Specific Organisations
Child Abuse
Adoption
- Post Adoption Centre – 020 7284 0555
- Action for Children – 020 7284 0555
- National Organisation for Counselling Adoptees and their Parents (NORCAP) – 01865 750 554
- CoramBaaf (Adoption and Fostering Academy)
Aids/HIV
- AIDS Information Service – 0800 555777
Bereavement
- Cruse Bereavement Care – 020 8940 4818
Care
- Advocacy Service for Children (ASC) – 0800 616101 (Free phone)
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) – 020 825 2500
Depression
Discrimination and Racism
- Institute of Race Relations – 020 7837 0041
- Commission for Equality and Human Rights – 020 7828 7022
Disability
- The Royal National Institute for Deaf People – 020 7387 8033
- British Deaf Association – 020 7588 3520
- The National Autistic Society – 020 7833 2299
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) – 020 7250 3222
- British Epilepsy Association – 0808 800 5050
- Disabled Living Foundation – 020 7289 6111
- Riding for the Disabled – 020 7490 4919
- The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association – 01734 835555
- Royal National Institute for the Blind – 020 7388 1266
- Spinal Injuries Association – 020 8444 2121
- SCOPE (Spastics Society) – 020 7619 7100
- Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)
- Mencap – 020 7454 0454
Drug Abuse
- Release (Legal and Drug Advice) – 020 7603 8654 ( 24-hour emergency telephone service )