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London Mental Health ­ Fact Bbook

The London Mental 60 Health Fact Book Third sector organisations & support groups Here you will find a list of organisations based across the UK who provide help, support and advice to people living with a mental illness. National organisations NAME Age UK Alzheimer’s Society Anxiety Alliance Beat – beating eating disorders Bipolar UK British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy C.A.L.M (Campaign Against Living Miserably) The Centre for Mental Health Counselling Directory URL www.ageuk.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk www.anxietyalliance.org.uk www.b-eat.co.uk www.bipolaruk.org.uk www.bacp.co.uk www.thecalmzone.net www.centreformentalhealth .org.uk www.counselling-directory .org.uk SUMMARY Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The Alzheimer’s Society provides help and support to people affected by dementia. Services include a helpline, online resources and local branches. Anxiety Alliance is a registered charity offering help, advice and support to people plus friends and family, suffering from general anxiety, phobias and panic attacks. Confidential support is offered through the helpline, email and online resources. b-eat is a national charity for people with eating disorders and their families. b-eat provides helplines for adults and young people, online support and local self-help groups. Bipolar UK is the national charity dedicated to supporting individuals, their families and carers, with the much misunderstood and devastating condition of bipolar. The BACP’s vision is to safeguard the value of human relationships through being the leading body and voice for talking therapies’. C.A.L.M is a national campaign aimed at men aged 15-35. Help & support can be accessed through the helpline and online resources. The Centre for Mental Health aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy equal chances in life to those without. It focuses on criminal justice, employment, mental health at work, recovery and children, with supporting work on broader mental health and public policy. Counselling Directory aims to be the leading service for providing counselling advice and information – connecting those in distress with the largest support network in the UK.


London Mental Health ­ Fact Bbook
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