Useful Links

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As part of our one-stop shop for support and advice, we include this list of helpful national organisations. Click on any of the links below to visit their websites.

Accountants
01634 296 796
www.williamsgiles.co.uk

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
Freephone general advice line: 0800 800 5793
Exclusion line: 0207 704 9822

Black Heritage & Identity
www.everygeneration.co.uk

Anti Bullying Campaign
0207 378 1446
www.bullying.co.uk

Bullying - Don't Suffer In Silence
NSPCC
0808 800 5000
www.nspcc.org.uk

The National Autistic Society
0845 070 4004
www.nas.org.uk

BAAF
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
www.baaf.org.uk

Barnardo's
0268 520224
www.barnardos.org.uk

Centrepoint
Helping vulnerable young people
0207 426 5300
www.centrepoint.org.uk

Child Accident Prevention Trust
0207 608 3828
www.capt.org.uk

Childline
0800 1111
www.childline.org.uk

Childrens Legal Centre
www.childrenslegalcentre.com

Christmas In Different Parts of The World
www.whychristmas.com

Commission for Social Care Inspection
FIND A REGISTERED FOSTERING SERVICE NEAR YOU
www.csci.org.uk

CRY-SIS Helpline
0207 404 5011
www.cry-sis.org.uk

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
www.csci.org.uk

The British Dyslexia Association
0118 866 8271
www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

Dyslexia Institute
01784 463 851
www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Eating Disorders Association
0845 634 7650
www.edauk.com

Family Friends of Lesbian and Gays (FFLAG)
01454 852 418
www.fflag.org.uk

Fostering Support Ltd - Hampshire
www. fosteringsupport.co.uk

Bollington Care - Home and Contents Insurance for Foster Carers
www.bollington.com/fostercarers
0845 603 8523

Fosterinsure - Home and Contents Insurance for Foster Carers
01789 761 690

Information for teenagers about sex and relationships
www.ruthinking.co.uk

Kidscape
0845 1205 204 (parents bullying helpline)
www.kidscape.org.uk

Message Home
0800 700 740
for young people to get a message to their parents

Missing Persons Helpline
0500 700 700 – 24 hours
www.missingpersons.org

Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccination
www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk

Health Promotion England
www.immunisation.org.uk

National Drugs Helpline
0800 77 66 00
24 hour free advice

NHS Direct
0845 4647
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

OfSTED Complaints Line
0845 601 4772
www.ofsted.gov.uk

The Parent Centre
Helping your child to learn
www.parentcentre.gov.uk

Religious Festivals
www.support4learning.com

Samaritans
08457 90 90 90 (in UK)
1850 60 90 90 90 (Rep of Ireland)
www.samaritans.org.uk

Sex Education Forum
Information Helpline 0207 8431 901
www.ncb.org.uk/sef/

Tax Credits Helpline
Claim Forms for Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
0845 300 3900

VOICE......for the child in care
www.voiceyp.org
0808 800 5792

Young Minds
0207 336 8445
Parents information service 0800 018 2138
www.youngminds.org