Online Directory
We know how hard it can be to find the support you need sometimes, so we have put together a directory of organisations in UK that might be able to support you. Happy searching...
Action for People has put together this directory for individuals and families to use to help signpost you to information you may need or may be looking for, we know how hard it is to find support sometimes so we have put key organisations and topics you might be looking for support on in one place. This directory is for public use and is updated monthly. All information, advice and resources that are published here are in no way affiliated with Action for People please read our DIRECTORY DISCLAIMER
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- Addiction (9)
- ADHD (3)
- Adoption (2)
- Alcohol (9)
- Asthma (7)
- Autism/ Asperger Syndrome (5)
- Bereavement (16)
- Blind/Visually Impaired (1)
- BME Community (4)
- Brain Injuries and Related Conditions (2)
- Breast Cancer Screening. (3)
- Bullying (11)
- Carer Services (12)
- Carers/Families (1)
- Celiac (1)
- Cerebral Palsy (3)
- Childcare (1)
- Children & Young People (24)
- Children's Health (3)
- Counselling (6)
- Crime (3)
- Dads (3)
- Diabetes (4)
- Disability (23)
- Divorce & Seperation (10)
- Domestic Abuse (4)
- Down's Syndrome (3)
- Drug (3)
- Dyslexia & Dyspraxia (5)
- Education (6)
- Epilepsy (2)
- Families (16)
- FGM (2)
- Foot Services (6)
- Further Education (6)
- Gay, lesbian and bisexual (5)
- General (6)
- Grandparents (2)
- Hearing (4)
- Housing (2)
- Hyperactivity (1)
- Immigration (4)
- Incontinence (1)
- Internet (10)
- Internet Pharmacies (3)
- Learning Difficulties/Disabilities (2)
- Legal (5)
- Leisure (1)
- Maternity (24)
- Memory Services (12)
- Mental Health (14)
- Migraine (1)
- Money Matters (13)
- Nursery (11)
- Older People (7)
- Physical Abuse (10)
- Primary & Secondary Schooling (11)
- Prisoners (2)
- Relationships (5)
- Runaways (2)
- Safeguarding (9)
- Self Harm (3)
- Sexual Health (12)
- Single Parents (2)
- Special Educational Needs (16)
- Substance Abuse (4)
- Tourettes (1)
- Twins & Multiples (1)
- Useful Contacts (19)
Provides advice and information for those suffering severe mental illness and their families or carers.
If you are a young person and are worried about your relationship then try to talk to someone you trust about what you are experiencing.
Their vision is to end violence and abuse in intimate partner and close family relationships. Our key focus is on increasing the safety and well-being of victims by promoting, supporting, delivering and developing effective interventions with perpetrators.
An association of solicitors specialising in family law.
A website for parents by Relate, the leading provider of relationship support. It offers ideas, guidance, support and information for those who are searching for something that will make a difference. Their focus will usually be on the relationship or relationships that influence your role as a parent.
Relationship counselling offered through regional centres.
Offers advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees.
Here they provide services and support in the Reading area to children and adults with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorders in the form of a drop-in information centre, a family support team and various clubs and activities. 21 Alexandra Road, Reading, RG1 5PE
Provides co-ordination for the national network of Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales. Rape Crisis Centres provide a range of specialist services for women and girls that have been raped or experienced another form of sexual violence - whether as adults or as children.
The Race Equality Foundation promotes race equality in social support (what families and friends do for each other) and public services (what 'workers' do with people who need support).
Provides an online leaflet is for anyone who has been bereaved, their family and friends, and anyone else who wants to learn more.
This is a national charity and membership organisation for all PTA's providing support and resources
Offering advice for anyone with family member in prison abroad.
This site will help you locate a pre-school, day nursery, pre-school nursery or early learning facility.
Provides information and support for those suffering with dementia.
Provides an online leaflet for sexually transmitted diseases including the symptoms and effects.
Provides information on:
Well-being
Health information
Medicines
Symptom checker
Provides a general overview of asthma plus links to other aspects of treating and living with asthma.
Ofsted has launched a website, ParentView, that gives parents in England the opportunity to assess state schools against 12 criteria covering safety, bullying, behaviour, teaching, leadership, homework, pupils progress, and pupils general happiness at the school. They will use the information you provide when making decisions about which schools to inspect, and when.
The resource pack aims to support refugee parents who may not have access to these resources and it is hoped that it will be useful for advisers working with refugee families.
This is an education and information site for busy parents covering curriculum's, exams and much more.
ParentPort is run by the UK's media regulators. We set and enforce standards across the media to protect children from inappropriate material. Seen or heard something unsuitable for children? Maybe it was a programme on TV or online, a film, an advert, a video game or something in a magazine. At ParentPort you can find out about the standards we expect from the media, make a complaint and share your views with us.
Part of Family Lives, Parenting UK is the national umbrella body for people who work with parents. DOES NOT OFFER DIRECT SERVICES TO PARENTS, but parenting courses offered by forum members are advertised on the page 'for parents' on their website.
A service to help parents who are either going through separation or who are struggling with issues associated with parenting after parting.
Provides information and advice about their products and many other useful topics.
This site provides a variety of leisure activities for children and young people with physical and/or sensory disabilities who live within West Berkshire and the surrounding areas.
Free counselling, support and advice over the phone and face to face, to all family members, whatever their age and sexuality.
The parenting site for single parents. Support from parenting professionals on all aspects of being a parent, plus a lively online community offering support and friendship from other single parents.
An independent research organisation whose role is to generate knowledge about marriage and relationships - how they work, why they can sometimes run into difficulties and how couples can cope when they do.