See below a list of other support services which can offer information, help and advice for a range of topics.
Alcohol and Drugs
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
0800 9177650
Frank
www.talktofrank.com
0300 123 6600
Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery Service (STaRS)
https://humankindcharity.org.uk/service/staffordshire-treatment-and-recovery-service/
One Recovery Staffordshire
www.onerecovery.org.uk/staffordshire/
Domestic Abuse
National Domestic Abuse Helpline
0808 2000 247
New Era
www.new-era.uk
0300 3033778
Women’s Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk
The Men’s Advice Line
0808 801 0327
West Mercia Women’s Aid
www.westmerciawomensaid.org
Female Genital Mutilation
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/
0808 800 5000
Homelessness
Shelter
england.shelter.org.uk
0808 800 4444
Crisis
www.crisis.org.uk
Honour-based Abuse
Karma Nirvana
www.karmanirvana.org.uk
0800 5999 247
LGBTQ+
AKT (Homelessness)
AKT is the only national charity specialising in LGBTQ+ youth homelessness.
www.akt.org.uk
GIRES (Gender identity)
www.gires.org.uk
01372 801 554
Mermaids (Gender identity support for young people and families)
www.mermaidsuk.org.uk
0800 801 0400
Starfish (LGBT+ support in Staffordshire, including social group for parents/carers)
www.proudparentscommunity.co.uk
Stonewall
www.stonewall.org.uk
Switchboard (Helpline)
switchboard.lgbt
0300 330 0630
Menopause
Sexual Health and Menopause
www.openclinic.org.uk/sexual-health-menopause
NHS UK
Find out more about symptoms, available treatment, other things you can do and support options.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause
Mental Health
Mind
www.mind.org.uk
0300 123 3393
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
116 123
Revenge Porn/Sharing of Intimate Images
Revenge Porn Helpline (ages 18+)
www.revengepornhelpline.org.uk
0345 6000 459
CEOP (ages under 18)
www.ceop.police.uk
Pregnancy options and advice
BPAS (For people in Shropshire and Telford)
www.bpas.org
03457 30 40 30
NUPAS (For people in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent)
www.nupas.co.uk
0333 004 6666
Brook – Having a Baby
www.brook.org.uk/your-life/having-a-baby/
NHS – Pregnancy
www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/
Tommys
www.tommys.org
Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault Referral Centres
See our information about local Sexual Assault Referral Centres
National Male Survivors Helpline (Safeline)
0808 800 5005
The Survivors Trust
www.thesurvivorstrust.org
08088 010 818
Sexual Exploitation in Children and Young People
PACE (Parents Against Child Exploitation)
paceuk.info
Sexual Health and HIV
Local sexual health clinics
See a list of local sexual health clinics on our Clinics page
Brook
www.brook.org.uk
FPA
www.fpa.org.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust
www.tht.org.uk
Respect Yourself – Everything young people need to know about sex, contraception and staying safe in the Telford & Wrekin
Respect Yourself
Teenage Health
Health For Teens
www.healthforteens.co.uk
Staffordshire School Nurses Chat Health (Text support service)
07520 615721
Stoke-on-Trent School Nurses Chat Health (Text support service)
07520 615723
Telford School Nurses Chat Health (Text support service)
07520 619051
More Telford school nurses information