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Finance
Citizens advice booklet for money saving tips.
https://www.chexs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CA-Broxbourne-Cost-Saving-Tips.pdf
Family Service
Family Service Directory for local services
https://directory.hertfordshire.gov.uk/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/family_home.page?familychannel=0
A-Z of hertsdirect
www.hertsdirect.org/atozofservices/
For Parents
http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-community/fis/
Adult Service
Adult Care- Hertfordshire
http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/healthsoc/supportforadults/
Big White Wall
http://www.bigwhitewall.com
Dad Talk
http://www.dadtalk.co.uk
Everyman Project
http://www.everymanproject.co.uk
EACH – Education Action Challenging Homophobia
http://www.eachaction.org.uk/
Families Need Fathers
http://www.fnf.org.uk
Gamcare
http://www.gamcare.org.uk
Gingerbread
http://www.gingerbread.org.uk
The Grandparents Association
http://www.grandparents-association.org.uk
Local Health Services
http://www.hertspartsft.nhs.uk/our-services/area-directory-and-contacts/
Learning Disability (Adults)
http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/healthsoc/supportforadults/learningdis/
MATCH
http://www.matchmothers.org
Mediation in Hertfordshire
https://directory.hertfordshire.gov.uk/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/home.page
MOSAC
http://www.mosac.org.uk/
NAPAC
http://www.napac.org.uk
Prisoners Families (Action for)
http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/
Relate Counselling
Information and support for all relationships. National: http://www.relate.org.uk Central and North Herts: http://www.relatecnh.org.uk
Dacorum, Watford and Three Rivers: http://www.relatewatford.org
Samaritans
http://www.samaritans.org
The grandparents association
http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/
Local health service
http://www.hpft.nhs.uk/services/community-services/wellbeing-service/
ADHD
ADDvance
http://add-vance.org/
NHS Choices
http://www.nhs.uk
Advice (general)
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/
Community Legal Advice
https://www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice
Advocacy (getting your voice heard)
Search ‘advocacy’ on the Hertfordshire Directory: http://directory.hertsdirect.org/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/home.page
Autism
SPACE
http://www.spaceherts.org.uk
ADDvance
http://add-vance.org/
HARC – Hertfordshire branch of the National Autistic Society (NAS)
http://www.harc-online.org.uk
National Autistic Society
http://www.autism.org.uk
Spectrum Girls (Herts)
http://www.aspergers4herts.org/spectrum-girls/
Aspergers 4 Herts
http://www.aspergers4herts.org/
Anger
NHS Choices
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/dealing-with-angry-child.aspx
Behaviour
Challenging Behaviour Foundation
http://www.thecbf.org.uk/
Family Lives
http://familylives.org.uk/
Mencap
http://www.mencap.org.uk
Parent TV
http://www.parentchannel.tv
Understanding Childhood
http://www.understandingchildhood.net
Behaviour for Learning
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/behaviour/
BME
Asylum Aid
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/.
Refugee Council
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
BME Achievement
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/bme/index.shtml
Bereavement
Childhood Bereavement Network http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/
Child Death Helpline
http://www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk/
The Compassionate Friends
http://www.tcf.org.uk/
Cruse Bereavement Care
http://www.cruse.org.uk/
SANDS
http://www.uk-sands.org/
Winston’s Wish
https://www.winstonswish.org.uk/
Child Bereavement UK
http://www.childbereavement.org.uk/
More Hertfordshire services:
Search ‘bereavement’ on the Hertfordshire Directory: http://directory.hertsdirect.org/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/home.page
Bullying
Herts for Learning
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/hwb/bullying/
Anti-bullying Alliance
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
Beat Bullying
http://www.beatbullying.org/
Bullying UK
http://www.bullying.co.uk/
Childline
https://www.childline.org.uk
Kidscape
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/
Stonewall
http://www.stonewall.org.uk/category/bullying
Carers & Young Carers
http://www.carersinherts.org.uk/how-we-can-help/young-carers
Childcare
Family Information Service:
http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-community/fis/
Local Children’s Centres may also be able to support and advise.
http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/postcode/postcodecc.cfm
Hertfordshire
http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/youngpeople/
Brook
http://www.brook.org.uk/
CFAB (Children & Families Across Borders)
http://cfab.org.uk/
ChannelMogo
http://www.channelmogo.org/
ChildLine
http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
Children First
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/
Childnet International – Know IT All
http://www.childnet.com/young-people
Youth Connexions
http://www.connexions-hertfordshire.co.uk/
FRANK
http://www.talktofrank.com/
Children & Young People Sites
Get Connected
http://www.getconnected.org.uk/
Law Stuff
http://www.lawstuff.org.uk/
Look After Your Mate
http://www.studentminds.org.uk/look-after-your-mate.html
National Youth Advocacy
http://www.nyas.net/
Rethink
http://www.rethink.org/living_with_mental_illness/caring/index.html
Sex and Young People
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Sexandyoungpeople/Pages/Sex-and-young-people-hub.aspx
The Hideout
http://www.thehideout.org.uk/default.aspa
The Site
http://www.thesite.org/mental-health
Thinkuknow
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
UKCOSA (UK Council for International Student Affairs)
http://www.ukcisa.org.uk
Youngcarers.net
http://www.youngcarers.net/
Babble Carers
https://babble.carers.org/
Herts Young Carers
http://www.hertsyoungcarers.org.uk/
Online Skype Hangout – this is an online Skype group running every Thursday between 11am-1pm to facilitate social connection amongst young people across the county consisting of informal chat and some fun structured activities to foster positive mental health (available for young people aged 15-early 20’s). Please see link for referral info: https://www.hertsmindnetwork.org/young-peoples-online-group.
Young People Online Wellbeing Courses – these are online webinar courses for young people aged 15-18. We have received positive feedback around these and will be putting more on over the coming weeks/months around different topics – please see website link on details of how you can refer young people or how they can refer themselves: https://www.hertsmindnetwork.org/wellbeing-through-learning-children-and-young-people. We are also keen to understand what courses CYP would helpful so if you have any feedback or young people who wish to support us developing these, please let us know.
Children and Young Peoples Helpline – Our Children and Young Peoples helpline is available to any young person aged 10-17 for support with any mental health need in the moment. This is a really exciting development allowing instant support over the phone for local young people. Please take a look at this link to our website for opening times and the helpline number: https://www.hertsmindnetwork.org/young-peoples-helpline
Drug and Alcohol support
Spectrum Families and Young Peoples Service – Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire support
Gambling support
NHS Support
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/gambling-addiction/
Gamcare
Big Deal (link for young people)
Healthy Living
Bezee Bodies
