Useful Contacts:
Citizens Advice Bureau:
For general advise or queries you have regarding your coaching experiences, you can contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). They deal with all issues from housing to sport. The general site contact is:
www.citizenadvice.org.uk
Conversely if you wish to find your local centre, follow this link and type in your area and a range of offices and contact numbers will be displayed:
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm#txt_getadvice_header-Anchor-search
Samaritans:
www.samaritans.org.uk
08457 90 90 90
jo@samaritans.org.uk
Chris, P.O. Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA
NSPCC:
www.nspcc.org.uk
0808 800 5000
Adult Abuse Survivors:
Information for survivors of childhood and adult sexual abuse or rape; for both female and male sexual abuse survivors from the UK and around the world:
http://www.aest.org.uk/
Support Line:
SupportLine provides a confidential telephone helpline offering emotional support to any individual on any issue. The Helpline is primarily a preventative service and aims to support people before they reach the point of crisis:
www.supportline.org.uk
Stop it Now!
Stop it Now! believes that it is the responsibility of all adults to prevent child sexual abuse and to know the warning signs that abuse may be taking place. Stop! provides confidential freephone helpline support for anyone with a concern, including the parents and carers of children and young people with worrying sexual behaviour, and friends and family worried about the behaviour of another adult.
POST: Stop it Now! UK and Ireland, PO Box 9841, Birmingham, B48 7WB
Helpline: 0800 100 900 (Mon to Thurs 9am-9pm; Friday 9am-7pm)
Email: help@stopitnow.org.uk
Web: www.stopitnow.org.uk
ChildLine
Confidential telephone counselling service for children.
Freepost NATN1111, London E1 6BR
Helpline: 0800 11 11 (24hrs)
Deaf/hearing impaired textphone helpline: 0800 400 222 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-9.30pm, Sat and Sun 9.30am-8pm)
Web: www.childline.org.uk
NAPAC (The National Association for People Abused in Childhood)
NAPAC is the only national freephone helpline for men or women who are adult survivors of any kind of childhood abuse. Staffed by people with an in-depth understanding of the effects of abuse, you can contact them just to get things off your chest, discuss action you might want to take or to tap into their expertise on resources locally and nationally.
42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH
Helpline: 0800 085 3330 (Mon-Fri 10.30-3pm)
Web: www.napac.org.uk
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