Useful Contacts
As the title suggests these contacts can be useful. The list has been designed to not only relate to our liberation units but also other matters that concern students.
If you do need help in any way please get in contact with the advice and information service in the student union who can not only put you in contact with relevant organisations but offer advice on whatever you need help for.
Malehealth.co.uk
Site run by the Men's Health Forum, the UK's leading charity working to improve men's health. Provides accurate, easy-to-use information about the key health problems that effect men.
Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HR
Men's Health Matters
Advice and support by trained nurses in a range of medical issues affecting men.
Blythe Hall, 100 Blythe Road, London, W14 OHB
Tel:
NHS Direct
Free helpline offering information on all health issues.
Tel:
Terrence Higgins Trust
Practical support, help, counselling and advice for anyone with, or concerned about, AIDS and HIV infection.
52-54 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X
Sexual Dysfunction Association
Charitable organisation was set up to help sufferers of impotence (erectile dysfunction) and their partners and to raise awareness of the condition.
Windmill Place Business Centre, 2-4 Windmill Lane, Southall, Middlesex, UB2 4NJ
Helpline:
Women's Health Concern
Specialises in helping women with gynaecological and hormonal conditions and advises on the proper use of HRT.
PO Box 2126, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 2RY
Tel:
Women's Health
Helps women make informed information about their health, publishes a range of factsheets.
52 Featherstone Street, London, EC1 8RT
Tel:
Asian Family Support
Send a SAE for lists of local therapists. Confidental marital and personal counselling service.
PO Box 13686, London, SW20 9ZH
Tel:
BASRT
National specialist charity for sexual and relationship therapy including lists of therapists.
Tel:
Relate
Counselling service for adults with relationship problems. Your nearest branch will be listed in the phone book.
Herbert Gray College, Little Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AP
Tel:
Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Information and advice on being gay, lesbian and bisexual.
PO Box 7324, London, N1 9QS
Tel:
Marie Stopes One Call
Sexual health information and services for women and men.
Marie Stopes House, 153-157 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 6QW
Tel:
National Aids Trust Helpline
Free 24-hour confidential advice on all aspects of HIV/AIDS.
Helpline:
National Friend
UK network of lesbian, gay and bisexual helplines. Support and advice by phone or letter on all matters including sexual help.
216 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA
Tel:
Ruthinking.co.uk
Free helpline giving the chance to talk to an adviser about sex and personal relationships
Tel:
The Beaumont Society
Offers advice and support to transgendered people and their partners.
27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3XX
Tel:
Gender Dysphoria Trust
Advice and information on gender and sexual orientation.
PO Box 3192, Brighton, BN1 3WR
Tel:
Helpline:
Family Planning Association (fpa UK)
Leaflets and confidential information on contraception and reproductive and sexual health.
2-12 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9FP
Tel:
Miscarriage Association
A UK-wide network of more than 150 volunteer telephone contacts who have been through pregnancy loss themselves and can offer support, understanding and a listening ear.
c/o Clayton Hospital, Northgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3JS
Helpline:
Admin:
www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Rape Crisis
Links to rape helplines and crisis groups around the UK.
Criminal Justice System online
Website with information about the criminal justice system, including an interactive 'virtual walkthrough' for victims of crime, to explore what happens when you proceed with a criminal case.
Positively Women
Positively Women is the only national charity working to improve the quality of life of women and families affected by HIV.
Positively Women: 347 - 349 City Road, London Ec1V 1LR
Telephone:
National Association for People Abused in Childhood
Support by post, telephone and in local groups for adults who were abused as children.
Helpline:
NAPAC, PO Box 4071, Manchester, M60 1YJ
e-mail: napac.correspondence@bss.org
Rape and Sexual Abuse Abuse Support Centre
Support by telephone and post, and a counselling service, for women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused. Also provide a referral service for male survivors of abuse.
Helpline:
Counselling:
Sapphire
A project across the Metropolitan Police area to improve rape investigation and victim care.
Survivors UK
Support, counselling and local groups for male survivors of any kind of sexual violence or rape, plus training for professionals.
Helpline:
The Survivors Trust
An umbrella group which provides links to over 70 member organisations working with victims of sexual crime (including childhood abuse).
Helpline:
Victim Support
Free, confidential support to help anyone deal with an experience of crime, whether or not they go to the police.
Victim Supportline:
Gingerbread
Support organisation for lone parent families in england and wales.
7 Sovereign Close, Sovereign Court, London, E1W 2HW
Helpline:
Tel:
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