Help and Advice

If you need advice the following resources may be useful. They are not a replacement for healthcare or professional advice but may well help you if you want assistance or support. If you know of any organisations that not listed here, please email me at info@drpetra.co.uk so I can add them to this list. Most of the resources on this list are UK based but links to support services/advice in other countries are also welcome.

A
Abuse and Domestic Violence
Refuge
Women’s Aid
Men’s Advice Line
Mankind
Splitz
Broken Rainbow (advice for LGBT survivors)
Galop (support for LGBT on hate crime,harassment, domestic/sexual violence)
Rape Crisis
Survivors
Pet Retreat (for those who need someone to care for their animals when fleeing domestic violence)

Ageing
Age UK

B
Bereavement
CRUSE Bereavement Care
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS)
Babyloss
Miscarriage Association
Childhood Bereavement Network
Child Bereavement Charity
Winston’s Wish
Widow.uk
The WAY Foundation (Widowed and Young)

Bullying
Anti Bullying Network
Anti Bullying Alliance
Bullying UK

BDSM
Informed Consent
Clarisse Thorn Resources

Carers
Carers UK
Young Carers

D
Disability
Outsiders
Scope
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Family Fund (grants for low income families raising children with disabilities or who are severely ill)
Banardos (resources for children with disabilities and their families)
Dimensions (support for people with autism and learning difficulties and their families)

Divorce, Separation and Mediation
Separated Families
Direct Gov resources on divorce, separation and relationship breakdown
National Family Mediation
Action for Children
Families Need Fathers
A Kids Space
The Parent Connection (parenting after parting)
Shelter resources for relationship breakdown
Directgov resources on marriage, civil partnership and divorce
Surviving Separation

Drug /Alcohol advice
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon (for families affected by a person’s drinking)
Turning Point
Frank

G
Gender and Sex
Beaumont Society
The Angels
Spectrum London
Trans Centre
TransLondon
The Gender Trust
Press For Change

H
Health
NHS Direct
NHS Choices
Healthtalkonline
Patient.co.uk

Housing and Homelessness
Shelter
Citizens Advice (Housing)
Albert Kennedy Trust (for LGBT Youth)
Outpost Housing (LGBT)
FirstStop (Housing advice for older people and their families)

L
Legal, financial and rights
Citizens Advice
Advice Now
National Debtline
Money Advice Service

M
Mental Health
MIND
SANE
Mental Health Foundation
Rethink Mental Illness
Anxiety UK
Metro Centre (LGBT)
PACE Health (LGBT)

P
Pregnancy and birth
NHS Your Pregnancy and Baby
National Childbirth Trust
Electivecesarean.com
Pregnancy Sickness Support
Birth Trauma Association
The Early Birth Association
Ectopic Pregnancy Trust

Parenting
Family Lives
Homestart
Gingerbread (support for single parents)
Only Mums (support for single parents)
Only Dads (support for single parents)
RCPSYCH Postnatal Depression
Pandas (PND)
Association for Postnatal Illness
Cry-sis (for parents with babies who cry, don’t sleep or are demanding)
Twins and Multiple Births Association

R
Relationship Support
Cohabitation advice
Couple Connection
CORST
Poly relationships
Polyamory

S
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Terrence Higgins Trust
NPL (HIV advice and support for BME communities)
National AIDS Trust
National AIDS Map
BASSH Patient
Herpes Association
Sex,worth talking about (NHS)
Family Planning Association
Emergency Contraception
Abortion
NHS Contraception Advice
Men’s Sexual Health
Trans* Women Sexual Health
Trans* Men Sexual Health
London Sexual Health Programme

Sexual Problems
Sexual Advice Association
Vulval Pain Association

Sexualities
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
BiUK
Bisexual Index
BiCommunityNews
Aven (asexuality)

Suicide and Self Harm
Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
Samaritans
National Self Harm Network
PAPYRUS UK (prevention of young suicide)

T
Therapy
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Rainbow Couch
Pink Practice

Y
Young People
Scarleteen
BishUK (sex advice for teens)
Brook
The Site
Childline
Mermaids (support for teens and children with gender identity issues)
BGIOK (advice on sexuality for the under 25s)
Get Connected
EACH (Educational Action Challenging Homophobia)
UK Youth (general support resource for young people)
Young Minds (mental health support for children and adolescents, families and professionals)