NHS 24 AND OTHER NATIONAL ADVICELINES
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia
81 Oxford Street, Glasgow, G5 9EP
0141 418 3930
www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland provides personalised support services to people with dementia, including people under the age of 65. Dementia Advisors based on Oxford St are available for a wide range of support and advice, and services include specialist home support, day opportunities, day care, carer support and education, benefits and legal advice, representation.
Alzheimer Scotland has a 24 Dementia Helpline, a Freephone Scottish service for support and advice at any time.
24 hour free helpline: 0808 808 3000
Breathing Space
0800 83 85 87
www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk
A free, confidential phone line you can call when you are feeling stressed or down. Breathing Space is open from early evening till 2am and can offer help, advice and information, as well as a listening ear.
Breathing Space is particularly well-placed to listen to men: helping them to open up when they're feeling down.
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
0800 58 58 58
www.thecalmzone.net
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably.
It is geared to helping young men, aged 15-35, who feel unhappy with their life. It offers counselling, advice and information about dealing with depression and low self-esteem.
The phone helpline is open from Saturday to Tuesday, 5pm till midnight.
Childline
0800 11 11
www.childline.org.uk
Free national helpline for children in trouble or in danger. It provides a confidential phone counselling service for any child with any problem 24 hours a day.
Children can also write to a free address: Childline, Freepost 1111, London, N1 0BR.
Compassionate Friends
0845 123 2304
www.tcf.org.uk
Organisation of bereaved parents offering friendship, support, and understanding to bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. Helpline also available.
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland
11 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6LY
0845 600 2227
www.crusescotland.org.uk
Support, information and counselling services for anyone who has been bereaved.
Get Connected
0808 808 4994
www.getconnected.org.uk
0808 808 4994 or email them at help@getconnected.org.uk, Open 1pm - 11pm every day
Get Connected is a free, UK wide, email (help@getconnected.org.uk) and telephone helpline that finds young people the best help whatever the problem. The helpline workers listen to what you need to sort out, explain the options you have, and then make suggestions of services where you can get the best help. Get Connected has access to information on thousands of services, both locally and nationally. If you have contacted Get Connected by phone, the helpline worker can then provide a free connection to the service you have chosen, or can text important information to your mobile.
Know the Score
0800 587 587 9
www.knowthescore.info
Scotland's definitive drugs information gateway providing information for young people, parents, relatives, friends and communities. Know the Score sits at the heart of a network of drugs-related services and organisations which provide information and advice on drugs issues.
Missing Person's Helpline
0500 700 700
www.missingpersons.org/looking.asp
Support and advice for all those concerned with missing people. Holds a national register of vulnerable missing persons, and has street contacts.
National Drugs Helpline
0800 77 66 00
Provides free confidential information and advice to anyone concerned about drugs and solvents. Offers an advice service in a variety of languages.
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
0808 800 5000
www.nspcc.org.uk
Helpline for anyone concerned about a child at risk of abuse, including children themselves. Counselling, information, and advice all offered. Staffed by social work counsellors.
NHS 24
08454 24 24 24
www.nhs24.com
24-hour information and health advice for people in Scotland. This includes mental health.
NHS 24 can also put callers in touch with out-of-hours medical services and psychiatric services.
NHS Helpline
0800 22 44 88
A partner service to NHS 24. It can give details of all pharmacies, GP practices and dental practices in Scotland, as well as information about other NHS and support services.
Open 8am-10pm, 7 days.
NHS Carers Helpline
0808 808 7777
www.carers.gov.uk
Help and advice to carers. The NHS helpline will also be able to tell people what financial help is available, details of carers' groups in their area, and contact points for national organisations that help carers throughout Scotland.
Parentline Scotland
0808 800 2222
www.parentlinescotland.org.uk
Information and advice for anyone in a parenting role and deals with all aspects of child care including bullying, abuse and teenage problems.
SANELINE
0845 767 8000
www.sane.org.uk
SANELINE is a national out-of-hours helpline offering a listening ear, practical information and emotional support to anybody affected by mental-health problems
Scottish Helpline for Older People
0845 125 9732
www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk
Provides information and help to older people in Scotland, and to those concerned about older people in Scotland. Line open from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Youth 2 Youth Helpline
020 8896 3675
www.youth2youth.co.uk
Helpline offering confidential support, listening, and information about practical help available for young people under 19 years. Helpline open Monday & Thursday, 6.30pm - 9.30pm.
