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Sites related to Drugs & Alcohol
- The Centre for Recovery
- DrugScope
DrugScope is the UK's leading drugs charity and centre of expertise on drugs. - ASH
Action on smoking and health: explore the tobacco issue in depth. - Wrecked
Health Promotion England's Think about Drink site. - Families Anonymous
For relatives and friends concerned about the use of drugs. - FRANK
For free confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day talk to FRANK. If you're deaf you can Textphone FRANK on 0800 917 8765. Or email frank@talktofrank.com. - Back to top
Health & Bullying
- Averting HIV and AIDS
Site providing information for young people on AIDS, HIV and STDs. - Read the Signs
Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-harm. - Life bytes
Everything you ever wanted to know about your health, especially created for 13-14 year olds. - Mind Body Soul
Your health - mind, body and soul. For 15-16 year olds. - NHS Direct
For health information and advice try this site - or call 0845 4647. - Patient UK
A directory of UK health, disease and related websites. - Save the Children
Information for young people on various aspects of their life including sexual health, job hunting and bullying. - BBC Health Line
BBC HEALTH & FITNESS is provided for general information on a range of health topics. - MIND Mental Health Charity
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. - Embarrassing Problems
Straight-talking advice from a UK doctor on a number of personal health problems. - Body Positive Cheshire & North Wales
Provides information, advice, support and advocacy for people who are HIV positive, or are affected by HIV and AIDS: partners, friends and families, carers and anyone who has about someone who concerns is HIV positive. - Young Minds
This site tries to help you understand when you or someone you know is troubled and where to find help. - Student Health
Comprehensive health and illness advice relevent to students. - Teenage Health Freak
Plain speaking on everything from 'airy armpits to zits! - Brook Advisory Service
Find your local Brook Centre. - Health & Life for Teens & Young Adults
Interactive guide to life and health for children and young people. - Partnerlink
On-line SERVICE DIRECTORY for professionals and young people to use either together or independently. All services on which young people need information can be found from a single web address www.partnerlink.info and entering a postcode. A search will show an organisation, club or society and the services they offer with contact details such as address, phone number, email and website. - RU OK
A site for everyone, including parents and professionals who want to find out more about coping and feeling ok emotionally. - Acne Resource Centre
Acne can cause stress, depression, and anxiety. It can cause a greatly lowered sense of self esteem and feelings of self doubt. Fortunately, there is help available. It's called knowledge. Visit the Acne Resource Centre for easy to browse information on acne, tips to keep acne under control and explanations of just how acne develops. - The Sexwise Guide
Written in the form of a travel guide, this online publication provides information about your sexual well being, choices and rights. Click on the relevant links to find out more about the physical and sexual journeys you might experience. You can also download this guide in 22 languages, including this English version. - RU Thinking
RU Thinking is an independent Teenage Pregnancy Unit funded web site promoting safe sex, sexual awareness and sex education. - Bullying Online
A website for people being bullied and people who have acted as a bully. - Anti-Bullying.org.uk
'Beat the Bullies' advice and help for school children and parents who are being bullied. - The Relationships Centre
Offers a wide range of services including information & advice, emotional support, counselling, mediation and resources to enable those that have experienced unhealthy relationships. - NSPCC
The NSPCC believes that every child has the right to be safe, valued and happy. Their mission is to end cruelty to children. This site gives details on how to get help. - Kidscape
This registered charity helps protect children and young people from abuse and bullying. - Samaritans
Provides confidential emotional support to any person who is suicidal or despairing. - The Hideout
The Hideout provides help, information and support for children and young people - whether you're currently living with violence, you've experienced violence in the past or if you know someone else going through it and you're looking for help and information. - Relate
Runs courses on self-esteem, coping with bullying, sex and sexuality, and first relationships, as well as Relateen - a confidential counselling service for young people going through parental divorce or separation. - Childline
National support organisation for young people with a 24 hour helpline on 0800 1111. - Back to top
Sex & Sexuality
- Family Planning Association
Advice on contraception and sexual health. - Brook On-line
Brook provides free, confidential sex advice and contraception to all young people. - Terrence Higgins Trust
THT is the leading HIV & AIDS charity in the UK and the largest in Europe. - Stonewall
Working towards the advancement of the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of lesbians and gay men. - Peer Support Project
The Peer Support Project provides peer support services for young (15-25) lesbians, gays & bisexuals in Greater Manchester. - likeitis.org.uk
Gives young people access to information about all aspects of sex education and teenage life. - RU Thinking
RU Thinking is an independent Teenage Pregnancy Unit funded web site. - Warrington Youth Advice Shop
Sexual Health Service. - Mermaids
For young people with gender identity problems. - GLYSS
Gay Lesbian Youth Support Service in Warrington. - Back to top
Sites for people with special needs
- Disability website
Government initiatives for disabled people. - Youreable
Comprehensive website with UK specific information on benefits, access, employment, education and training. - After 16
What's new? - Great resource for young people looking at opportunities and services available after leaving school. Gateway to many useful sites. - RADAR
RADAR is a UK organisation run by and for disabled people. This comprehensive website also gives information on education and careers related issues. - Skill
Up-to-date advice and info on studying and work for people with disablilities. - Association of National Specialist Colleges
Comprehensive directory of residential special colleges and advice on choosing a college. - Contact a Family
Support organisation for families with detailed information on specific conditions and rare disorders. - RNIB
Information for blind and partially sighted people - check out the RNIB technology factsheets. - Focus on Disability
Comprehensive directory of local and national organisation run for and by people with experience of disability. - Children's Adventure Farm
Based around a beautiful 17th century farmhouse, in the heart of Cheshire countryside, the Charity offers free adventure breaks and activities to children who are disadvantaged by illness, disability and poverty, from all over the Northwest. - Disability Rights Commission
Your rights under the Disability Discrimination Act. - British Dyslexia Association
Help and support for people with dyslexia. - DfES Centre for Special Educational Needs
Provide a a wide range of advice and materials for teachers, parents and others interested in or working with children with special educational needs. - Afasic
C harity for young adults with communication impairments. - English Federation of Disability Sport
T he united voice of disability sport seeking to promote inclusion and achieve equality of sporting opportunities for disabled people. - Disability
DN online, the website for the UK's biggest selling disability related newspaper. - Back to top
