Please see below for Self Help Organisations that you may find helpful.
Self Help Organisations
Action on Addiction
Tel: 0845 126 4130
Web: www.actiononaddiction.org.uk
Provides advice and support for anyone worried about someone they know who is suffering from an addiction problem.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel: 0845 769 7555
Web: www.alcoholic-anonymous.org.uk
Provides information for people needing support and advice about the nature of alcohol dependence
Bereavement Advice Centre
Tel: 0800 634 9494
Web: www.bereavementadvice.org
Provides support and advice for people on what needs to be done after a death.
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
Tel: 0808 802 5858
Web: www.thecalmzone.net
Facebook: Facebook.com/theCALMzone
A male suicide prevention charity – suicide is currently the single biggest killer of 15-34 year old men in the UK – offering help, advice and information
Carers Direct
Tel: 0808 802 0202
Web: www.nhs.uk/carersdirect
Provides a guide to practical support and help available to carers.
Child Death Helpline
Tel: 0800 282 986
Web: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
Offers support to those bereaved by loss of a child in any circumstances.
CRUSE Bereavement Care
Tel: 0870 167 1677 (Helpline)
0808 808 1677 (Young Persons Helpline)
Web: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Helpline for anyone affected by bereavement
Depression Alliance
Tel. 0845 123 2320 Web: www.depressionalliance.org
Provides support and understanding to anyone affected by depression
Divorce Recovery Workshop
Tel: 0700 078 1889
Web: www.drw.org.uk
Help for newly separated or divorced individuals in the form of self-help groups, run by volunteers who have experience of relationship break-up.
Eating Disorders Association
Helpline: 08456 341 414
Tel: 01603 619 090
Web: www.b-eat.co.uk
Provides information and help on all aspects of eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, binge eating disorder and related eating disorders
Men’s Advice Line
Tel: 0808 801 0327
Web: www.mensadviceline.org.uk
Men’s Advice Line: a confidential helpline for any man experiencing domestic violence and abuse from a partner (or ex-partner).
MIND
Tel: 0845 766 0163 (Helpline)
Web: www.mind.org.uk
Leading UK Mental Health Charity offering supported housing, crisis helplines, drop-in centres, counselling, befriending, advocacy, employment and training schemes
Mosac
Tel: 0800 980 1958
Web: www.mosac.org.uk
Help and support for parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused.
Narcotics Anonymous
Tel: 0845 373 3366 (Helpline)
Web: www.ukna.org
A voluntary organisation run by recovering addicts. Provides information for people needing support and advice about the nature of drug addiction
National Centre for Domestic Violence
Tel: 0800 970 2070
Web: www.ncdv.org.uk
Helps victims of domestic violence obtain non-molestation and injunctions from court to protect them from further abuse.
National Phobics Society
Helpline: 0870 122 2325
Web: www.phobics-society.org.uk
A national registered charity run by sufferers and ex-sufferers from anxiety disorders, providing phone and online support
National Self Harm Network
Tel: 0845 766 0163
Web: www.nshn.co.uk
Provides information, contacts and workshops on matters relating to self harm and promotes survivor written literature
No Panic
Helpline: 0808 808 0545
Web: www.nopanic.org.uk
Runs local self help groups and produces a range of leaflets, information and audio tapes
OCD Action
Tel: 0845 390 6232
Web: www.ocdaction.org.uk
A national charity for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the related disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), compulsive skin picking (CSP) and trichotillomania
OCD UK
Tel: 0845 120 3778
Web: www.ocduk.org
OCD-UK is an OCD charity that is a charity for children and adults with OCD, run by sufferers, for sufferers. It facilitates a safe environment for people affected by OCD to communicate with each other and provide mutual understanding and support
One Parent Families/Gingerbread
Tel: 0808 802 0925
Web: www.gingerbread.org.uk
Provides information for lone parents on issues including: legal rights, benefits, maintenance, work, education and childcare.
PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide)
Tel: 0870 170 4000 (Helpline)
Web: www.papyrus-uk.org
Provides information for parents of suicidal children and supports those bereaved by suicide
Quit Smoking Community
Web: http://quitsmokingcommunity.org/
A combination of quality information and strong community support to help people learn how to quit smoking once and for all
Relate
Tel: 0300 100 1234
Web: www.relate.org.uk
Information on relationship counselling, psychosexual therapy, mediation and online advice.
Rethink
Tel: 0300 5000 927
Web: www.rethink.org
National Mental Health Charity: provision of expert advice and information to those affected by mental health problems.
Samaritans
Contact: 08457 909090
Web: www.samaritans.org
Providing 24 hour phone support, Samaritans is a national charity and the co-ordinating body for 201 Samaritans branches. Their aim is to reduce emotional distress and reduce suicidal feelings so that fewer people die by suicide.
SANE
Contact: 0845 767 8000 (helpline)
Web: www.sane.org.uk
Provides emotional support, practical help and information for people affected by mental illness
Social Anxiety
Contact: social@anxiety.org.uk
Web: www.social-anxiety.org.uk
A volunteer led organisation – providing information on social anxiety and related issues: support and information for shyness and self-consciousness; resources for understanding and combatting stress symptoms and nervous tension.
Talk to Frank
Contact: 0800 77 66 00
Web: www.talktofrank.com
Formerly known as the National Drugs Helpline; a website ad telephone helpline offering advice, information and support to anyone concerned about drugs and substance misuse, including drug misusers, their families, friends and carers
Terrence Higgins Trust
Tel: 0845 1221 200
Web: www.tht.org.uk
Offers information and general advice to those affected or concerned about HIV.
The Way Foundation
Tel: 0870 011 3450
Web: www.wayfoundation.org.uk
Provides a support network for men and women widowed under the age of 50 and their children
Triumph Over Phobia (TOPUK)
Tel: 0845 600 9601 Web: www.topuk.org
A national network of structured self-help groups. Helpline for people experiencing anxiety disorders