ADD Information Services (ADDISS)

Information and advice for parents, young people and professionals on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
PO Box 340, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 9HL
Tel: 020 8906 9068
Website: www.addiss.co.uk

@ease

Web-based resource for young people under stress or worried about their thoughts and feelings.
National advice line: 020 8974 6814, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - 10am to 3pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays - 10am to 1pm
Website: www.rethink.org/at-ease

SupportLine

Offers confidential emotional support for children, young adults and adults.
PO Box 1596, Ilford IG1 3FW
Tel: 0208 554 9004
Website: www.supportline.org.uk

Young Minds

Young Minds is a unique national charity working to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA
Tel: 020 7336 8445
Parents' information service: 0800 018 2138
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk

Age Concern

Information and advice relating to older people.
Age Concern England
Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER
Tel: 020 8765 7200
Information line: 0800 009966 seven days a week, 7am to 7pm
Website: www.ace.org.uk

Age Concern Cymru (Wales)

1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF1l 9SD
Tel: 029 2037 1566
Website: www.accymru.org.uk

Age Concern Northern Ireland

3 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR
Tel: 028 9024 5729
Website: www.ageconcernni.org

Age Concern Scotland

113 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DT
Tel: 0131 220 3345
Website: www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk

Aquila Care Trust

This charity offers support and care to men and women wanting to put their lives back together after a broken relationship or divorce. It offers courses at venues across the UK. The courses are facilitated by trained co-ordinators and operate as self-help groups. Please note you'll need to pay a fee to attend these courses; please see the website for details. Call for details of your nearest branch.
Tel: 01892 665524
Website: www.aquilatrust.org

CARELINE

Confidential telephone counselling for children, young people and adults on a variety of issues including family and relationship problems, child abuse, bullying, eating disorders, exam worries, sexual health and more..
Cardinal Heenan Centre, 326 High Road, Ilford IG1 1QP
Helpline: 020 8514 1177 (answerphone out of hours)
Open: Monday to Friday - 10am to 4pm and 7pm to 10pm
Website: www.webhealth.co.uk

Child Bereavement Network

8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE
Tel: 020 7843 6309
Website: www.ncb.org.uk/cbn

Child Psychotherapy Trust

The aims of the organisation are to improve the lives of emotionally damaged children by increasing the access to effective child and adolescent psychotherapy services. It tries to raise awareness of the value and methods of child psychotherapy and provide information to parents and practitioners on children's behaviour and development. It also funds training and supports projects in child psychotherapy. Anyone wishing further information should contact the organisation in writing enclosing an A4 sae with 38p stamp. Information should be despatched within three days.
104-108 Grafton Road, London NW5 4BD
Tel: 020 7284 1355 Monday to Friday - 8am to 5pm (answerphone out of hours)
Website: www.childpsychotherapytrust.org.uk/

Contact a Family

Offers support and advice to parents of children who have a mental or physical disability. If your child has mental health problems, you may feel the need to talk to other families who are going through a similar situation - or you may even wish to offer your support to another family.
209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
Tel: 020 7608 8700
Textphone: 0808 808 3556 (Monday to Friday - 10am to 4pm)
Helpline: 0808 808 3555 (Monday to Friday - 10am to 4pm)
Website: www.cafamily.org.uk

Cruse - Bereavement Care

Offers help to anyone bereaved by death. Free counselling, advice and publications.
Cruse House, 126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR
Tel: 020 8939 9530
Helpline: 0870 167 1677
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

National Newpin

Befriending and support groups for parents of preschool children who are under stress.
Sutherland House, 35 Sutherland Square, Walworth, London SE17 3EE
Tel: 020 7358 5900
Website: www.newpin.org.uk/

Newpin (Northern Ireland)

Development Office, 8 Windsor Avenue, Lurgan, County Armagh BT67 9BG
Tel: 028 3832 4843
Website: www.newpin.org.uk

The Retreat Association

Christian organisation promoting religious retreats. Contact for details of its journal.
Central Hall, 256 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UJ
Tel: 0845 456 1429
Web: www.retreats.org.uk