BeatStress.UK: Useful Services
Suicidal or in crisis?
Samaritans 116 123
Other useful services
NHS Choices
- www.nhs.uk
- www.nhs.uk/oneyou/stress
- www.nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth/Pages/Mentalhealthhome.aspx
- Wheel of Wellbeing from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Work
Money
Relationships
- Relate 0300 100 1234 (also help with sex/porn addiction)
Domestic Violence
- Men’s Advice Line (for victims) 0808 801 0327
- Respect (for perpetrators) 0808 802 4040
Drink and Drugs
- Addaction 020 7251 5860
- Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 769 7555
- Adfam - if a mate/family member has drink problems
- UK Narcotics Anonymous 0300 999 12 12
- NHS: www.nhs.uk/livewell/drugs/pages/drugshome.aspx
Other addictions
- Gamcare (Gambling) 0808 8020 133
- Gamblers Anonymous
- NHS sex and love addiction: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/sexandloveaddiction.aspx
- Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous 07984 977 884
Sexuality
- Lesbian and Gay Foundation 0845 330 3030
Exercise for depression
Anger
- NHS: www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anger-management/Pages/Self-help.aspx
- British Association of Anger Management
Eating Disorders
- Beat 0845 634 1414
- Men Get Eating Disorders Too
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Mindfulness
Counselling
- Counselling Directory 0844 8030 240
Other organisations
- Calm (service specifically for men) 0800 58 58 58
- Mind 0300 123 3393
- Rethink (for people with severe mental illness) 0300 5000 927
- Saneline (for anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers) 0845 767 8000
- UK ADHD partnership
- Mencap (the voice of learning disability)
- National Autistic Society
The Men’s Health Forum need your support It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking. In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to. It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for. We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing. Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can. |