Useful links
Looking at life is part of Care for the family
We want to support and help you in your relationships and family life and have a number of networks and initiatives that enable us to do this.
Visit www.careforthefamily.org.uk for more information, useful resources and to find support specific to your needs.
Samaritans
Provides 24-hour, confidential emotional support to any person who is suicidal or despairing.
UK helpline: 08457 909090
ROI helpline: 1850 609090
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
To find a counsellor in your area
www.counselling-directory.org.uk
Database of UK counsellors, with information on training, experience and fees
www.bacp.co.uk
The British association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The association of Christian Counsellors
www.accc-uk.org
www.psychnet-uk.com
Mental health and psychology directory.
Helpline: 0845 122 8622
Email: psychnet@psychnet-uk.com
Work
www.bbc.co.uk/atwork
http://content.monster.co.uk/job_hunting
http://www.fish4.co.uk/iad/jobs
Couples
Marriage
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/marriage/
www.2-in-2-1.co.uk
Couple support and resources to enrich, repair and your marriage.
www.themarriagecourse.org
Website for The Marriage Course and The Marriage Preparation Course.
www.relate.org.uk/
Relate is the UK's largest provider of relationship counselling and sex therapy. We also offer a range of other relationship support services.
Bereavement
Bereaved Parents
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/bpn/
Young widows and widowers
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/services/services_menu.asp?cat=14
Bereaved siblings
http://www.counselingstlouis.net/index.html
The Sibling Connection provides resources to grieving siblings through counseling, the SiblingConnection website, education, research, and writing.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and support. It offers information, advice, education and training services.
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Compassionate Friends
Grief Support After the Death of a Child
The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
www.compassionatefriends.org
Parenting
Dads
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/dads/
Single parents
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/spf/
Step Families
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/stepfamily/
Parent and toddler group
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/services/services_menu.asp?cat=6
Another Way - For parents of children with Additional Needs
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/services/services_menu.asp?cat=16
Parentline Plus
Parentline Plus is a national charity that works for, and with, parents.
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
ParentsCentre - helping you to help your child
Information and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare.
www.parentscentre.gov.uk
ChildcareLink
The ChildcareLink service comprises the ChildcareLink web site, a national information line 08000 96 02 96, and details of local Children's Information Services (CIS). The CISs provide face-to-face or phone advice on all aspects of childcare.
www.childcarelink.gov.uk
HomeDad
A UK support group for stay at home dads.
www.homedad.org.uk
Keep time for children
Keep time for children exists to promote the importance of family time at weekends particularly for families with school age children
www.keeptimeforchildren.org.uk
NSPCC
Running services for children, young people and their families throughout the UK and the Channel Islands
www.nspcc.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/interactive_area/
Pregnancy and preparing for parenting
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/pregnancy_calendar/
Paternity Leave
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/Parentalleaveandpay/DG_10029398
Maternity leave
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/Parentalleaveandpay/DG_10029285
Infertility
Infertility Network UK
www.infertilitynetworkuk.com
www.fertilityfriends.co.uk
Self Help community offering support and understanding to those experiencing fertility difficulties.
Health
Eating Disorders
http://www.anorexiabulimiacare.co.uk/
http://www.disordered-eating.co.uk/
Medical
CancerHelp
CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.
www.cancerhelp.org.uk
Unique
Information and support for families affected by any rare chromosome disorder.
Tel: 01883 330 766
Email: info@rarechromo.org
Website: www.rarechromo.org
Nutrition
www.nutrition.org.uk
This site provides healthy eating information
www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating/
www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_the_doctor/
Alcohol and drugs
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/
Alcohol Concern tackles the problems young people face from drinking, the link between alcohol and crime, and parents who drink
www.famanon.org.uk
Support for the relatives and friends of people with drug problems.
Helpline: 0845 120 0660
Alcoholics Anonymous
A self-help group run by recovering alcoholics.
Helpline: 0845 769 7555
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
The National Drugs Helpline
Free help and advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tel: 0800 776600
www.talktofrank.com
Mental Health
Mind Offers many services including helplines, drop-in centres, supported housing, counselling, befriending, advocacy, employment and training schemes.
www.mind.org.uk
UK's largest mental health online forum.
www.1in4-forum.org
Depression
Samaritans - 24-hour helpline: 08457 90 90 90
Saneline Helpline Tel: 0845 767 8000
www.depressionalliance.org
www.depressionanon.co.uk
www.sada.org.uk (for those who feel more depressed during winter)
Money
Cash for a Month
http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/services/services_menu.asp?cat=15
www.thefool.co.uk
Sources of Independent Debt Advice
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Tel: phone number listed in telephone directory. www.adviceguide.org.uk
CAP (Christians Against Poverty)
Christians Against Poverty is a national debt counselling charity working through a network of centres based in local churches. CAP offers hope and a solution to anyone in debt through its unique, in-depth service.
Tel: 01274 760720
www.capuk.org
Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)
Tel: 0800 138 1111
www.cccs.co.uk
Credit Action, Howard House, The Point, Weaver Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QN
Tel: 01522 699777
www.creditaction.org.uk
Money Advice Association, Kempton House, Dysart Road, Grantham, NG31 7LE
Tel: 01476 594970
www.m-a-a.org.uk
Money Advice Scotland, Suite 306, Pentagon Centre, 36 Warlington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ
Tel: 0141 572 0427
www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk
Inland Revenue Self-Assessment Helpline
Tel: 0845 9000 444
Insolvency Service Central Enquiry Line, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QW
Tel: 020 7291 6895
Ethical Lenders
Association of British Credit Unions
Tel: 0161 832 3694
www.abcul.org or www.creditunioncommunities.org
Debt Forum
A support board allowing people with debt problems to share
their experiences with each other.
www.debtforum.org.uk
Regulators
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Consumer Helpline: 0845 606 1234
www.fsa.gov.uk
Office of Fair Trading (OFT), Fleetbank House, 2–6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX Tel: 0845 722 4499
www.oft.gov.uk
Email: enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk
Fair trade, enviromental and ethical issues
