and widows. It is the charity that directly supports all our service men and women who lose limbs, the use of limbs or eyes or the sight of an eye in the service of our country and we are with them all whenever we are needed for the rest of their lives.
Walking with the Wounded
www.walkingwiththewounded.org.uk
Walking With The Wounded ‘WWTW’ is a leading military charity which recognises that those who served, deserve. Whether mentally socially or physically wounded, they deserve the care and support. We get those who’ve served - and their families - back on their feet.
DIABETES SUPPORT
NHS overview of diabetes, with links to detailed information on types 1 and type 2.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK Careline: 0345 123 2399
National charity providing support and information to people with diabetes as well as friends, family and carers. Provides comprehensive information to help you learn more about the condition and how to manage it.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) exists to find the cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications, and is the world's leading charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. Has someone in your family recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? Or are you a health care professional dealing with newly diagnosed family. If so you are eligible to receive a free KIDSAC pack.
KIDSAC is a support and educational pack for families living with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
Contact
Helpline: 0808 808 3555
Providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition.
CHILDREN'S CANCER SUPPORT
NHS Leukaemia Information
MacMillan
Helpline: 0808 808 0000 to speak to a cancer specialist nurse.
Aims are to help people live with cancer by providing information, emotional support and counselling for patients, their families and health.
Cancer Research UK
Helpline: 0808 800 4040
CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.
Young Lives vs Cancer
Central Support and social care team: 0300 303 5220
Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That’s because we’re there every step of the way.
Solving Kids’ Cancer
Parent Support: 020 7284 0800
Solving Kids’ Cancer supports children and families affected by neuroblastoma, a rare form of paediatric cancer. There are around 100 new cases of neuroblastoma each year, of which children are predominantly under 5 years old. We provide a range of specialist support services to families affected by neuroblastoma designed to equip them with the knowledge and resources they need to fight this disease. We also fund the ground-breaking neuroblastoma research that is essential to push treatment forward and improve outcomes for children.
Children with Cancer UK
Tel: 0800 222 9000
Children with Cancer UK is the leading national children's charity dedicated to the fight against all childhood cancers.
Neuroblastoma UK
General Enquiries: 020 3096 7890
Neuroblastoma is a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. About a hundred children in the UK are diagnosed each year. The Society works exclusively for these children in raising funds for British research into the disease, and offering information and support for anyone affected by neuroblastoma.
Teenage Cancer Trust
Tel: 020 7612 0370
Around six young people aged between 13 and 24 are diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. They need expert treatment and support from the moment they hear the word ‘cancer.’ We’re the only charity dedicated to making this happen. We bring young people together so they can be treated together, by teenage cancer experts, in the best place for them.
The Rainbow Trust
General enquiries: 01372 363438
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.
The Sick Children’s Trust
Head office: 020 7638 4066
The Sick Children’s Trust believes that no child should be separated from their family while in hospital receiving treatment for serious illness. Our mission is to provide high quality 'Home from Home' accommodation for families whose children are receiving hospital treatment for serious illness.
EATING DISORDER SUPPORT
B-eat (Beat Eating Disorders)
England Helpline: 0808 801 0677
Scotland Helpline: 0808 801 0432
Wales Helpline: 0808 801 0433
Northern Ireland Helpline: 0808 801 0434
Provides advice and support and information for anyone with an eating disorder inc anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Enter your postcode in the HelpFinder to see what eating disorder support is available in your area.
Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC)
www.anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk
Offers support to anyone affected by eating disorders. Hosts an online community for anybody supporting someone with an eating disorder.
National Centre for Eating Disorders
Conact: 0845 838 2040
Everything you need about eating disorders treatment, information and professional training in the help & treatment of eating disorders. Eating disorders, such as compulsive overeating, binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, obesity, orthorexia & failed dieting affect people in every walk of life. There are millions of men and women suffering from chaotic eating disorders, perhaps harbouring persistent weight problems and obsessed with food and weight who need help to beat their symptoms.
SEED
www.seedeatingdisorders.org.uk
We are a group of ordinary people with first hand experience of eating disorders, who make a difference to those people whose lives are blighted by this devastating illness. All services can be accessed through self-referral. We provide support and services for people living in Hull East Riding and Out of Area.
Weight Concern
The charity is committed to developing and researching new treatments for obesity. It is also working to increase the availability of the successful treatments it has pioneered in the UK via self-help programmes, self-help support groups and family based childhood obesity treatment.
British Nutrition Foundation
Promotes the wellbeing of society through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of scientifically based knowledge and advice on the relationship between diet, physical activity and health.
Recover Your Life
One of the biggest and best Self Harm Support Communities on the Internet, offers help on a variety of topics surrounding self harm, including self injury, eating disorders, mental health issues, abuse and bullying, as well as drugs and alcohol and first aid.
YoungMinds
Parent’s Information Service: 0808 802 5544
National charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people. Services include the Parents' Information Service, which is a free confidential helpline for any adult with concerns information about the mental health of a child or young person.
Family Lives
Helpline: 0808 800 2222
Parents: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
The Mix
Whether you’re 13, 25, or any age in between, we’re here to take on the embarrassing problems, weird questions, and please-don’t-make-me-say-it-out-loud thoughts you have. We give you the information and support you need to deal with it all. Because you can. Because you’re awesome. We’ll connect you to experts and your peers who’ll give you the support and tools you need to take on any challenge you’re facing. We’re a free and confidential multi-channel service. That means that you choose how you access our support, without the worry of anyone else finding out.
DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT
24hr National Domestic Abuse Helpline - Freephone: 0808 2000 247 (24 hours)
Gov.UK
Domestic Abuse: Recognise the signs
Domestic Abuse - How to get help
Anne Craft Trust
Refuge
Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (24 hours)
Thirty-five years ago Refuge set up the world's first refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence. Since then, Refuge has grown to become the largest provider of emergency accommodation and emotional and practical support to women and children in the country and the leading voice in the campaign to end domestic violence.
Women's Aid Federation of England
For women who are experiencing or have experienced physical, mental, sexual or domestic violence or abuse. Offers advice, support and crisis intervention to abused women.
Love Respect
Aimed at 14-24 yr olds - at Love Respect, we want you to be empowered and feel confident to talk about what abuse is and understand what a healthy and unhealthy relationship looks like, so you can spot the signs for yourself. We believe love shouldn’t feel bad, and that everyone has a right to be safe and happy. We are here to help you figure out what you can do if you, or someone you know is in an unsafe relationship and support you to get help and advice. We do this by providing lots of helpful resources on this website – so you can read, watch, and listen to the information you need to keep you and others safe. Love Don’t Feel Bad explores what is and isn’t a healthy relationship – from physical violence to coercive control, how to get help and what the law can do for you.
Scottish Women’s Aid
Helpline: 0800 027 1234
Scottish Women's Aid is the lead organisation in Scotland working towards the prevention of domestic abuse. We play a vital role campaigning and lobbying for effective responses to domestic abuse. An important aspect of our work is ensuring that women and children who have experienced domestic abuse get the services they need, both from local Women’s Aid groups and from the agencies they are likely to contact. Our members are local Women’s Aid groups which provide specialist services to women, children and young people. These include safe refuge accommodation, information and support. For queries relating to our policy or campaign work please contact us, for support if you are experiencing abuse please contact Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline.
Welsh Women’s Aid
Live Fear Free Helpline: 0808 8010 800
Text service: 078600 77333
The helpline provides a bilingual free and confidential information and support service for women, children and men in Wales who are experiencing or who have experienced abuse at the hands of someone close to them.
Northern Ireland Nexus
24hr Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline: 0808 802 1414
The Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline provides information, advice, and support to those impacted by domestic and sexual abuse across Northern Ireland. The Helpline is available to people with lived experience, those concerned about someone else, those with concerns as to whether abuse is occurring, and to professionals working with people who may be impacted by abuse. The Helpline will direct callers to the appropriate support in both emergency and non-emergency situations. Nexus manages the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline, delivered in partnership with the Departments of Communities, Health and Justice. You can contact the Helpline at any time, free and confidentially. Trained, experienced staff are available to available to help via phone, email and webchat.
Victim Support Helpline
Helpline: 0808 168 9111
Domestic Abuse We don’t just help people who’ve recently experienced domestic abuse – we’re here to support both men and women, weeks, months and years afterwards. All of our services are confidential, free and available to anyone who's experienced domestic violence.
BABY LOSS SUPPORT
Request a baby loss certificate
If your pregnancy ends before 24 weeks, you can get a certificate in memory of your baby. It’s free to get a certificate. If your pregnancy ends from 24 weeks onwards, you need to register a stillbirth instead.
The Lullaby Trust (formerly FSID the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death)
Bereavement Support: 0808 802 6869
The UK's leading baby charity working to prevent sudden deaths and promote health. Lullaby funds research, supports bereaved families and promotes safe baby care advice, including helpline for bereaved parents and their families, friends, neighbours and anyone else who has experienced the sudden death of a baby.
Sands (Stillbirth and neonatal death charity)
Helpline: Freephone 0808 164 3332
Sands provide support for bereaved parents and their families when their baby dies, before, during or soon after birth as well as information and support for healthcare professionals.
The Miscarriage Association
Helpline: 01924 200 799
www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
We know that 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, we hope that you will find here support, information and comfort.
Petals (Pregnancy Expectations Trauma and Loss Society)
Tel: 0300 688 0068
Petals was set up as a charity in 2011 by a group of healthcare professionals working in maternity care, alongside women who had experienced first-hand the loss of a baby, or trauma during birth.
We fund a specialist counselling service for parents affected by any of the following: Still birth, Neonatal death, Trauma/depression following delivery, Diagnosis of fetal anomalies, Antenatal anxiety/depression, Miscarriage, IVF anxiety, Fear of pregnancy/birth.
Tommy’s
Helpline: 0800 0147 800
Funds medical research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth and provides information on having a healthy baby. Raises awareness of the facts and provides free, accurate and up-to-date information for medical professionals and parents-to-be. This includes a dedicated telephone midwife service, a comprehensive website and free books and leaflets dedicated to promoting health in pregnancy and pre-pregnancy.
The Worst Girl Gang Ever
www.theworstgirlgangever.co.uk
A membership support platform with podcasts, blog and courses for miscarriage and baby loss. It really is the gang that you’d never choose to be part of, but as you’ll soon find out that it is also a gang chokka-block full of kind, supportive, warrior women, just like you. By talking openly, honestly and conversationally about these sensitive topics, we aim to reduce the stigma, smash the taboo and break the silence that has surrounded baby loss for decades.
The Child Death Helpline
Freephone: 0800 282 986
Additional Freephone number for ALL mobiles: 0808 800 6019
The Child Death Helpline is a helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, from pre-birth to adult, under any circumstances, however recently or long ago.
Peeps
Call: 0800 987 5422
Peeps is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting those affected by HIE (Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy), a lack of oxygen to the brain that can cause injury. We provide information to both families and professionals. Peer support, because speaking to a parent or grandparent who has been through the same, or similar experience, can be helpful. Counselling and trauma therapy - Peeps is run by parents and volunteers. We are always happy to lend an ear but we’re not trained professionals. If someone affected by HIE would benefit from speaking to a trained counsellor, then we can arrange support and fund. We also help with costs for equipment if your child needs a little extra support you can apply for help towards the cost of equipment. In addition, we also have a separate bereavement fund.
Saying Goodbye
Contact: 0300 323 1350
Saying Goodbye provides comprehensive information, advice, support and much more to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy, whether the loss be recent or historic. In addition, it looks to support people through subsequent pregnancies, fertility treatment and adoption.
Life after loss
Life After Loss is an online support community set up in November 2006 by bereaved mothers who find support and friendship through sharing their grief over the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy or after birth.
ARC
Helpline: 0207 713 7486
ARC offers non-directive information and support to parents before, during and after antenatal screening; when they are told their baby has an anomaly; when they are making difficult decisions about continuing with or ending a pregnancy, and when they are coping with complex and painful issues after making a decision, including bereavement. We're here for as long as you need us. Our helpline is answered by trained staff Monday to Friday, 10.00am-5.30pm.
INFECTED BLOOD SUPPORT
Infected Blood Inquiry- Psychological Support
https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/psychological-support-provided-inquiry
The Inquiry is funding a confidential support service for anyone affected by treatment with infected blood or blood products. This is run by a team from the British Red Cross who have been working with the Inquiry since September 2018.
You can contact the confidential support service directly by calling 0800 458 9473 or 0203 417 0280 at these times:
Monday between 11am and 1pm
Wednesday between 7pm and 9pm
Friday between 2pm and 4pm
England Infected Blood Support Scheme
Tel: 0300 330 1294
Northern Ireland Blood Support Scheme
Tel: 02895 363 817
Scotland Infected Blood Support Scheme
Tel: 0131 275 6754
Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme
Tel: 0291 500 900
The national UK charity for hepatitis C and runs a confidential helpline on 020 7089 6221 open 10.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays and over the Christmas break) which is staffed by people with personal experience of hepatitis C.
Offers a free talking therapy service for former Macfarlane Trust beneficiaries, living with or affected by HIV as a result of contaminated blood products. If you contact them on 0808 8021221 or email [email protected] they will arrange an assessment with their trauma therapist.
Available any time, day or night, if you’re having a difficult time. You can get in touch about anything that’s troubling you, no matter how large or small the issue feels. The Samaritans are there to listen, no judgement, no pressure and help you work through what’s on your mind. The freephone number is 116123.
MENTAL HEALTH
NHS – Mental Health
Mind
Mind Infoline: 0300 123 3393
Side by side - on-line support community
The Mindinfo Line offers thousands of callers confidential help on a range of mental health issues. Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone. They also provide a special legal service to the public, lawyers and mental health workers.
Shout
Text Shout to 85258
Shout is the UK’s first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health)
SAMH Information Team: 0344 800 0550
Today, in over 60 communities we work with adults and young people providing mental health social care support, services in primary care, schools and further education, among others. These services together with our national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention and active living; inform our policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.
Campaign Against Living Miserably
Helpline: 0800 58 58 58
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) works to prevent male suicide and offers support services for any man who is struggling or in crisis. CALM’s helpline 0800 58 58 58 and web-chat are for men in the UK who need to talk or find information and support. The services are open 5pm–midnight daily and are free, anonymous and confidential.