Abuse
Domestic Abuse Victims
This isolation time is a hot spot for domestic abuse and there has been a spike in crimes being reported. There is now a Freephone, 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline number run by Refuge. #YouAreNotAlone
Phone:
0808 2000 247
Website:
www.refuge.org.uk
Email:
helpline@refuge.org.uk
Autism
Forward Thinking Birmingham
If you or someone you love has ASD, they may struggle with things like anxiety, depression or self-harm and need some additional support.
Forward Thinking Birmingham offer lots of different services to help with these problems, including counselling, therapy and group work.
Phone:
0300 300 0099
Website:
www.forwardthinkingbirmingham.org.uk
National Autistic Society
Find information about diagnosis for people who are autistic, or think they may be autistic. There are many online ‘autism tests’ available, but none of these can guarantee accuracy. Find out about support available before diagnosis, the benefits of diagnosis, how to get diagnosed and the services you may be able to get.
Phone:
0808 800 4104 (10:00am-04:00pm Mon-Thur, 09:00am-03:00pm Fri)
Website:
www.autism.org.uk (Adults)
Website:
www.autism.org.uk (Children)
Bereavement
The Bereavement Help Point
For anyone who has been touched by grief, past or present, directly or indirectly. There will be information on how to cope with all aspects of losing a friend or relative, and if we don’t have it, we will try and point you in the right direction. If you have experienced bereavement, pop in and see how we can help.
Phone:
0121 378 6290 or 01543 434536
Edward’s Trust
Edward’s Trust provides holistic family bereavement services supporting children, young people and parents across the West Midlands.
Phone:
0121 454 1705
Website:
edwardstrust.org.uk
Email:
admin@edwardstrust.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care – Birmingham
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone suffering bereavement caused by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss
Phone:
0121 687 8011
Website:
www.crusebirmingham.co.uk
Email:
enquiries@crusebirmingham.co.uk
Birmingham Sands
Sands is the stillbirth and neonatal death charity supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby.
Phone:
07709 425001
Email:
BirminghamSands@hotmail.com
Carers
Carers UK
They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.
Phone
0808 808 7777
Website
Carers UK
Email
info@carersuk.org
Birmingham Carers Hub
Forward Carers is a West Midlands based carer support service, here to make a real difference to the lives of people caring for an elderly frail, sick or disabled family member.
Phone
0333 006 9711
Website
www.forwardcarers.org.uk
Email
info@birminghamcarershub.org.uk
Walsall Carers Association
The Walsall Carers’ Centre is a charitable company that brings together statutory and voluntary sector resources and expertise. The aim is to provide real support to carers within the Borough of Walsall, and give their needs and their contributions the recognition and status they deserve. Walsall Carers Association can provide you with a ‘listening ear,’ someone to talk to who understands your emotional problems.
Phone
01922 636 663
Website
www.walsallcarers.org
Email
contact@walsallcarers.org
Birmingham Mental Health Carer Support Service
We are a city wide service covering the whole of Birmingham. Our Service provides a range of support, information and advice to carers who support individuals with mental health needs.
Phone
0300 304 5530
Website
www.homegroup.org.uk
CERS (Carers Emergency Support Service)
A free emergency back-up service for carers
Phone
0121 442 2960
Website
www.forwardcarers.org.uk
Birmingham Mental Health Carer Support Service
We are a city wide service covering the whole of Birmingham. Our Service provides a range of support, information and advice to carers who support individuals with mental health needs.
Phone
0300 304 5530
Website
www.homegroup.org.uk
Release Project – YMCA
Release is a project based in the North of Birmingham providing awareness and support for young carers aged 9-25 and their families. They raise awareness for young carers and provide educational support, life skills, easy access to other services and hold events and activities for young carers to meet and make friends.
Phone:
0121 354 5614
Email:
releaseymca@gmail.com
Birmingham Young Carers Unite
Providing support for young carers up to the age of 18.
Phone:
0121 638 0878
Website:
www.spurgeonsyc.org/birmingham
Email:
birminghamyc@spurgeons.org
Child Health
Rashes in babies and children
Many things can cause a rash in babies and children, and they’re often nothing to worry about.
The NHS provide support for identifying some of the common rashes in babies and children.
Website
NHS: Rashes in babies and children
NHS vaccinations and when to have them
It’s important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection. Check the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by and contact your GP.
Website
NHS vaccinations and when to have them
Start for Life
Trusted NHS help and advice during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
Website
Start for Life
Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service
Providing evidence based specialist support to children (0-19) with a range of specific speech, language and communication difficulties and those with difficulties swallowing, eating and drinking.
Phone
0121 466 3370
Website
www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk
Email
childrens.slt@bhamcommunity.nhs.uk
KIDS West Midlands
KIDS is a national charity providing a wide range of support services to disabled children, young people and their families.
Phone
0121 355 2707
Website
www.kids.org.uk
Birmingham City Council
For information about services dedicated to children, young people and families
Phone
0121 303 1888
Website
www.birmingham.gov.uk
Drugs and Alcohol
Drinkaware
Digital tools to help you assess, track and set goals to reduce your drinking.
Website
Drinkaware tools
Drinkline
If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can call this free helpline, in complete confidence.
Phone
0300 123 1110
Talk to Frank
If you have a problem with drugs, you can Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs advice.
Phone
0300 123 6600
Text
82111
Website
Talk to Frank
Email
frank@talktofrank.com
NHS Drink Free Days
Drink Free Days is for people who like a drink but want some support in tracking and cutting down on the booze as well as better understanding the risks.
Google Play Store
Download NHS Drink Free Days on the Google Play Store
Apple App Store
Download NHS Drink Free Days on the Apple App Store
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Phone
0800 9177 650
Website
Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain
Email
help@aamail.org
Reach Out Recovery
Reach Out Recovery is a free and confidential drug and alcohol service for adults and affected others in Birmingham. We offer treatment and recovery services to support anyone experiencing difficulties with drugs and/or alcohol in a range of local community settings across Birmingham. Our recovery teams are based across the city and include doctors, recovery coordinators, nurses, recovery champions, peer mentors and volunteers.
Phone
0121 227 5890
Website
www.changegrowlive.org
Email
Birmingham.secure@CRI.CJSM.net
Elderly Care
Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. They believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.
Phone
0800 055 6112
Website
Age UK
Dementia UK
Dementia UK offers specialist one to one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.
Phone
0800 888 6678
Website
Dementia UK
Email
helpline@dementiauk.org
The Silver Line
Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day.
Phone
0800 470 80 90
Website
The Silver Line Helpline
Age Concern – Birmingham
Age Concern Birmingham is a charity that is dedicated to providing a high quality service and has at its heart key values that it operates by. To enrich the lives of older people and others in need through the range of services we offer.
Phone
0121 362 3650
Website
www.ageconcernbirmingham.org.uk
Email
info@ageconcernbirmingham.org.uk
Adult Social Care and Health – Birmingham City Council
Supporting Birmingham citizens to remain independent in their own homes. Whether you look after a friend, relative or yourself, you’ll find lots of information and advice at Connect to Support, or visit the emarketplace for products and services.
Website
www.birmingham.gov.uk
Dementia
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.
Phone
0800 888 6678
Website
www.dementiauk.org
Email
helpline@dementiauk.org
Maternity
Tommy’s
Tommy’s provides information and support to empower parents during pregnancy.
Website
Tommy’s
Start for Life
Trusted NHS help and advice during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
Website
Start for life
Baby Buddy: Pregnancy & Parent
Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.
Google Play Store
Download Baby Buddy on the Google Play Store
Apple App Store
Download Baby Buddy on the Apple App Store
MAMA Academy
MAMA Academy’s mission is to empower all maternity professionals and expectant parents on stillbirth prevention methods to help more babies arrive safely.
Phone
07427 851670
Website
MAMA Academy
Email
contact@mamaacademy.org.uk
NHS Pregnancy
This guide includes all you need to know about trying for a baby, pregnancy, labour and birth.
Website
NHS: Pregnancy
Acacia Family Support
Acacia offers pre and postnatal depression support services to women and their families across Birmingham.
Phone
0121 301 5990
Website
www.acacia.org.uk
Bump
Bump is a new partnership bringing together Birmingham and Solihull maternity services caring for women throughout their pregnancy journey.
Website
www.yourbump.nhs.uk
Mental Health
NHS Mental health
Find information and support for your mental health.
Website
NHS: Mental health
Kooth
Free anonymous online chat for young people to discuss their mental health issues.
Website
Kooth
Samaritans
Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Phone
116 123
Website
Samaritans
Email
jo@samaritans.org
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.
Phone
0121 522 7007
Website
Rethink Mental Illness
Email
info@rethink.org
Mind
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Phone
0300 123 3393
Website
Mind
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – Caring Minds
It’s estimated that one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime and this Trust was established to help those people, their families and carers. Caring Minds are dedicated to raising awareness of mental health and removing the stigma that’s associated with it.
Phone
0800 953 0045
Website
bsmhft.nhs.uk
Email
bsmhft.customerrelations@nhs.net
Birmingham Healthy Minds
Birmingham Healthy Minds is an NHS primary care psychological therapies service that works closely with Birmingham GP’s. BHM offers advice, information and brief psychological talking therapies for people aged 16 and over, who are often feeling anxious, low in mood or depressed.
Phone
0121 301 2525
Website
www.bsmhft.nhs.uk
LGBT Community
Birmingham LGBT
The Birmingham LGBT Centre hosts a wide range of independent social groups organised by LGBT people for LGBT people. So whether you’re interested in making new friends, pursuing a hobby or interest, or making your voice heard on issues that affect LGBT people, there’s a group for you.
Phone:
0121 643 0821
Website:
blgbt.org
Email:
hello@blgbt.org
Birmingham LGBT Meetup
The group was founded in early 2015 to bring together LGBT people who wanted to make new friends – and it has done just that!
We hold a monthly coffee afternoon in central Birmingham, regular nights out in the gay village, and a variety of other smaller scale meetups hosted by group members. If you want to organise an event yourself, they would love to hear from you.
Website:
www.meetup.com
Birmingham Swifts – LGBT Running Group
The Birmingham Swifts are a free, LGBT running group open to everyone no matter what your ability, age, sexuality or gender.
Website:
birminghamswifts.co.uk
Acting Out
A gay, lesbian and straight theatre group for both men and women. If you would like to act, help out back stage or just find out more, it’s great fun and you will be made very welcome.
Thursday Evenings at 07:00pm-09:00pm
Website:
www.actingout.org.uk
Email:
acting.out@btinternet.com/info@actingout.org.uk
Birmingham LGBT Centre
Support Groups, Sexual Health Testing, Cafe, Community Groups, Events and more.
Phone:
0121 643 0821
Website:
blgbt.org/services
Sexual Health
Brook
Brook provides free and confidential sexual health and wellbeing services for nearly 250,000 young people UK-wide, each year.
Website
Brook
Sexual Health Helpline
The National Sexual Health Helpline provided by Public Health England is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm.
Phone
0300 123 7123
Family Planning Association
A sexual health charity, the Family Planning Association gives straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.
Phone
020 7608 5240
Website
Family Planning Association
Birmingham LGBT Centre
Support Groups, Sexual Health Testing, Cafe, Community Groups, Events and more.
Phone:
0121 643 0821
Website
blgbt.org/services
Email
sexualhealth@blgbt.org
Umbrella Health
Providing free and confidential sexual health services in Birmingham and Solihull, including all types of contraception and STI testing and treatment.
Phone
0121 237 5700
Website
www.umbrellahealth.co.uk
Stop Smoking
Quit with help
Everyone has a different reason for quitting, get a personalised Quit Smoking Plan.
Website
Quit with help
NHS Quit smoking
Quitting is much easier when you get the right support and there are lots of options to choose from. Check out their advice, tools and tips.
Website
NHS: Quit smoking
Walsall Specialist Stop Smoking Service
Phone:
01922 444 044
Email:
lifestylelink@walsall.nhs.uk
Birmingham City Council
You are four times more likely to quit smoking with a combination of stop smoking medication and behavioural support. You can get free advice, one to one support and access to a range of nicotine replacement therapies (for just the cost of a prescription).
Website:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/info
Beaconview Chemist Stop Smoking Service
Phone:
0121 588 3193
Website:
www.beaconviewchemist.co.uk
Email:
optimummarketing.beaconviewchemist@nhs.net
Weight Management
Slimming World
You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.
Website
Slimming World
Weight Watchers
Meetings, online or a little bit of both. They’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.
Website
Weight Watchers
Specialist Weight Management Service
This specialist service is for people who have struggled with their weight for a long period of time. They offer a more intensive approach to weight management, when other interventions have not worked. A referral will need to be made by a health care professional in order to be seen by this specialist team.
Phone:
0121 683 2300
Website:
www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk
Am I a Healthy Weight?
Calculate your BMI using this NHS Tool
Website:
NHS: BMI Calculator