Helplines and Useful Links

Ageing advice

• Age UK: https://www.ageuk.org.uk

• Alzheimers Scotland:  https://www.alzscot.org 0808 808 3000

• Alzheimer’s Society Wales: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-us/wales  (in English) 0333 150 3456 (in Welsh) 03300 947 400

Bereavement

• Cruse Bereavement Support: https://www.cruse.org.uk 0808 808 1677

• Grampian Child Bereavement Helpline – support for children who are bereaved: https://www.gcbn.org.uk 01224 554152 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-2:30pm)

• Support Around Death NHS: https://www.sad.scot.nhs.uk

Carers

• In Care Survivors – supporting people who were abused in the care system: https://www.incaresurvivors.org.uk  0800 121 6027

• ​Support in Mind Scotland – Carers Support: https://www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk/help-for-families-and-carers

Children

• Childline – help and advice for children: https://www.childline.org.uk 0800 1111 (24hrs)

Drugs and alcohol advice

• Alcohol and Drugs Action – Aberdeen https://www.alcoholanddrugsaction.org.uk

• NHS Advice on Drug Addiction: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/

Family planning and sexual health

• Choices Aberdeen https://www.choicesaberdeen.org.uk 01224 624900 / 07960 917044

• FPA – https://www.fpa.org.uk

• Grampian Sexual Health (NHS) https://www.grampiansexualhealthservices.com

• Greater Glasgow and Clyde Sexual Health (NHS) – https://www.sandyford.scot

• Highland Sexual Health (NHS) – https://www.highlandsexualhealth.co.uk

• Lothian Sexual Health Clinic (NHS) –  https://www.lothiansexualhealth.scot

• Our positive voice – a forum for people living with and affected by HIV https://ourpositivevoice.org 

• Pregnancy Choices Directory: https://www.pregnancychoicesdirectory.com

• Sexual Health Scotland – https://www.sexualhealthscotland.co.uk

Help for women

• Aberdeen Womens Aid 01224 591577

• Grampians woman’s aid https://www.grampian-womens-aid.com 01224 593381

• Live Fear Free Gov.wales https://gov.wales/live-fear-free

• North Wales Women’s Centre https://northwaleswomenscentre.com

• Refuge – for women and children against domestic violence: https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/en 0808 2000 247

• Women’s Aid Scotland: https://womensaid.scot 0800 027 1234 

• Women’s Aid Wales: https://www.welshwomensaid.org.uk

• Women’s Aid England: https://www.womensaid.org.uk

Mental health crisis

• CALM – charity dedicated to preventing male suicide: https://www.thecalmzone.net

• Edinburgh Crisis Centre: http://www.edinburghcrisiscentre.org.uk/wordpress/

• Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/

• Samaritans Aberdeen 08457 909090

• Shout – Free 24/7 mental health text support in the UK – text “SHOUT” to 85258: https://giveusashout.org

• Support In Mind Scotland – Help in a crisis:
  www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk/help-in-a-crisis

Mental health

Scotland:

• Aberdeen Counselling and Information Service https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/health-and-wellbeing-services/eb09119a626f4a6f825d15fd1396b242%201

• Bipolar Scotland: https://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk

• Brain Injury Grampian: https://brain-injury-grampian.weebly.com 0808 800 2244

• Breathing Space https://breathingspace.scot 0800 838587 (6pm-2am)

• Counselling and counsellor aberdeen: https://thirdlevelfoundation.co.uk

• Health In Mind (Scotland) https://www.health-in-mind.org.uk

• Mental Health Aberdeen: www.mha.uk.net 01224 573892

• Penumbra Scotland http://www.penumbra.org.uk

• The Spark Scotland https://thespark.org.uk

• SAMH (Scottish Assoc for Mental Health): www.samh.org.uk/find-help 0344 800 0550

• SUPPORT IN MIND SCOTLAND (action for people affected by mental illness) Info Line: 0131 662 4359

Wales

• Hafal – recovery from serious mental illness in Wales: https://www.hafal.org

• Mental Health Matters Wales: https://mhmwales.org.uk

• Mental Health Wales: http://www.mentalhealthwales.net

• Mentally Healthy Schools Wales: https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/whole-school-approach/wales/understanding-the-mental-health-landscape-in-wales/

• Mind Cymru: https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/mind-cymru/

• West Wales Action for Mental Health: https://wwamh.org.uk

UK

• BEAT – UK’s Eating Disorder Charity: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk

• Mental Health Foundation: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

• Mental Health UK: https://mentalhealth-uk.org

• Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk 0300 123 3393

• Nightline Association: https://nightline.ac.uk

• Rethink Mental Illness: https://www.rethink.org

• Young Minds: https://www.youngminds.org.uk

Money advice

• Aberdeen Foyer -services for vulnerable people across Aberdeen www.aberdeenfoyer.com Tel: 01224 212924

• Citizens Advice Bureau Scotland: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/

• Citizens Advice Bureau Wales: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/

• Debt advice from the Scottish Government: https://www.mygov.scot/support-money

• Debt Advice from Welsh Government: https://gov.wales/get-financial-or-debt-advice

• Money Helper: https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/money-troubles/dealing-with-debt/use-our-debt-advice-locator

• National Debtline: https://nationaldebtline.org

• Shelter Cymru on debt: https://sheltercymru.org.uk/projects/debt-advice/

• Step Change – Free debt advice: https://www.stepchange.org/how-we-help/debt-advice.aspx

Relationships

• Relate – the relationship people: https://www.relate.org.uk

• Relationships Scotland – https://www.relationships-scotland.org.uk

• Relationships Scotland Couple Counselling Central Scotland (Scotland Central Belt) https://www.relationships-scotlandcccs.org.uk

• Scottish Government on getting help with a relationship problem: https://www.mygov.scot/relationship-counselling

• The Spark – Individual, marriage and couple counselling https://thespark.org.uk/relationship-support-for-couples-individuals/ 0808 802 2088

Violence AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

• AMIS (Abused Men in Scotland) https://abusedmeninscotland.org 03300 949 395

• Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre: https://www.ercc.scot 08088 01 03 02

• MOSAC Support for non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused: https://mosac.org.uk 0800 980 1958

• Rape and Abuse Line: 0808 800 0123 answered by women: 7-10pm most evenings | Rape and Abuse Line: 0808 800 0122 answered by men 7-10pm selected evenings

• Rape Crisis 08088 010203 6pm-12 midnight 7 days a week

• Rape Crisis England and Wales: https://rapecrisis.org.uk 0808 802 9999

• Rape Crisis Grampian https://www.rapecrisisgrampian.co.uk      01224 590932  08088 01 03 02

• Survivors UK (Support and counselling for raped or sexually abused men) 0845 122 1201 https://www.survivorsuk.org

• Victims Support 0845 270 4750

• Victim Support Scotland https://victimsupport.scot 0800 160 1985