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Teenager's Health
About Teenager's Health Self-help Support Local Information Useful Websites
The following pages provide links to information about Teenager's Health. These are rated as good quality websites.
NHS Website: information on various Teenager's health conditions.
Directgov - Provides information on health, finance etc.
PatientUK – Information leaflets on many Teenager's Health conditions.
Self-help Support: The following sites provide links to various self-help support groups on Teenager's health
Brook Centre: Free, confidential sex advice and contraception to all young people.
Contact: Studio 421, Highgate Studios, 51 - 79 Highgate Road, London NW5 1TL Tel: 0800 0185 023 Helpline for under 19's: 0800 28 29 30 Email information@brookcentres.org.uk
Centrepoint: National charity, working to improve the lives of socially excluded, homeless young people.
Contact: Central House, 25 Camperdown Street, London E1 8DZ Tel: 0800 587 5158 Helping homeless 16-25 year olds.
Child Death Helpline: A supportive listening service providing emotional support to all those affected by the death of a child teenager or young adult.
Contact: Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London. WC1N 3JH. Helpline: 0800 282986 (24 hours);Telephone:020 7813 8551/8416
Childline: is a counselling service for children and young people. Contact: Childline NSPCC, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. helpline: tel 0800 1111
Connexions: Provides information and advice on learning, careers, health, relationships, money and lots more for ages 13-19.
Contact:
HOUNSLOW
- Hounslow Connexions Centre, 6 Lampton Road, Hounslow,
Middlesex TW3 1JL.
Tel: 020 8577 5478,Email:
wlch@cfbt-hq.org.uk
Contact a family: Offers support for families of disabled or ill children
Contact: 209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN Tel: 020 7608 8700 Helpline: 0808 808 3555 - free for parents and carers (10am - 4pm Mon-Fri) Email: info@cafamily.org.uk
Hounslow Connexions Centre: Connexions offers advice, guidance and support plus personal development opportunities to 13 to 19 year olds. The Connexions Service is a national initiative providing every young person access to a fully trained Personal Adviser (PA). PAs can provide young people with guidance and support on education, training and employment as
well as help them tackle a range of issues that prevent them achieving their potential such as homelessness, drugs or
bullying.Contact: London Borough of Hounslow, Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow TW7 3EB Tel: 0208 583 5151
Hounslow Welcare: Advice, information, and social work support to single parent families, refugees/ asylum seekers, pregnant school age girls and young mothers (under 18). Contact: 15 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3AW. Tel: 020 8570 3594. email: info@hounslowwelcare.fsworld.co.uk
Kidscape: Advice and support for child abuse and bullying.
Contact: Kidscape, 8-10 South Street, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7PF, email: info@kidscape.org.uk
Swan Project: Offers support, counselling and advice to pregnant girls of school age, their parents and the father. Health education, school liaison and education support. Contact: Hounslow Welcare, 15 Bulstrode, Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3AW. Tel: 020 8570 3594. email: info@hounslowwelcare.fs.co.uk.
Teenage Cancer Trust: UK charity, Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on the particular needs of UK teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases.
Contact: Second Floor ,93 Newman Street, London WIT 3EZ.Tel: 020 7612 0370
Versus Arthritis - Information for Young people living with arthritis. Helpline: 0800 5200 520. email: enquiries@versusarthritis.org
Young Minds (Children's mental health charity): Contact: 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA Tel: 020 7336 8445 Infoline: 0800 0182138.Parents Helpline: 0808 802 5544
Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow
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