Samaritans

www.samaritans.org

PO Box 9090

Stirling

FK8 2SA

08457 90 90 90

jo@samaritans.org

Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.

Whatever you're going through, whether it's big or small, don't bottle it up. We are here for you if you're worried about something, feel upset or confused, or just want to talk to someone.

We offer our service by telephone, email, letter and face to face in most of our branches.

Samaritans is available to anyone in the UK and Ireland. If you live outside of the UK and Ireland, visit www.befrienders.org to find your nearest helpline.

MIND

www.mind.org.uk

MIND (NAMH)

15-19 Broadway

LONDON

E15 4BQ

0208 519 2122

MIND Info Line: 0845 766 0163

contact@mind.org.uk

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by:

• advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems
• challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion
• influencing policy through campaigning and education
• inspiring the development of quality services which reflect expressed need and diversity
• achieving equal rights through campaigning and education

NSPCC

www.nspcc.org.uk

National Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Children

Weston House

42 Curtain Road

LONDON

EC2A 3NH

0207 825 2500

Helpline 0808 800 5000

info@nspcc.org.uk

About the NSPCC

The London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in 1884.  It changed its name to The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in 1889.  its aim then was to protect children from cruelty, support vulnerable families, campaign for changes to the law and raise awareness about abuse.  Today, the NSPCC looks very different, but its purpose remains the same: to end cruelty to children.

The NSPCC's work

We have 180 community-based projects and run the NSPCC Helpline and ChildLine in the UK and the Channel Islands.  Most of our work is with children, young people and their families.  We also work to achieve cultural, social and political change - influencing legislation, policy, practice, public attitudes and behaviours and delivering services for the benefit of young people.

Our aim

We want to see a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. To do this, we have four objectives:

• To mobilise everyone to take action to end child cruelty.
• To give children the help, support and environment they need to stay safe from cruelty.
• To find ways of working with communities to keep children safe from cruelty.
• To be, and be seen as, someone to turn to for children and young people.

CEOP

www.ceop.gov.uk

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

CEOP (Child Exploitation and

Online Protection)

33 Vauxhall Bridge Road

LONDON

SW1V 2WG

0870 000 3344

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children. That means we are part of UK policing and very much about tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or in partnership with local and international forces.

But our approach is truly holistic. Walk through the CEOP Centre today and within any one team you will find police officers specialising in this area of criminality working with professionals from the wider child protection community and industry. You will find seconded staff from organisations such as the NSPCC, teams sponsored by the likes of VISA and SERCO and experts from government and corporations such as Microsoft offering specialist advice and guidance.

That approach is dedicated to building up intelligence that in turn drives the business, informs our operational deployments, steers our CEOP Academy programmes to law enforcement, child protection and educational sectors and drives our dedicated Thinkuknow programme for children and parents of all ages.

It is an approach that sees the development of specialist areas such as our Behavioural Analysis Unit, our approach to victim identification or the development of our Child Trafficking Unit as well as filtering into all areas of our outreach activities such as the Most Wanted initiative and our public awareness plans.

In fact the real lifeblood of the CEOP Centre is intelligence - how offenders operate and think, how children and young people behave and how technological advances are developing - all are integral to what we are about and what we deliver.

CWASU

www.cwasu.org

Child & Women Abuse Studies Unit

London Metropolitan University

Ladbroke House

62-66 Highbury Grove

LONDON

N5 2AD

0207 133 5014

cwasu@londonmet.ac.uk

These five points form the basis of all work undertaken in CWASU.

1. To work from, and extend, a feminist perspective, which recognises the complexities of, and interactions between gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality and disability.
2. To explore the connections between various forms of assault and abuse experienced by children and women, their short and long term consequences, and how the public, the media, government and agencies respond.
3. To conduct independent research which creates useful knowledge for policy makers, practitioners, survivors, supporters and activists.
4. To develop training programmes, provide consultancy, enhance networking, and disseminate our work in spoken and written forms.
5. Through all of these activities to be part of a national and international network that, in the short term advocates for sanctuary for children and women who have been victimised and sanctions for perpetrators, and in the longer term seeks to eradicate violence and abuse.

CCPAS

www.ccpas.co.uk

CCPAS (Churches Child Protection Advisory Service)

PO Box 133

Swanley

Kent

BR8 7UQ

0845 120 45 50

info@ccpas.co.uk

The Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) is the only independent Christian charity providing professional advice, support, training and resources in all areas of safeguarding children and for those affected by abuse.

Our services are used not only by churches and groups across the denominational spectrum, but increasingly by other faiths as well as non-faith based organisations keen to utilise the resources and expertise we offer. We also give advice to Children's Services Departments, Police and other agencies across the UK.

BASPCAN

www.baspcan.org.uk

British Association for the

Study and Prevention of

Child Abuse and Neglect

17 Priory Street

YORK

YO1 6ET

01904 613605

baspcan@baspcan.org.uk

BASPCAN is primarily a membership association for professionals and volunteers working in the field of child protection who can demonstrate active participation or interest in the aims of the Association. It is the only multi-disciplinary association of its kind in the UK, bringing together personnel from all agencies who work in the field with children in need, and with those who are abused and neglected.

Stop It Now!

www.stopitnow.org.uk

Stop It Now! UK and Ireland

Bordesley Hall

The Hollway

Alvechurch

Birmingham

B48 7QA

01527 598184

Advice Line 0800 1000 900

office@stopitnow.org.uk

Confidential emails: help@stopitnow.org.uk

Stop it Now! UK & Ireland is a campaign, managed by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which aims to prevent child sexual abuse by raising awareness and encouraging early recognition and responses to the problem by abusers themselves and those close to them. It does this through:

• the establishment of national and regional projects based on partnerships between the local community and the statutory and voluntary agencies
• the dissemination of information and 
• the provision of a confidential helpline.

Stop it Now! believes sexual abuse is preventable and urges abusers and potential abusers to seek help and gives adults the information they need to protect children effectively. Stop it Now! encourages adults to create a society that no longer tolerates the sexual abuse of children.

The Survivors Trust

www.thesurvivorstrust.org

27b William Street

Rugby

Warwickshire

CV21 3HA

01788 550554

info@thesurvivorstrust.org

The Survivors Trust is a national umbrella agency for over 120 specialist voluntary sector agencies providing a range of counselling, therapeutic and support services working with women, men and children who are victims/survivors of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse.

NOTA (National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers)

www.nota.co.uk

PO Box 356

HULL

HU12 8WR

0131 4660139

administrator@nota.co.uk

Developing work with sexual abusers and preventing sexual abuse.

SANE

www.sane.org.uk

1st Floor

Cityside House

40 Adler Street

LONDON

E1 1EE

0207 375 1002

SANEline: 0845 767 8000

info@sane.org.uk

SANE was established in 1986 to improve the quality of life for people affected by mental illness following the overwhelming public response to a series of articles featured in The Times newspaper entitled The Forgotten Illness. Written by Marjorie Wallace, now SANE's chief executive, the articles exposed the neglect of people suffering from schizophrenia and the poverty of services and information.

SANE has three objectives:

• To raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families and secure better services
• To undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness through The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research
• To provide help and information to those experiencing mental health problems, their families and carers through SANEline and SANEmail.

Bristol Crisis Service for Women

www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk

PO Box 654

BRISTOL

BS99 1XH

0117 927 9600

Helpline: 0117 925 1119

bcsw@btconnect.com

Bristol Crisis Service for Women is a national organisation that supports girls and women in emotional distress.

We particularly help women who harm themselves (often called self-injury).

We have carried out extensive research with women who self-injure. Through our work we have developed a deep understanding of the reasons individuals harm themselves and of the things they may need to help them overcome their self-injury.

We also have wide experience of the concerns and needs of workers in different settings and disciplines, and in developing good working practice.

What we do:

• We run a national helpline
• We produce information and publications about self-injury
• We offer talks and training courses to professionals
• We support self-injury self-help groups