Useful Links
Helpline and sources of advice
NHS Direct is here to make a difference to the lives of people in England, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. We're here for you whenever you have health worries and we have the knowledge and experience to give you real help and reassurance.
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgmental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
Whatever you're going through, whether it's big or small, don't bottle it up. We are here for you if you're worried about something, feel upset or confused, or just want to talk to someone.
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from 3,300 locations, and by influencing policymakers.
Multikulti provides accessible, accurately translated advice and information in community languages in the following areas: debt, employment, health, education, immigration and racism & discrimination.
The helpline is for any young person under the age of 19 years who feel they need emotional support. Young people who are worried, confused or just need to talk can contact our trained volunteers by telephone, email or on-line chat. Whichever way they choose to contact Y2Y they can be assured that their call will be treated confidentially and a young person will be there to give them the support and help they need.
Drinkline
Helpline: 0800 917 8282
Best time to telephone: 9am - 11pm, Monday to Friday
Drinkline offers the following services:
• Information and self-help materials
• Help to callers worried about their own drinking
• Support to the family and friends of people who are drinking
• Advice to callers on where to go for help
Drinkline is confidential and no names need be given. Callers to the above number have the option of listening to recorded information about alcohol or talking to an adviser.
For most adults, it's fine to enjoy a drink. At the same time, we all need to look after our health and wellbeing. This is where you can find out more about how to do both.
You'll find all kinds of useful information about alcohol and drinking, from fascinating facts to practical tips, to suit all kinds of people and occasions. Drinkaware is supporting the government’s new Know Your Limits awareness campaign.
Information, news, products and services for disabled people.
We are the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight loss.
Our pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem – not just with braille and Talking Books, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges.
RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people.
Advice and booklets for healthy eating and physical activity.
Advice and booklets for healthy eating and physical activity.
NHS Direct is here to make a difference to the lives of people in England, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. We're here for you whenever you have health worries and we have the knowledge and experience to give you real help and reassurance.
Drugwatch.com is dedicated to educating the public about details of prescription and over the counter medications, and associated side effects.
Sources of information about Well-Being
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues.
It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation.
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.
NHS Choices website “Live Well”, videos, stories, advice and sources of support for mental health and well-being.
NHS Choices – your health, your choices
What is Healthy Start?
With Healthy Start, you can get free vouchers every week which you swap for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. Healthy Start replaces the Welfare Food Scheme.
Food Standards Agency website, containing useful information around healthy eating and health issues, includes interactive games and quizzes.
NHS 5 a day web page, top tips for Eating more fruit and vegetables.
The Food and Mood Community Interest Company (formerly the Food and Mood Project) is a web-based, user-led company that provides dietary self-help resources for improving mental and emotional health.
Living life to the full On-line is a powerful new life skills resource.
The course has been written by a Psychiatrist who has many years of experience using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach and also in helping people use these skills in everyday life.
Shift is an initiative to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people.
We are about to move a large step closer to eliminating stigma and discrimination from mental health – Mental Health Media, Mind, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have been awarded £18 million from the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief to run a programme to allow us to publicly challenge attitudes towards mental illness in England and counter discrimination against people who experience mental ill health.
A very warm welcome to healthypages, the UKs busiest and most popular complementary health and holistic website.
Health education and promotion
Leaflets and other resources on Keep Warm, Keep Well, 5 A Day and the Department’s other well-being campaigns.
Sport England is the government agency responsible for developing a world-class community sport system. Find out more about our work, our targets and the outcomes we intend to achieve.
Walking the way to Health (WHI) is the largest national body promoting and setting the standards for led health walks. It is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation.
WHI aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities. We support over 525 local health walk schemes.
The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.
The MEND Programme is a fun, free after-school course which helps families learn how to be fitter, healthier and happier. It was developed by experts in child health and our research shows it really works!
Maintaining a 'keep fit' lifestyle doesn't have to mean slogging it out in a sweaty gym. Just boosting your levels of general daily activity will reap big rewards in improved health and energy.
Want to improve your health and well-being but not too keen on running machines or lycra?
Then why not take a look at our award-winning alternative . . .
. . . you could be helping the environment as well as yourself! We all know we should try to be healthier and fitter. We are increasingly aware of the importance of our natural resources and environment. Green Gym ticks all the boxes!
What is a Green Gym?
The BTCV Green Gym® is a scheme which inspires you to improve both your health and the environment at the same time.
Experienced leaders guide you through a range of practical projects, giving you the opportunity to tackle physical jobs in the outdoors – improving your strength and stamina, boosting your practical skills and confidence and benefitting your local green spaces.
Leisure and Sport - Hertfordshire
Leisure and Sport – Norfolk
Leisure and Sport – Essex
Leisure and Sport - Suffolk
If you are a person who has experience of mental health illness, a carer, someone who currently uses services or anyone who has an interest in mental health then why not join INVOLVING ESSEX and be part of the network?
MHFA does not teach people to be therapists. However, it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help.
The Inquiry was set up in late 2003 by Age Concern and the Mental Health Foundation. It aims to:
- Raise awareness of mental health and well-being in later life
- Involve and empower older people
- Create better understanding and build an evidence base
- Influence policy and planning
- Improve services
- Stimulate ongoing work by others
Rural Stress Helpline A confidential, non judgemental listening service guaranteeing anonymity to anyone in a rural area feeling troubled, anxious, worried, stressed or needing information. 0845 0948286
Leisure and Sport - Bedfordshire
Sport – Cambridgeshire
Norfolk Dance is the development organisation for dance in the county.
We offer imaginative and challenging opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to become involved in dance.
We work with professional dancers and companies as well as our resident dance artists offering classes, workshops, performances and professional development in Norwich and across the county.
The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues.
It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation.
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues.
It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation.
The Food and Mood Community Interest Company (formerly the Food and Mood Project) is a web-based, user-led company that provides dietary self-help resources for improving mental and emotional health.
Sport England is the government agency responsible for developing a world-class community sport system. Find out more about our work, our targets and the outcomes we intend to achieve.
Helpline and sources of advice
NHS Direct is here to make a difference to the lives of people in England, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. We're here for you whenever you have health worries and we have the knowledge and experience to give you real help and reassurance. |
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Samaritans provides confidential non-judgmental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Whatever you're going through, whether it's big or small, don't bottle it up. We are here for you if you're worried about something, feel upset or confused, or just want to talk to someone. |
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The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from 3,300 locations, and by influencing policymakers. |
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Multikulti provides accessible, accurately translated advice and information in community languages in the following areas: debt, employment, health, education, immigration and racism & discrimination. |
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The helpline is for any young person under the age of 19 years who feel they need emotional support. Young people who are worried, confused or just need to talk can contact our trained volunteers by telephone, email or on-line chat. Whichever way they choose to contact Y2Y they can be assured that their call will be treated confidentially and a young person will be there to give them the support and help they need. |
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Drinkline |
Helpline: 0800 917 8282 Best time to telephone: 9am - 11pm, Monday to Friday Drinkline offers the following services: • Information and self-help materials • Help to callers worried about their own drinking • Support to the family and friends of people who are drinking • Advice to callers on where to go for help Drinkline is confidential and no names need be given. Callers to the above number have the option of listening to recorded information about alcohol or talking to an adviser. |
For most adults, it's fine to enjoy a drink. At the same time, we all need to look after our health and wellbeing. This is where you can find out more about how to do both. You'll find all kinds of useful information about alcohol and drinking, from fascinating facts to practical tips, to suit all kinds of people and occasions. Drinkaware is supporting the government’s new Know Your Limits awareness campaign. |
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Information, news, products and services for disabled people. |
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We are the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight loss. Our pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem – not just with braille and Talking Books, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. |
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RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people. |
|
Advice and booklets for healthy eating and physical activity. |
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Advice and booklets for healthy eating and physical activity. |
|
NHS Direct is here to make a difference to the lives of people in England, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. We're here for you whenever you have health worries and we have the knowledge and experience to give you real help and reassurance. |
|
Drugwatch.com is dedicated to educating the public about details of prescription and over the counter medications, and associated side effects. |
Sources of information about Well-Being
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues. It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation. |
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Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. |
|
NHS Choices website “Live Well”, videos, stories, advice and sources of support for mental health and well-being. |
|
NHS Choices – your health, your choices |
|
What is Healthy Start? With Healthy Start, you can get free vouchers every week which you swap for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. Healthy Start replaces the Welfare Food Scheme. |
|
Food Standards Agency website, containing useful information around healthy eating and health issues, includes interactive games and quizzes. |
|
NHS 5 a day web page, top tips for Eating more fruit and vegetables. |
|
The Food and Mood Community Interest Company (formerly the Food and Mood Project) is a web-based, user-led company that provides dietary self-help resources for improving mental and emotional health. |
|
Living life to the full On-line is a powerful new life skills resource. The course has been written by a Psychiatrist who has many years of experience using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach and also in helping people use these skills in everyday life. |
|
Shift is an initiative to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people. |
|
We are about to move a large step closer to eliminating stigma and discrimination from mental health – Mental Health Media, Mind, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have been awarded £18 million from the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief to run a programme to allow us to publicly challenge attitudes towards mental illness in England and counter discrimination against people who experience mental ill health. |
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A very warm welcome to healthypages, the UKs busiest and most popular complementary health and holistic website. |
|
Health education and promotion Leaflets and other resources on Keep Warm, Keep Well, 5 A Day and the Department’s other well-being campaigns. |
|
Sport England is the government agency responsible for developing a world-class community sport system. Find out more about our work, our targets and the outcomes we intend to achieve. |
|
Walking the way to Health (WHI) is the largest national body promoting and setting the standards for led health walks. It is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation. WHI aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities. We support over 525 local health walk schemes. |
|
The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need. |
|
The MEND Programme is a fun, free after-school course which helps families learn how to be fitter, healthier and happier. It was developed by experts in child health and our research shows it really works! |
|
Maintaining a 'keep fit' lifestyle doesn't have to mean slogging it out in a sweaty gym. Just boosting your levels of general daily activity will reap big rewards in improved health and energy. |
|
Want to improve your health and well-being but not too keen on running machines or lycra? Then why not take a look at our award-winning alternative . . . . . . you could be helping the environment as well as yourself! We all know we should try to be healthier and fitter. We are increasingly aware of the importance of our natural resources and environment. Green Gym ticks all the boxes! What is a Green Gym? The BTCV Green Gym® is a scheme which inspires you to improve both your health and the environment at the same time. Experienced leaders guide you through a range of practical projects, giving you the opportunity to tackle physical jobs in the outdoors – improving your strength and stamina, boosting your practical skills and confidence and benefitting your local green spaces. |
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Leisure and Sport - Hertfordshire |
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Leisure and Sport – Norfolk |
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Leisure and Sport – Essex |
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Leisure and Sport - Suffolk |
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If you are a person who has experience of mental health illness, a carer, someone who currently uses services or anyone who has an interest in mental health then why not join INVOLVING ESSEX and be part of the network? |
|
MHFA does not teach people to be therapists. However, it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help. |
|
The Inquiry was set up in late 2003 by Age Concern and the Mental Health Foundation. It aims to: - Raise awareness of mental health and well-being in later life - Involve and empower older people - Create better understanding and build an evidence base - Influence policy and planning - Improve services - Stimulate ongoing work by others |
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Rural Stress Helpline A confidential, non judgemental listening service guaranteeing anonymity to anyone in a rural area feeling troubled, anxious, worried, stressed or needing information. 0845 0948286 |
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Leisure and Sport - Bedfordshire |
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Sport – Cambridgeshire |
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Norfolk Dance is the development organisation for dance in the county. We offer imaginative and challenging opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to become involved in dance. We work with professional dancers and companies as well as our resident dance artists offering classes, workshops, performances and professional development in Norwich and across the county. |
|
The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need. |
|
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues. It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation. |
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The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues. It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation. |
|
The Food and Mood Community Interest Company (formerly the Food and Mood Project) is a web-based, user-led company that provides dietary self-help resources for improving mental and emotional health. |
|
Sport England is the government agency responsible for developing a world-class community sport system. Find out more about our work, our targets and the outcomes we intend to achieve. |
