Links
LEGAL ADVICE
CITIZENS ADVICE CORNWALL
Tel: 03444 111 444 (Mon – Fri 10am- 4pm)
www.citizensadvicecornwall.org.uk To find out about drop in sessions
www.citizensdavice.org.uk Advice and fact sheets
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
free legal advice
Tel: 0207 2518887
CASS (Community Advice and Support Services)
Housing and homelessness/ Debt & Benefits/Substance Misuse/Health and Mental Health/Family Matters/Domestic Abuse/Employment & Education/Court Support
Drop in support at these magistrate courts:
Plymouth: 01752 206187/01752 601153/07949 455158
Truro: 01872 274104
Bodmin: 01208 78003/07949 455443
COODES SOLICITORS
offer an initial free half service - call to be referred to your local office
Tel:0800 328 3282
BEREAVEMENT
PENHALIGONS FRIENDS
Bereavement support for young people and their families
01209 215889
CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE IN CORNWALL
group and one on one bereavement support
Tel: 01726 76100
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
SAVVY KERNOW
information about self-harm for parents
BOOKS ON PRESCRIPTION
find self help books at your local library
www.readingagency.org.uk/readingwell
PENTREATH
support, using vocational pathways, for those aged 14 and over who have
emotional or mental health difficulties.. They can assist with Employment, Study,
Work Placements, Volunteering, Mental Health Courses, Confidence Building, Anxiety Management, Personal Development, Assertiveness etc.
Tel: 01726 862727
BEAT
the UK’s leading charity supporting anyone affected by
eating disorders or difficulties with food, weight & shape
Help for Adults Tel: 0845 6341414
Help for young people Tel: 0845 6347650
HELPFUL BOOKS THAT CAN BE ORDERED
FROM YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
www.reading-well.org.uk/mentalhealth
DEBT
free debt counselling/support 0800 328 0006
RAPE /SEXUAL ASSAULT
CRASAC
CORNWALL RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT (West Cornwall)
personal counselling and group therapy for survivors
(men, women and young people)) of sexual abuse and rape
Tel: 01872 303038
THE WOMENS CENTRE CORNWALL
(Mid/North Cornwall) – Womens Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
Rape helpline: 01208 77099
Domestic Abuse helpline 01208 79992
www.womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
SAFER FUTURES
support for women, men, children and young people who have
been affected by DA and Sexual Violence.
Helpline – 0300 777 4 777
DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES
YZUP (WISE UP)
young person’s drug and alcohol service in Cornwall.
Confidential helpline – 01872 300816
ADDACTION
helps people change their behaviour to become the very best that
they can be. It could be their drug or alcohol use or worries about their mental health -
they support people to making lasting change in their lives.
SEXUALITY
YAY – Young and Yourself
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Questioning Group for Cornwall
Tel:07796 837515
HEALTHY GAY CORNWALL
promoting good sexual health and general well being for gay/bisexual men
Tel: 01209 313419
DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT
CLEAR
CHILDERN LINKED TO AND EXPERIENCING ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
(Whole of Cornwall) – Therapy Service
Tel: 01872 261147
The SUSIE Project
Support Groups, Recovery Toolkit Programme, Pathways to Education
and Employment for survivors of Domestic Abuse who no longer live with their abuser.
TEL: 01209 699241
CHANGE 4 U
Domestic Abuse prevention service for males or females who would like to
change the way they behave in their intimate relationships.
Tel: 01209 699241
SAFER FUTURES
support for women, men, children and young people who
have been affected by DA and Sexual Violence.
Helpline – 0300 777 4 777
RESPECT
Mens advice line
Tel:0207 75490578
WEST CORNWALL WOMENS AID
01736 367539
FREEPHONE 24 hour helpline 0808 2000247/
NORDA
House Project supporting men experiencing Domestic Abuse
Tel: 01872 321546/321575
HEALTH
CARE CONFIDENTIAL
for pregnancy and post abortion support
0300 4000999
PHIL The Health Promotion service
support with stopping smoking, weight management, healthy eating
and physical activity, reducing alcohol intake, improving mental wellbeing
and help with isolation.
01209 313419
MINDFULNESS CORNWALL-
8 week courses in Mindfulness based stress reduction or Cognitive Therapy.
0758 2892434
COUNSELLING
COUNSELLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
face to face, phone and online counselling costing between £7-£12 per session
lowcostcounsellingcornwall.org.uk
TEL: 01736 364722
info@lowcostcounsellingcornwall.org.uk
WAVES
therapy and individual support for anyone aged 18 or over who
has experienced any form of domestic abuse or family violence and is based
in and around the mid Cornwall/Truro area.
24 hour helpline 01872 225629
Head Office 01209 204152, 07815 136743
wavescounsellingproject@live.co.uk
WEST CORNWALL WOMENS AID
helpline, access to refuge accommodation across the UK, Outreach,
Counselling and Group work for women aged 16 and over based in West Cornwall
and Isles of Scilly.
Helpline 01736 367539
PEGASUS - MENS WELLBEING CENTRE
covering mid and west Cornwall
07817 261494
www.pegasusmenswellbeing.co.uk
TRAUMA, PTSD and ATTACHMENT
www.istss.org International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.estss.org European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.estd.org European Society for Trauma and Dissociation
www.isst-d.org International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
www.ukpts.co.uk UK Psychological Trauma Society
www.understandingdissociation.com
www.nctsn.org National Child Traumatic Stress Network
www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk Birth Trauma Association
www.janinafisher.com Janina Fisher’s Trauma Pages
www.familyrelationsinstitute.org Patricia Crittenden’s Attachment Pages
www.iasa-dmm.org/ International Association for the Study of Attachment
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
www.emdrassociation.org.uk (EMDR UK & Ireland Association)
www.emdria.org (EMDR International Association)
www.childmentalhealthcentre.org (Theraplay)
www.ddpnetwork.org (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Dan Hughes)
www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute)
www.babcp.com (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
www.videointeractionguidance.net (Video Interaction Guidance)
www.jungian-analysis.org (Jungian Psychoanalysis)
www.theinstituteofnarrativetherapy (Narrative Therapy)
www.aft.org.uk (Systemic Family Therapy)
www.lifespanintegration.com (Lifespan Integration)
YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH
www.childmentalhealthcentre.org (Child Mental Health)
www.childline.org.uk – 0800 11 11 (Childline)
www.youngminds.org.uk (Young Minds)
www.headspace.com/ (A Mindfulness app for relaxation)
www.smilingmind.com.au/ (Relaxation made easy)
www.gires.org.uk (Gender Identity Research and Education Society)
www.mermaidsuk.org.uk (Support and information for gender variant children and teens)
www.autism.org.uk (National Autistic Society)
FOSTERING AND ADOPTION
www.baaf.org.uk/info (British Association of Adoption and Fostering)
www.adoptionplus.co.uk (Adoption Plus)
www.pac-uk.org/ (Post adoption Centre)
ABUSE AND CHILD SAFETY
www.nspcc.org.uk (NSPCC)
www.ceop.police.uk (CEOP – online safety)
www.safelives.org.uk (Safe Lives)
PARENTING AND PARENT-INFANT MENTAL HEALTH
www.mypregnancymatters.co.uk/birth-stories
www.parentskool.co.uk/
www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
www.pipuk.org.uk (Parent Infant Partnership UK)
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