All Saints Church - Pastoral Links, UK

Ever wondered where to look if you have a problem and don't know where to turn, well, here you may find what you are looking for!

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Alcohol Abuse

This is a good site. Check out the “Other NCPC sites” which contains links to sections on children and teens.

This is an excellent site especially for teens. There is an extensive list of organisations that can help with alcohol related problems. There are also some very good articles on alcohol and alcohol abuse including:

Helping individuals and communities to manage the effects of drug and alcohol misuse.

Aids Advice

Healthopedia.com, a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focused health centres, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications.

This site focuses on education to prevent infection with HIV. It includes latest news and information ON AIDS AND HIV. It covers risks associated with injecting drugs and gives details of syringe and needle exchange schemes and of ways of reducing the risk of contracting HIV and AIDS. It has a special section for young people.

The national aids trust is the uk's leading independent policy and campaigning voice on hiv and aids.

The ahpn is an alliance of african community-based organisations and their supporters working for fair policies for people living with hiv and aids in the uk.

Crusaid is a leading uk charity dedicated to helping poor and marginalised people affected by hiv and aids.

Elton John Aids Foundation (ejaf) is an international non-profit organisation funding direct patient care services and hiv prevention education.

George House Trust provides voluntary support services for people with hiv in the north west, together with support to carers, partners and children directly affected by hiv.

NAM provides accurate hiv information to hiv positive people and to professionals that treat, support and care for them.

The naz project london is a sexual health hiv and aids agency for south asian, middle eastern, north african, latin american and other excluded communities.

There are over 60,000 people living with HIV in the UK. HIV does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race or sexuality. But society does. Positively UK believes in human rights, equality and justice and actively seeks to serve the community it represents.

The stop aids campaign brings together more than 80 of the uk's leading development and hiv and aids groups.

THT is the leading hiv and sexual health charity in the uk and the largest in europe.

Waverley care supports people in scotland living with hiv, their carers and families.

Babysitting

Broken Families

Gingerbread is the support agency for single parents and children. This site lists other agencies including gingerbread offices in other parts of the UK. Advice Line open 25 hours a week 11.00 am to 4.00 p.m.

Gingerbread runs the only national advice line for lone parents that offers advice based on the individual's needs and circumstances. They can give advice on a range of issues including; Child maintenance, benefits & housing.

Good UK Site but mainly for parents. Major study - reviews the experiences of children whose parents divorce.

Bullying

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If you are being bullied at school - don't suffer alone! There are people and organisations out there to help you and good advice is available through these web-sites:

Starting a new year at school can be a lot of fun: there are new friends and teachers to look forward to, old friends to meet up with, and a whole new experience to enter. Sadly, all of this can easily fade into the background if bullying arises. There are many different forms of bullying and it is important for everyone to know about them so that it can be recognized and dealt with when it comes up. Don't ever feel ashamed or scared of having to report an incident of bullying. Bullying, whatever the reason, is always wrong. There is always a way to deal with it, even if the situation may seem impossible. Read on through the rest of this article to learn how to spot the signs of bullying and how to protect yourself or friends from it.

The link to this website was added following a suggestion from Elaina, an Idaho student researching bullying - Thanks Elaina.

Beatbullying aims to reduce and prevent the incidence and impact of bullying, (physical, emotional, verbal, genderised, racist, inter-faith, homophobic) between young people.

Bully Busters' is an Anti Bullying Helpline that was launched to provide support for victims of bullying and their families.

Bullying UK is the UK's leading anti-bullying charity and the top destination for parents, children and schools.

The web site provides support for over half a million people each year including families, individuals, schools and youth organisations.

Kidscape is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.

Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from harm. The Kidscape staff equips vulnerable children with practical non-threatening knowledge and skills in how to keep themselves safe and reduce the likelihood of future harm.

Kidscape works with children and young people under the age of 16, their parents/carers, and those who work with them.

Bully OnLine, the web site of the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line and the world's leading source of bullying help with extensive resources on workplace bullying and related issues.

The Red Balloon Learner Centre was set up in a private home in Cambridge in 1996. The vision is to provide an 'intensive care' programme of full-time education in a safe learning environment for children unable to go to school because they have been severely bullied.

NCH - Action for children campaigns for wider access to information and communication technology for children from less advantaged backgrounds. They also recognise that the internet enables those who would harm children to have wider and more direct access to them. Therefore they strongly promote online safety for all children.

Bullying is a problem that faces thousands of people every day, but it can be prevented. The links and resources on this page explain how you can stop bullying.

Useful Telephone Numbers.
NSPCC freephone 0800 800 500
ChildLine (confidential and free for children) 0800 1111
Parentline 01268 757 077
Youth Access 01509 210420
Children's Legal Centre (week days 2.00 p.m. -5.00 p.m.) 01206 873820

Drugs

Useful Telephone Numbers.

“Health Wise” Helpline 0800 665544
National Drugs Helpline 0800 776600
Drugs in School Helpline 0345 366666
Youth Talk (Counseling for 11-18's) 01204 575341

Parenting

Smoking

This site has lots of sections, all of which deal with prevention and cure. This section is especially for teenagers and it's well worth a visit.

Quitting cigarettes and other forms of tobacco use brings immediate benefits in terms of blood circulation and long-term benefits in terms of gaining a healthier body. Although quitting is not always easy, it is well worth it, as those who cease their smoking gain many health benefits, save money that would have been spent on cigarettes, and will likely enjoy many more years with friends and family. This guide is designed to help any interested smoker quit their habit successfully. Follow these links, which represent some of the best online help for those who want to quit smoking and to live a smoke-free life.

Teenagers

Teenage Cancer Trust
Charity Registration No. 1062559

Teenage Cancer Trust
38 Warren Street
London W1T 6AE

Tel: 020 7387 1000
Fax: 020 7387 6000

The Teenage Cancer Trust funds the capital costs for specialist units for young people with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin's and related diseases, all over the United Kingdom.

FACT
One in 330 boys and one in 420 girls contract cancer before their 20th birthday.

One in three people develop cancer at sometime in their life - but to cope with cancer and its treatment during adolescence can be particularly devastating. They need all the help and support they can get (as well as the best treatment) which is available in the specialist units. The cost of each unit is about £500,000.

This is an excellent site - Take a look at the A-Z of teenage health problems or a peek at Doctor Ann's Terrific Virtual Surgery.

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