Support Services & Advice
Please find here a list of websites and agencies in the local area who may also be able to offer support and advice to our families.
Bullying
Family lives:
www.familylives.org.uk/advice/bullying
Anti-bullying Alliance (ABA):
www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Counselling Services
Bedfordshire Open Door (counselling for young people):
www.bedfordopendoor.org.uk
CHUMS Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Service:
www.chums.uk.com
Tel: 01525 863924
Hear2Listen:
www.hear2listen.org.uk
Relate Bedfordshire and Luton:
www.relatebedsandluton.org.uk
Sorted Counselling Services:
E-mail: admin.sorted@talktalk.net
Tel: 01582 891435 appointments (Mon-Thur)
Bedfordshire Well-being Service:
www.bedfordshirewellbeingservice.nhs.uk
Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services:
www.youthaccess.org.uk
REFLECT (Text messaging service):
Text reflect to 85258
Cyber Safety
Childnet International:
www.childnet-int.org
UK Safer Internet Centre:
saferinternet.org.uk
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP):
www.ceop.police.uk
Internet Watch Foundation:
www.iwf.org.uk
Safe4Me:
www.safe4me.co.uk/resources
Domestic Abuse
Bedfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership:
Drugs and Alcohol Services
ADFAM:
www.adfam.org.uk
Aquarius:
aquarius.org.uk/contact-us
National Drugs Helpline (FRANK):
www.talktofrank.com
Tel: 0800 776 600 (24 hrs free advice)
NHS choices
www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/alcohol-support
LGBTQ
Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (FFLAG):
www.fflag.org.uk
Stonewall:
www.stonewall.org.uk
Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH):
www.eachaction.org.uk
Mental Health
CHUMS:
www.chums.uk.com
Mind BLMK
www.mind-blmk.org.uk
Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide
www.papyrus-uk.org
Rethink Mental Illness
www.rethink.org
Tel: 0845 456 0455
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
Young Minds
www.youngminds.org.uk
Young Person’s Helpline: 020 7336 8445
Parent Helpline: 0808 802 5544
Young Person's Sanctuaries in Bedford, Luton and Central Beds
www.mind-blmk.org.uk/how-we-can-help/crisis-support/young-persons-sanctuary/
Well-being
Be Body Positive
www.bebodypositive.org.uk
Better Days BLMK
betterdaysblmk@hotmail.com
General Support
NHS
www.nhs.uk
www.chathealth.nhs.uk
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
CAMHS
www.elft.nhs.uk/services/north-bedfordshire-camhs
Childline:
www.childline.org.uk
Tel: 0800 1111