Help for Parents and Families

Papyrus
Rossendale GH
Union Road
Rawtenstall
Lancs BB4 6NE
Tel. 01706 214449
E-mail: sendinfo@papyrus-uk.org
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
A voluntary organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of good mental health and wellbeing.  Booklets with help and information can be downloaded from the website.

Parentline Plus
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours a day, every day)
Offers support to anyone parenting a child - the child's parents, stepparents, grandparents and foster parents.

Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA)
Tel: 01273 693311
E-mail: publications@tsa.uk.com
Website: www.tsa.uk.com
Provides information for parents on issues like teenage suicide and self-harm, through its publications department.

Young Minds
102-108 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5SA
Tel: 020 7336 8445 (just for info and publications)
Parents Information Service:
0800 018 2138 (Mondays and Fridays 10am-1pm; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 1-4pm)
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Provides information to anyone with concerns about the mental health or emotional well being of a child or young person. Can give information on mental health issues, and details of local and national advice services. Leaflets for young people, and other helpful information is available on their site.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)
National Helpline 0870 241 3337 (every day, 9am-9pm)
E-mail: sobs.support@care4free.net
Website: www.uk-sobs.org.uk
Offers emotional and practical support; the voluntary organisation is run mainly by those bereaved by suicide.

Cruse Bereavement Care
Helpline: 0870 1671677
E-mail: helpline@crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Offers free information and advice plus support and counselling for anyone affected by a death.

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