Gloucester Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre

Forest of Dean Friendship Group (GRASAC)

GRASAC provides free, confidential and non-judgemental support and information services to women and girls affected by any form of sexual violence at any time of in their lives. They are currently running a Forest of Dean Friendship Group in a safe quiet location in Coleford, one Thursday every month.

Telephone: 01452 305421

Website: www.glosrasac.org

Email: info@glosrasac.org.uk

Sexual Assault Referral Centre

If you, or someone you know, has been the victim of sexual assault or rape, the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) at Hope House, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, is here to help.

Telephone: 01452 754390

Website: www.gloucestershire.respectyourself.info

Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service

Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service is a county-wide service designed to reduce the level of domestic abuse and improve the safety of victims and their families.

Telephone: 0845 602 9035

Website: www.gdass.org.uk

Email: support@gdass.org.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Telephone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Great Oaks Dean Forest Hospice

Great Oaks support people living within the Forest of Dean who have a life limiting illness.

Telephone: 01594 811910

Website: www.great-oaks.org.uk

Forest of Dean Bereavement Support

A voluntary group that meets at the Belle Vue Centre, Cinderford. Support is offered to the bereaved through group or one to one befriending.

Telephone: 01594 822014

Mental Health Carer Support Group

People who are there for those supporting someone with a mental health problem. A way to have a break from caring.

Website: www.yourcircle.org.uk

Cross Roads Care

We support Carers in Gloucestershire by providing professional Carer Support Workers (CSWs) to take over their caring responsibility to enable the carer to have a well needed break.

Telephone: 01594 823414

Website: www.crossroadsfd.org.uk

Email: admin@crossroadsfd.org.uk

Gloucestershire Carers Hub

We offer support for carers to help not only their physical and emotional well-being, but to help them to make informed decisions that have a positive, lasting influence on their lives.

Facebook: @gloucestershirecarershub

Telephone: 0300 111 9000

Website: gloucestershirecarershub.co.uk

Email: carers@peopleplus.co.uk

Gloucestershire Young Carers

Gloucestershire Young Carers is a dynamic charity constantly growing and developing to meet the ever-changing needs of young carers in the county.

Facebook: GloucestershireYoungCarers

Twitter: @Glosyoungcarers

Telephone: 01452 733060

Website: www.glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Email: mail@glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Carers UK

They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.

Telephone: 020 7378 4999

Website: www.carersuk.org

Email: info@carersuk.org

Gloucestershire Young Carers

Gloucestershire Young Carers is a dynamic charity constantly growing and developing to meet the ever-changing needs of young carers in the county.

Facebook: GloucestershireYoungCarers

Twitter: @Glosyoungcarers

Telephone: 01452 733060

Website: www.glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Email: mail@glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Forest of Dean Children's Opportunity Centre

The Centre provides services and support to children with special needs from birth to age 7 and their families.

Telephone: 01594 837552

Website: www.fodopportunitycentre.org

Email: admin@childoc.org.uk

Teenagers in Crisis - Gloucestershire

TIC+ (Teens in Crisis) provides face-to-face and online counselling services across Gloucestershire for young people aged 9-21 and their families. At TIC+ we care. We’re here to listen and support you – not to judge you.

Telephone: 01594 372777

Website: www.ticplus.org.uk

School Nursing

School nurses are public health nurses working in the community. They have specialist knowledge and skills to enable them to work with children and young people aged from 5 to 19 in the community, whether they attend school or not.

Website: www.glos-care.nhs.uk

Childhood illness visual guide

Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Vaccination planner

Download a personalised vaccination calendar, which highlights the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Forest Voluntary Action Forum

As the Volunteer Centre for the Forest of Dean, the FVAF supports volunteering that involves individuals, voluntary and community groups.

Telephone: 01594 822073

Website: www.fvaf.org.uk

Young Gloucestershire

Young Gloucestershire is a countywide charity that supports disadvantaged young people who are facing challenges in their lives.

Telephone: 01452 501008

Website: www.youngglos.org.uk

Email: hello@youngglos.org.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles service offers support, information and guidance to people who want to make changes to their lifestyle.

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

CGL Gloucestershire

CGL Gloucestershire is a free and confidential drug and alcohol service for adults (including offenders), families, carers and affected others.

Telephone: 01452 223014

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

Email: Gloucestershire.Info@cgl.org.uk

Drinkline

If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can call this free helpline, in complete confidence.

Telephone: 0300 123 1110

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Telephone: 0800 9177 650

Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Email: help@aamail.org

Talk to Frank

If you have a problem with drugs Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs advice.

Telephone: 0300 123 6600

Text: 82111

Website: www.talktofrank.com

Email: frank@talktofrank.com

Motor Neurone Disease Association

The association has an on-line forum, where people affected by MND can share experiences and support each other.

Support group meeting also take place, where people living with MND, their families, carers and friends get together.  Sometimes there are outside speakers, outings, or simply a cup of tea and a chat.

Telephone: 0808 802 6262

Website: http://mndgloucestershire.org.uk/

Email: mndconnect@mndassociation.org

Sense

Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. They provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them.

Telephone: 0300 330 9256

Website: www.sense.org.uk

Email: info@sense.org.uk

MS Society

Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS. It affects two million more. The MS Society offer hope for the future by investing millions in research, and help for today through our information, support and campaigning.

Telephone: 0808 800 8000

Website: www.mssociety.org.uk

Gloucestershire Youth Support Team

We speak up for young people in Gloucestershire, advise, and support them.

Telephone: 01452 547540

Website: youthsupportteam.co.uk

Email: info.glos@prospects.co.uk

On Your Mind

Gloucestershire’s hub for young people looking for mental health support advice on how to cope with life’s ups and downs.

Website: www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk

Teenagers in Crisis - Gloucestershire

TIC+ (Teens in Crisis) provides face-to-face and online counselling services across Gloucestershire for young people aged 9-21 and their families. At TIC+ we care. We’re here to listen and support you – not to judge you.

Telephone: 01594 372777

Website: www.ticplus.org.uk

Mental Health Carer Support Group

People who are there for those supporting someone with a mental health problem. A way to have a break from caring.

Website: www.yourcircle.org.uk

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Telephone: 116 123

Website: www.samaritans.org

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Rethink

Rethink provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.

Telephone: 0300 5000 927

Website: www.rethink.org

Email: info@rethink.org

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Telephone: 0300 123 3393

Website: www.mind.org.uk

Alzheimer Society

There are dementia services and support groups in your area. Find out what’s available where you are.

Telephone: 0330 333 0804

Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk

Age Concern Forest of Dean

A charity operating a hot meal delivery service for individual people and luncheon clubs across the Forest of Dean. Special diets can be catered for. They also operate a befriending service.

Telephone: 01594 827927

Website: www.ageconcernforestofdean.com

Dial-a-ride

Dial-a-ride operates a transport service for older people, disabled people and people who don’t have access to a car in Lydney, Cinderford and Coleford.

Telephone: 01594 843809

Website: www.lydneydialaride.co.uk

Email: dar@lydneydialaride.co.uk

Silver Line

Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day.

Telephone: 0800 4 70 80 90

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Dementia

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Telephone: 0800 888 6678

Website: www.dementiauk.org

Email: helpline@dementiauk.org

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Telephone: 0800 055 6112

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

Gloucestershire Hospitals

Contact the Maternity Team.

Website: www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

Baby Buddy App

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.

Download from: play.google.com

Download from: itunes.apple.com

Living with persistent pain in Gloucestershire

Useful information about how to manage persistent pain.

Website: www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

Hope House

Hope house provide sexual health services all over Gloucestershire.

Telephone: 0300 421 6500

Website: www.hopehouse.nhs.uk

Brook

Brook provides free and confidential sexual health and wellbeing services for nearly 250,000 young people UK-wide, each year.

Website: www.brook.org.uk

Family Planning Association

A sexual health charity, the Family Planning Association gives straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.

Telephone: 020 7608 5240

Website: www.fpa.org.uk

Sexual Health Helpline

The National Sexual Health Helpline provided by Public Health England is open Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm.

Telephone: 0300 123 7123

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles service offers support, information and guidance to people who want to make changes to their lifestyle.

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

NHS Smokefree - Mobile App

The Smokefree app can help you stop smoking by providing daily support and motivation. If you stay smokefree for the 4-week programme you’re up to five times more likely to stay quit for good.

Download from: play.google.com

Download from: itunes.apple.com

Quit with help

Everyone has a different reason for quitting, get a personalised Quit Smoking Plan.

Website: www.quitwithhelp.co.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles service offers support, information and guidance to people who want to make changes to their lifestyle.

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

WW UK

Meetings, online or a little bit of both. WW UK, formerly Weightwatchers, offers options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

Facebook: @WW.UK

Twitter: @ww_uk

Website: www.weightwatchers.com

Slimming World

You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.

Website: www.slimmingworld.co.uk