Support Around the Seat

ELSIE’S MOON (WIRRAL)

Offers counselling and wellbeing support when pregnancy does not go as planned.

🌐 https://elsiesmoon.co.uk/

📞 07956 539772

📩 support@elsiesmoon.co.uk

LOVE JASMINE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides emotional, practical and well-being support to families bereaved by the loss of a child, or whose child has been given a terminal diagnosis.

🌐https://www.lovejasmine.org.uk/

📱07566 225253 (TEXT ONLY)

📩 enquiries@lovejasmine.org.uk

TOMMY’S (NATIONAL)

Provides national support for families through pregnancy complications and baby loss while funding pregnancy research.

🌐https://www.tommys.org/

📞0800 014 7800,

📩 midwife@tommys.org

THE HONEYSUCKLE BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides care for women and their families at Liverpool Women’s University Hospital following pregnancy loss at any gestation and early neonatal death.

🌐https://www.uhliverpool.nhs.uk/services/service-

finder/maternity/honeysuckle-bereavement-service

📞0151 702 4151

📩honeysuckle@lwh.nhs.uk

CRUSE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT (NATIONAL)

Provides information, helpline support, groups and one-to-one help for people experiencing grief.

🌐https://www.cruse.org.uk/

📞0808 808 1677

LISTENING EAR (KNOWSLEY)

Provides counselling, trauma therapy and ongoing support for adults and children affected by bereavement and loss.

🌐https://listening-ear.co.uk/

📞0151 488 6648

📩enquiries@listening-ear.co.uk

LIVERPOOL BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Offers free bereavement counselling for adults, children and young people across Merseyside.

🌐https://liverpoolbereavement.com

📞0151 236 3932

📩enquiries@liverpoolbereavement.co.uk

LOVE, JASMINE (LIVERPOOL)

Offers emotional, practical and peer support to families following the death of a child of any age.

🌐https://www.lovejasmine.org.uk/

📞 (TEXT ONLY) 07566 225253

📩enquiries@lovejasmine.org.uk

NATIONAL BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (NATIONAL)

Provides free, impartial guidance and support to people following a death, helping them understand and manage the practical, legal and administrative aspects of bereavement and signposting to further support where needed.

🌐https://thenbs.org/

📞0800 024 6121

📩info@thenbs.org

BULLYBUSTERS (MERSEYSIDE)

Offers a confidential helpline, advice, mediation and anti-bullying education for children, families and professionals across Merseyside.

🌐https://aimsprojects.org.uk/bullybusters/

📞0800 169 6928

📩bbusters@localsolutions.org.uk

CHILDLINE (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential support and advice to children and young people on issues including bullying, abuse, mental health, family problems and anything else causing them worry or distress.

🌐https://www.childline.org.uk/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

📞0800 1111

CORAM KIDSCAPE (NATIONAL)

Provides advice, practical support and training to help children, families and schools prevent and respond to bullying.

🌐https://coramkidscape.org.uk/

📞0300 102 4481

📩pal@coramkidscape.org.uk

📱07496 682785 (WHATSAPP)

BARNARDO’S (NATIONAL)

Provides a support framework for care leavers including support with finances, education, employment, housing, training and employment alongside emotional and practical support.

🌐https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/support-for-young-people/leaving-care

BECOME (NATIONAL) 

Provides advice, support and advocacy for children in care and care-experienced young people.

🌐https://becomecharity.org.uk/

📞0800 023 2033

📱07860 034982

📩advice@becomecharity.org.uk

CATCH22 (LIVEROOL CITY REGION AND GREATER MANCHESTER)

Supports care leavers with housing, employment, emotional wellbeing and the transition to independent living.

🌐https://www.catch-22.org.uk/what-we-do/childrens-social-care/care-leavers/

📞07889 128 375

📩clicprogramme@catch-22.org.uk

FORUM HOUSING ASSOCIATION (WIRRAL)

Provides supported accommodation and independent-living support for young people, including care leavers.

🌐https://forumhousing.co.uk/

📞Housing Allocations Team: 0800 234 6007

📞Head office: 0151 649 9718

📩info@forumhousing.co.uk

NOT FORGOTTEN- FREEDOM CHURCH (LIVERPOOL AND KNOWSLEY)

Provides essential household items to young care leavers moving into their own accommodation.

🌐https://www.freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk/

📞07865 078312

📩info@freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk

BARNARDO’S ACTION WITH YOUNG CARERS (LIVERPOOL)

Works towards reducing the negative impact that caring can have, socially, emotionally, and educationally on young carers.

🌐https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/services/action-young-carers-liverpool

📞0151 228 4455

📩youngcarers.liverpool@barnardos.org.uk

BARNARDO’S ACTION WITH YOUNG CARERS (WIRRAL)

Provides advice, activities and breaks for young people with caring responsibilities.

🌐https://www.wirral.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/adult-social-care/support-carers/support-young-carers

📞0151 650 5488

📩wirralservices@barnardos.org.uk

CARERS UK – (NATIONAL)

Provides information, advice and support to unpaid carers on benefits, finances, employment, carers’ rights, wellbeing and accessing practical help.

🌐https://www.carersuk.org/

📞020 7378 4999

📩info@carersuk.org

HALTON CARERS’ CENTRE (HALTON)

Provides advice, activities, training and wellbeing support for young and adult unpaid carers in Halton.

🌐https://haltoncarers.co.uk/young-carers/young-carer-support/

📞01928 580182

📩help@haltoncarers.co.uk

SEFTON CARERS’ CENTRE (SEFTON)

Offers practical, emotional and wellbeing support for unpaid carers of all ages in Sefton.

🌐https://sefton-carers.org.uk/

📞0151 288 6060

📩help@carers.sefton.gov.uk

ST HELENS YOUNG CARERS’ CENTRE (ST HELENS)

Provides support, activities and breaks for children and young people who care for a family member.

🌐https://www.sthelensyoungcarers.org/

📞01744 677279

📩info@sthelenscarers.org.uk

VIBE UK- ME TIME (KNOWSLEY)

Provides activities, respite and peer support for young carers aged 5–18 in Knowsley.

🌐https://www.vibeuk.org/metime

📩Knowsley.YoungCarers@knowsley.gov.uk

BARNARDO’S (NATIONAL)

Supports children, young people and families facing challenges such as poverty, abuse, poor mental health and family difficulties.

🌐https://www.barnardos.org.uk/

CORAM FAMILY LIVES (NATIONAL)

Offers confidential emotional support and practical guidance about

parenting and children’s behaviour, family conflict and relationship difficulties, school-related concerns, teenagers and challenging behaviour, parental stress and family pressures.

🌐https://www.coramfamilylives.org.uk/

📞0808 800 2222

📩askus@familylives.org.uk

📱07441 444125 (WHATSAPP)

HALTON FAMILY HUBS (HALTON)

Offer local advice, activities and support for parenting, early years, wellbeing, SEND and family life.

🌐Halton Family Hubs

KNOWSLEY FAMILY HUBS (KNOWSLEY)

Offer local advice, activities and support for parenting, early years, wellbeing, SEND and family life.

🌐Family Hubs

LIVERPOOL FAMILY HUBS (LIVERPOOL)

Provide local support with parenting, child development, health, early years and family wellbeing.

🌐https://liverpool.gov.uk/children-and-families/early-years-and-childcare/best-start-family-hubs-and-children-s-centres/

SEFTON FAMILY HUBS (SEFTON)

Offer advice, activities and support around parenting, wellbeing, early years, SEND and family relationships.

🌐https://www.sefton.gov.uk/familyhubs

WIRRAL FAMILY HUBS (WIRRAL)

Provide joined-up support for families, including parenting, health, SEND, relationships and child development.

🌐https://www.wirral.gov.uk/early-years-and-childcare/family-hubs

ACTION ON PAIN (NATIONAL)

Provides advice and support for people living with chronic pain.

🌐https://action-on-pain.co.uk/

📞01553 828926

📩aopisat@btinternet.com

PAIN CONCERN (NATIONAL)

Provides information, resources and peer support for people living with pain.

🌐https://painconcern.org.uk/

📞0300 123 0789

📩help@painconcern.org.uk

THE PAIN RELIEF FOUNDATION (LIVERPOOL)

Funds research into chronic pain while providing information, resources and social support for people living with persistent pain.

🌐https://painrelieffoundation.org.uk/

📞0151 529 5820

📩Hayley.McCullough@painrelieffoundation.org.uk

ACTIVE MINDS (LIVERPOOL)

Provides culturally inclusive, person-centred dementia and wellbeing support through meaningful social experiences, early intervention and support for families and unpaid carers.

🌐https://www.activemindscentre.co.uk/

📞07777 759562

📩info@activemindscentre.co.uk

ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY (NATIONAL)

Provides information, advice and practical support to people living with dementia, their families and carers, while campaigning for better dementia care and research.

🌐https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/

📞0333 150 3456

DEMENTIA UK (NATIONAL)

🌐https://www.dementiauk.org/

📞0800 888 6678

📩info@dementiauk.org

DEMENTIA SUPPORT (LIVERPOOL)

🌐https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/service/dementia-support-liverpool-108620

📞0333 150 3456

📩liverpool@alzheimers.org.uk

DEMENTIA TOGETHER (WIRRAL)

IMAGINE INDEPENDENCE (LIVERPOOL)

Supports people with mental health conditions and other complex needs to live independently through accommodation, peer support and community services.

🌐https://www.imagineindependence.org.uk/

📞Head office: 0151 709 2366

📞Peer Support: 07917 050123

📩imagine@imagineindependence.org.uk

NHS CRISIS LINE (NATIONAL)

PSS WELLBEING CENTRES (LIVERPOOL)

Offer free groups, activities and practical support to help Liverpool residents manage anxiety, depression, loneliness and other mental health difficulties.

🌐https://psspeople.com/

📞0151 702 5555

📩hello@pss.org.uk

RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS (NATIONAL)

Provides advice, advocacy, support groups and community services for people and their carers living with severe mental illness.

🌐https://www.rethink.org/

📞0808 801 0525

📩info@rethink.org

ST HELENS MIND (ST HELENS)

Supports local people through 121 befriending, peer-support groups, social activities, a suicide prevention group for men aged 18-30 & paid counselling services. All wellbeing initiatives are designed to improve mental health, prevent crisis and reduce social isolation.

🌐https://www.sthelensmind.org.uk/

📞01744 385137

WIRRAL MIND (WIRRAL)

Provides counselling, befriending, wellbeing activities, supported living and community mental health support across Wirral and Merseyside.

🌐https://wirralmind.org.uk/

📞0151 512 2200

📩learning@wirralmind.org.uk

YPAS- YOUNG PERSONS ADVISORY SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Children and young people provides counselling, therapy, wellbeing support and practical advice for children and young people aged 5–25 and their families.

🌐https://www.ypas.org.uk/

📞Central Hub: 0151 707 1025

📞North Hub: 0151 305 2040

📞South Hub: 0151 305 2030

📩support@ypas.org.uk

CITIZENS ADVICE (NATIONAL)

Provides free, independent advice on benefits, debt, housing, employment, consumer issues and legal rights.

🌐https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

📞0800 144 8848

CITIZENS ADVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Offers free advice and advocacy to help Liverpool residents resolve financial, housing, benefits, employment and other practical problems.

🌐https://citizensadviceliverpool.org.uk

📞0808 278 7840

LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE (LDAS) (LIVERPOOL)

Supports women and girls aged 16 and over through safety planning, advocacy, counselling and domestic abuse recovery programmes.

🌐http://liverpooldomesticabuseservice.org.uk

📞0151 263 7474

📞0800 084 2744

📩ldasenquiries@heatkensington.org.uk

📱Services Mobile/Text for hard of hearing: 0756 201 3316

MERSEYSIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Supports women, girls, children and families affected by domestic abuse and stalking through advocacy, recovery programmes and practical assistance.

🌐https://www.mdvs.org/

📞0780 272 2703

📩info@mdvs.org

PAUL LAVELLE FOUNDATION (WIRRAL AND NATIONAL)

Provides therapeutic support, advocacy, advice and peer groups for men affected by domestic abuse.

🌐http://paullavellefoundation.co.uk/services

📞Support line: 0151 651 3777

📞General enquiries: 0151 294 4176

📩info@paullavellefoundation.co.uk

REFUGE (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist support, emergency accommodation and a 24-hour helpline for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.

🌐https://refuge.org.uk/

📞0808 2000 247

RESPECT (NATIONAL)

Respect is dedicated to preventing domestic abuse by supporting perpetrators, victims, and young people involved in abusive behaviour.

🌐https://www.respect.org.uk/

📞0808 8024040

📩info@respect.org.uk

RESPECT MEN’S ADVICE LINE (NATIONAL)

A free, confidential UK helpline and webchat service for men, trans and non‑binary people experiencing or who have experienced domestic abuse, plus those supporting them, offering emotional support, practical advice, safety planning, and signposting to local and specialist services.

🌐https://mensadviceline.org.uk/

📞0808 8010327

WIRRAL WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S AID (WIRRAL)

🌐https://wwaca.org/

📞0151 643 9766

WOMEN’S AID ( NATIONAL)

Works to end domestic abuse against women and children, providing information, survivor support and access to a network of specialist domestic abuse services across England.

🌐https://womensaid.org.uk/

📞0808 2000 247

📩info@womensaid.org.uk

BLACKBURNE HOUSE (LIVERPOOL)

Supports women through education, training and employment opportunities.

🌐https://www.blackburnehouse.co.uk

📞0151 709 4356

📩reception@blackburnehouse.co.uk

CORAM LAW ADVICE (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist information and advice to parents about education law, including school admissions, exclusions, bullying, SEND and children who are unable to attend school.

🌐https://childlawadvice.org.uk/

📞Family Line: 0300 330 5480

📞Education line: 0300 330 5485

INTO UNIVERSITY (NATIONAL)

Provides sessions of structured academic study after school, helping students age 7-18 develop effective study skills.

🌐https://intouniversity.org/

📞020 7243 0242

📩info@intouniversity.org

SHAPING FUTURES (LIVERPOOL CITY REGION)

Helps young people understand and access higher education.

🌐https://shaping-futures.org.uk/

📞020 7243 0242

📩admin@shaping-futures.info

ACAS (NATIONAL)

Provides free, impartial advice on workplace rights and employment law, alongside mediation and conciliation to help employees and employers resolve disputes.

🌐https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us

📞0300 123 1150

CAREER CONNECT (LIVERPOOL)

Provides free careers guidance, CV and application support, interview preparation, training advice and help to move into employment, particularly for young people and those facing barriers to work.

🌐https://careerconnect.org.uk/

📞0151 600 7700

📩hello@careerconnect.org.uk

JOB CENTRE PLUS RAPID RESPONSE (NATIONAL)

Supports people facing redundancy with job searching, CV preparation, training opportunities, benefits advice and help moving quickly into new employment.

🌐https://www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/get-help-finding-a-new-job

📩rrs.enquiries@dwp.gov.uk

THE FERTILITY ALLIANCE (NATIONAL)

Offers support and accurate information for anyone who wants to know more about their fertility.

🌐https://thefertilityalliance.org.uk/

📩info@thefertilityalliance.org.uk

THE HEWITT FERTILITY CENTRE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides both a specialised and professional counselling team and also an informal support group, where we can respond to each patient individually and personally.

🌐https://www.thehewittfertilitycentre.org.uk/

📞0151 702 4075

📩Hewittcounsellingservices@lwh.nhs.uk

GREATER MERSEYSIDE MONEY ADVICE PARTNERSHIP (MERSEYSIDE)

Coordinates local organisations providing free, confidential and independent debt and money advice across Greater Merseyside.

🌐https://www.gmmap.org.uk/

📩gmmap@citizensadviceknowsley.org.uk

MERSEYSIDE HOUSING AND DEBT ADVICE CIC (KNOWSLEY)

Provides free, confidential and impartial housing, debt and benefits advice to adults in Knowsley. We also offer practical support and advocacy, helping people manage their finances, maintain their homes and access appropriate services, including support for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

🌐https://merseysidehousinganddebtadvicecic.co.uk/

📞07749 130565

📩ann.norris@mhda.co.uk

RAISE ADVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides free, confidential support for individuals in financial hardship, including benefit advice, debt and money management, and ‘back to work’ support.

🌐https://www.raiseadvice.org.uk/

📞0151 459 1556

📩admin@raiseadvice.org.uk

STEP CHANGE (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential and impartial advice, budgeting support and practical solutions for people struggling with debt or money worries.

🌐https://www.stepchange.org/

📞0800 138 1111

BEACON COUNSELLING TRUST (NORTH WEST REGION)

Offers free counselling, education and recovery support for individuals and families affected by gambling-related harm across the North West.

🌐https://beaconcounsellingtrust.co.uk

📞0151 226 0696

📩support@beaconcounsellingtrust.co.uk

FORWARD TRUST (NATIONAL)

Anti-Gambling Service supports people and families affected by addiction through treatment, recovery services, family support and confidential advice about drugs, alcohol and gambling.

🌐https://forwardtrust.org.uk/

📞07585 580651

📩mpact@forwardtrust.org.uk

NATIONAL GAMBLING HELPLINE

NORTHERN GAMBLING SERVICE (NORTH WEST, NORTH EAST, YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER)

Provides specialist NHS therapy and treatment for adults experiencing gambling addiction, related mental health difficulties and other associated harms. They also provide support and treatment to loved ones who are affected by someone else’s gambling.

🌐https://www.northerngamblingservice.nhs.uk/

‘📞0300 3001490

📩referral.ngs@nhs.net

KARMA NIRVANA (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist support and a national helpline for people affected by honour-based abuse and forced marriage.

🌐https://karmanirvana.org.uk/

📞0800 5999 247

📩info@karmanirvana.org.uk

SAVERA UK (MERSEYSIDE)

Supports people at risk of honour-based abuse, forced marriage and other culturally specific harmful practices.

🌐https://www.saverauk.co.uk/

📞0800 107 0726

📩info@saverauk.co.uk

MERSEYSIDE HOUSING AND DEBT ADVICE CIC (MERSEYSIDE)

Provides free, confidential and impartial housing, debt and benefits advice to adults in Knowsley. We also offer practical support and advocacy, helping people manage their finances, maintain their homes and access appropriate services, including support for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

🌐https://merseysidehousinganddebtadvicecic.co.uk

📞07749 130565

📩ann.norris@mhda.co.uk

SHELTER (NATIONAL)

Provides free housing advice, advocacy and legal support for people experiencing homelessness, eviction, unsafe housing or other serious housing problems.

🌐https://england.shelter.org.uk

📞0808 800 4444

SHELTER MERSEYSIDE (MERSEYSIDE)

Provides free housing advice and legal support for people facing homelessness, eviction, unsuitable housing or other serious housing problems.

🌐https://england.shelter.org.uk/get_help/local_services/merseyside

📞0344 515 1300

AGE UK (MERSEYSIDE)

Reduces loneliness among older people through befriending, social activities, advice and telephone companionship.

🌐https://www.ageuk.org.uk/wirralliverpoolsefton/

📞0151 482 3456

📩enquiries@ageukwirral.org.uk

ANDY’S MAN CLUB (NATIONAL)

A men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. We want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK

🌐https://andysmanclub.co.uk/

CALM- CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY (NATIONAL)

Provides suicide-prevention support, practical mental health resources and a confidential helpline for anyone struggling with life.

🌐https://www.thecalmzone.net/

KIND TO YOUR MIND (LIVERPOOL)

Offers practical steps, resources, and support to help people protect, improve, and recover their mental health and general wellbeing.

🌐https://kindtoyourmindliverpool.co.uk/

MENTELL (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential peer-support groups where men aged 18 and over can talk in a safe space without advice or judgement.

🌐https://www.mentell.org.uk/

OMEGA (NATIONAL)

Tackles loneliness through free telephone befriending and pen pal services for lonely and socially isolated adults

🌐https://omega.uk.net/

📞01743 245 088

📩info@omega.uk.net

SEAN’S PLACE (LIVERPOOL)

Reduces isolation among men in Merseyside through peer support, activities and mental health services.

🌐https://seansplace.org.uk

📞0151 922 5444

INSIDE CONNECTIONS SUPPORT CIC (LIVERPOOL)

Helps people with convictions access training and sustainable employment to support rehabilitation and reduce reoffending.

🌐https://www.insideconnections.co.uk/

📞0800 689 1676

📩enquiries@insideconnections.co.uk

LAW WORKS (NATIONAL)

Connects people who are not eligible for legal aid but cannot afford legal advice with free assistance from volunteer solicitors and pro bono legal clinics across England and Wales.

🌐https://www.lawworks.org.uk/

NACRO (NATIONAL)

Supports people affected by the criminal justice system with housing, education, wellbeing and resettlement.

🌐https://www.nacro.org.uk/

📞0300 123 1999

📩helpline@nacro.org.uk

CITIZENS ADVICE (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential advice on benefits, debt, housing, employment, consumer issues and legal rights.

🌐https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

📞0800 144 8848

MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE (MERSEYSIDE)

Provides free legal advice and representation for housing and welfare-benefits issues.

🌐https://www.merseysidelawcentre.co.uk/

📞0151 709 0504

SUPPORT THROUGH COURT (LIVERPOOL)

Provides practical and emotional support for people facing civil or family court without a lawyer.

🌐https://supportthroughcourt.org/locations/liverpool/

📞0151 456 1785

📩Liverpoolvolunteer@supportthroughcourt.org

LGBT FOUNDATION (LIVERPOOL)

Provides specialist 1-2-1 Domestic Abuse, Recovery (Drug and alcohol), and Sexual Health support, as well as weekly wellbeing groups for LGBTQ+ people in Liverpool.

🌐https://lgbt.foundation/

📞0808 175 3080

📩dasupportliverpool@lgbt.foundation

OVER THE RAINBOW (ST HELENS)

Provides a confidential social and support group for LGBTQ+ young people in St Helens.

🌐https://www.sthelensgateway.info/organisations/over-the-rainbow/

📞07826 876484 (TEXT ONLY)

SAHIR (LIVERPOOL)

Supports LGBTQ+ people and those living with or affected by HIV across the Liverpool City Region.

🌐https://www.sahir.org.uk/

📞0151 673 1972

📩info@sahir.org.uk

SWITCHBOARD LGBTQIA+(NATIONAL)

Provides confidential support and information by phone, email and online chat.

🌐https://switchboard.lgbt/

📞0800 0119 100

📩hello@switchboard.lgbt

YPAS GYRO (LIVERPOOL)

Provides supportive groups for LGBTQ+ young people aged 11–25 in Liverpool.

🌐https://www.ypas.org.uk/

📞0151 707 1025

📩gyro@ypas.org.uk

MENOPAUSE SUPPORT (NATIONAL)

Provides information, education and support for people experiencing perimenopause and menopause in all its aspects.

🌐https://menopausesupport.co.uk/

📞0808 175 3080

📩hello@menopausesupport.co.uk

WHISC WOMEN’S HEALTH INFORMATION AND SUPPORT CENTRE (LIVERPOOL)

Supports women across Liverpool and Merseyside through health information, emotional support and wellbeing activities.

🌐https://whisc.org.uk/

📞0151 707 1826

📩women@whisc.org.uk

ADDVANCED SOLUTIONS (MERSEYSIDE AND MANCHESTER)

Supports neurodivergent children, young people and families through advice, groups and learning programmes.

🌐https://addvancedsolutions.co.uk/

📞Liverpool / Knowsley / Wirral / Sefton / Halton: 0151 486 1788

📞St Helens: 01744 582172

📞Warrington: 01925 320863

📞Manchester: 0161 850 7807

📩info@addvancedsolutions.co.uk

ADHD UK  (NATIONAL)

Provides information, support groups and advocacy for people affected by ADHD.

🌐https://adhduk.co.uk/

AUTISM TOGETHER (WIRRAL)

Provides accommodation, day services, employment support and family advice for autistic people.

🌐https://autismtogether.co.uk/

📞General phone: 0151 334 7510

📞Children and Family Service: 0151 666 9960

📩enquiries@autismtogether.co.uk

THE BRAIN CHARITY (LIVERPOOL AND NATIONAL)

🌐Supports neurodivergent people and those with neurological conditions through practical advice, emotional support, advocacy and specialist services.

📞0151 298 2999

📩info@thebraincharity.org.uk

BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION (NATIONAL)

Provides information and support for dyslexic people, families and professionals.

🌐https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

📞0333 405 4567

📩helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk

NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY (NATIONAL)

Provides autism information, support and advocacy for autistic people and their families.

🌐https://www.autism.org.uk/

📞020 7833 2299

OCD UK (NATIONAL)

Supports children and adults affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), offering information, advice, peer support and help to access appropriate treatment.

🌐https://www.ocduk.org/

📞01332 588112 Monday to Friday 101m-2pm

📩support@ocduk.org

TOURETTES ACTION (NATIONAL)

Tourettes Action is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families. Our staff, volunteers and supporters are engaged and energised in driving forward our mission. Everything we do is grounded in our community’s needs and informed by the voices of our community and research-based evidence.

🌐https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/

📩help@tourettes-action.org.uk

CAREER CONNECT (LIVERPOOL)

Provides careers advice and personalised support to help people access education, training and employment.

🌐https://careerconnect.org.uk/

📞0151 600 7700

📩hello@careerconnect.org.uk

EVERTON IN THE COMMUNITY (LIVERPOOL)

Supports local people through education, training, employment and community wellbeing programmes.

🌐https://www.evertoninthecommunity.org/projects/education/employability/

📞0151 319 4018

📩employability@evertonfc.com

THE KING’S TRUST (NATIONAL)

Helps young people build confidence, skills and routes into education, employment or self-employment.

🌐https://www.kingstrust.org.uk/

📞0800 842 842

LFC FOUNDATION (LIVERPOOL)

Pathway to Works and SMF Works – Helps young people develop confidence, employability skills and work experience to progress into employment or training.

🌐https://www.liverpoolfc.com/foundation/pathway-works

📩james.mccall@liverpoolfc.com

ARTHRITIS UK (NATIONAL)

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (NATIONAL)

Funds cardiovascular research and provides trusted information and support for people affected by heart and circulatory conditions.

🌐https://www.bhf.org.uk/

📞0808 802 1234

📩heretohelp@bhf.org.uk

DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT (NATIONAL)

Supports people and families following serious, life-changing physical injuries.

🌐https://dayonetrauma.org/

📞0333 034 2107

📩support@dayonetrauma.org

DIABETES UK (NATIONAL)

Provides information, advice and peer support for people affected by diabetes while funding research and campaigning for better care.

🌐https://www.diabetes.org.uk/

📞0345 123 2399

📩 helpline@diabetes.org.uk

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT (NATIONAL)

Provides emotional, practical and financial information and support for people living with cancer and their families.

🌐https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

📞 0808 808 0000

DAISY INCLUSIVE UK (LIVERPOOL)

Supports disabled and vulnerable people and their families through advice, inclusive activities, education and opportunities to improve independence and wellbeing.

🌐https://daisyuk.com/

📞0151 261 0309

📩info@daisyuk.com

DISABILITY POSITIVE (WIRRAL AND CHESHIRE)

Provides practical support, advocacy and help with independent living, personal budgets and removing barriers faced by disabled people.

🌐https://disabilitypositive.org/

📞01606 331 853

📩info@disabilitypositive.org

GREENBANK SPORTS ACADEMY (LIVERPOOL)

Supports disabled and disadvantaged people through accessible sport, physical activity, education and recreation, including specialist equipment and inclusive facilities.

🌐https://www.greenbanksportsacademy.co.uk/

📞0151 280 7757

📩sports.academy@greenbank.org.uk

SCOPE (NATIONAL)

Provides information, advice, employment support and campaigns for equality for disabled people and their families.

🌐https://www.scope.org.uk/

📞0808 800 3333

📱Text relay: Dial 18001, followed by 0808 800 3333

📩helpline@scope.org.uk

SENSE (NATIONAL)

Supports people with complex disabilities, including those who are deafblind, to communicate, develop independence and take part fully in everyday life.

🌐https://www.sense.org.uk/

📩info@sense.org.uk

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY FOUNDATION

Provides information, support and guidance to people affected by ectopic pregnancy, including those experiencing diagnosis, treatment, recovery and pregnancy loss.

🌐https://www.ectopicpregnancy.co.uk/

📞 0845 070 4636

HOME-START KNOWSLEY FLOURISHING FUTURES (KNOWSLEY)

Supports families from pregnancy until their child’s second birthday.

🌐https://homestartknowsley.org.uk/

📞0151 480 3910

📩info@homestartknowsley.org.uk

HOME-START (SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY)

Provides practical and emotional support for families with young children.

🌐https://www.homestart-southportandformby.org.uk/

📞01704 542276

📩admin@homestartsouthport.co.uk

KOALA NORTHWEST (WIRRAL AND LIVERPOOL)

Supports families through early-years, parenting, neonatal and SEND services.

🌐https://koalanw.co.uk/

📞0151 608 8288

📩admin@koalanw.co.uk

HOUSE OF LIGHT (NATIONAL)

Supports women and their families suffering from Post Natal Depression. The Helpline provides information, advice and support.

🌐https://houseoflight.org.uk/

📞0800 043 2031

📩help@houseoflight.org.uk

MISCARRIAGE UK (NATIONAL)

Provides information, emotional support and peer support to anyone affected by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy.

🌐https://www.miscarriageuk.org/

📞0303 003 6464

📩info@miscarriageuk.org

NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST (NATIONAL)

Supports parents through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood with trusted information, antenatal education, practical support and local parent communities.

🌐https://www.nct.org.uk/

📞0300 330 0700

PANDAS FOUNDATION (NATIONAL)

Supports the whole family unit affected by a perinatal mental illness and supports parents, carers and their networks from conception, though to birth and beyond with their UK wide, free services.

🌐https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/

ASSIST TRAUMA CARE (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist therapy for adults, children and families affected by trauma, delivered by therapists trained in trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT) and EMDR.

🌐https://assisttraumacare.org.uk/

📞01788 551919

📩admin@assisttraumacare.org.uk

THE BRAIN CHARITY (LIVERPOOL AND NATIONAL)

Providing practical help on all aspects of living with PTSD, emotional support such as counselling, phone befriending and group therapy and social activities to people with PTSD from all over the UK from our centre in Liverpool.

🌐https://www.thebraincharity.org.uk/

📞0151 298 2999

📩hello@thebraincharity.org.uk

SOLE SURVIVOR PTSD SUPPORT (WIRRAL AND LIVERPOOL)

Provides peer-support groups, one-to-one support and trauma recovery services for people and families affected by PTSD, stress and trauma.

🌐https://ptsdsupport.co.uk

📩info@ptsdsupport.co.uk

ANTHONY WALKER FOUNDATION (LIVERPOOL)

Works to tackle racism, hate crime and discrimination by providing educational opportunities, victim support services and by promoting equity and inclusion for all.

🌐https://anthonywalkerfoundation.com/

📞0151 237 3974

📩support@anthonywalkerfoundation.org.uk

MARY SEACOLE HOUSE (LIVERPOOL)

Addresses the needs of communities facing racial inequality within the Liverpool area, along with providing community-based services which support and encourage people to challenge inappropriate practices and treatment within the mental health system.

🌐https://www.maryseacolehouse.com

📞0151 707 0319

📩info@maryseacolehouse.com

STOP HATE UK (NATIONAL)

Supports people affected by hate crime, harassment and discrimination, including racist abuse, through confidential reporting, emotional support, advocacy and specialist guidance.

🌐http://www.stophateuk.org

📞0800 138 1625

📩 info@stophateuk.org

ABOUT YOU UK (ST HELENS AND SOUTHPORT)

Offers counselling and therapy for adults, children, young people, couples and families experiencing emotional or relationship difficulties.

🌐https://www.aboutyouuk.com/

📞 0333 358 0343

📩contact@aboutyouuk.com

BOTH PARENTS MATTER SUPPORT GROUP (LIVERPOOL AND WIRRAL) 

Provides peer support, guidance and advocacy for parents and relatives affected by separation or difficulties maintaining contact with children.

🌐https://bothparentsmatter.org.uk/liverpool-wirral/

📩liverpool@bothparentsmatter.org.uk

RELATE (NATIONAL)

Provides relationship, family and couples counselling to help people manage difficulties, improve communication or navigate separation.

🌐https://www.relate.org.uk/

📞0300 100 1234 (England) or 0300 003 2340 (Wales)

📩bookings@relate.org.uk

AGE CONCERN (LIVERPOOL AND SEFTON)

Supports people aged 50+ through advice, befriending, wellbeing activities, mental health support and a registered residential care home.

🌐https://ageconcernliverpoolandsefton.org.uk/

📞0151 330 5678

📩mail@ageconcernliverpoolandsefton.org.uk

AGE UK (NATIONAL)

Provides advice, support and companionship to help older people live well and remain independent.

🌐https://www.ageuk.org.uk/

📞 0800 678 1602

📩contact@ageuk.org.uk

AGE UK MID MERSEY (HALTON, KNOWSLEY, ST HELENS AND WARRINGTON)

Provides advice, social activities and wellbeing support for older people across Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington.

🌐https://www.ageuk.org.uk/

📞0300 003 1992

📩enquiries@aukmm.org.uk

AGE UK (WIRRAL, LIVERPOOL AND SEFTON)

Offers advice, practical help and wellbeing services to support older people and reduce isolation.

🌐https://www.ageuk.org.uk/

📞0151 482 3456

📩enquiries@ageukwirral.org.uk

RE-ENGAGE (NATIONAL)

Reduces loneliness among older people through social groups, befriending and telephone companionship.

🌐https://reengage.org.uk/

📞0800 716543

RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE)

Provides specialist support and information across Cheshire and Merseyside for people affected by rape and sexual violence.

🌐https://rasasc.co.uk/

📞Information line: 0330 363 0063

📞Knowsley: 0151 218 7960

📞St Helens: 01744 877987

📞Halton: 01928 477980

📩support@rasasc.co.uk

RAPE CRISIS ENGLAND AND WALES (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist information, a 24-hour support line and access to local services for people affected by sexual violence.

🌐https://rapecrisis.org.uk/

📞0808 500 2222

RASA (MERSEYSIDE) 

Offers specialist counselling, advocacy and support for adults, children and families affected by rape or sexual abuse.

🌐https://rasamerseyside.org/

📞0151 558 1801

📩referrals@rasamerseyside.org

ADDVANCED SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC (MERSEYSIDE)

Helps families manage sleep difficulties in neurodivergent children through trained sleep practitioners, workshops and practical strategies.

🌐https://addvancedsolutions.co.uk/events/supporting-sleep-workshop

📞Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral, Sefton and Halton: 0151 486 1788

📞St Helens: 01744 582172

📩info@addvancedsolutions.co.uk

NARCOLEPSY UK (NATIONAL)

Provides information, advice and support to people affected by narcolepsy and related sleep disorders, as well as their families and carers.

🌐https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/

📞0345 450 0394

📩info@narcolepsy.org.uk

THE SLEEP CHARITY (NATIONAL)

Provides practical advice, resources and specialist support to help children, families and adults improve their sleep.

🌐https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/

📞03303 530 541

📩info@thesleepcharity.org.uk

AMBITION (SEFTON)

Supports Sefton adults with drug or alcohol problems through treatment, recovery programmes, detoxification and harm-reduction services.

📞0151 832 2736

RIVER LIVERPOOL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides free, confidential treatment and recovery support for Liverpool adults and families experiencing difficulties with drugs or alcohol.

🌐https://www.changegrowlive.org/service/liverpool/hubs

📞0151 706 7888

📩liverpool.info@cgl.org.uk

FRANK (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential advice about drugs, their effects, risks and where to get help with substance use.

🌐https://www.talktofrank.com/

📞0300 123 6600

KNOWSLEY INTEGRATED RECOVERY SERVICE (KNOWSLEY)

Provides personalised support, treatment, detoxification, harm reduction and recovery groups for Knowsley residents affected by drugs or alcohol.

🌐https://www.changegrowlive.org/service/knowsley-integrated-recovery

📞Huyton 0151 482 6291

📞Kirkby Phone: 0151 546 9557

📩knowsley@cgl.org.uk

ALFIE’S SQUAD (MERSEYSIDE,CHESHIRE, BOLTON, SOUTH YORKSHIRE)

Supports children and young people bereaved by suicide, alongside their parents and carers.

🌐https://alfiessquad.org

📞0151 2454621

📩info@alfiessquad.org

THE MARTIN GALLIER PROJECT (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE)

Provides immediate support for people experiencing suicidal crisis, alongside prevention and postvention services.

🌐https://www.themartingallierproject.org

📞0151 644 0294

PAUL’S PLACE (MERSEYSIDE)

Offers specialist counselling and support for adults bereaved by suicide.

🌐https://beaconcounsellingtrust.co.uk/pauls-place-suicide-bereavement-support-programmetel

📞01512260696

📩support@beaconcounsellingtrust.co.uk

SUICIDE AND CO (NATIONAL)

Provides specialist support for anyone bereaved by suicide.

🌐https://www.suicideandco.org

📩info@suicideandco.org

SURVIVORS OF BEREAVEMENT BY SUICIDE (SOBS) (NATIONAL)

Provides peer-led support for adults bereaved by suicide.

🌐https://uksobs.com/

📞 0300 111 5065

📩email.support@uksobs.org

JAMES’ PLACE ( LONDON, NORTH EAST, NORTH WEST, WEST MIDLANDS)

Provides free, rapid and professional therapy to men experiencing a suicidal crisis at its dedicated suicide prevention centres.

🌐https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/

📞0151 303 5757

📩liverpool@jamesplace.org.uk

📱Text SHOUT to 85258

James’ Place London:

📩london@jamesplace.org.uk

📞020 3488 8404

James’ Place Newcastle:

📩newcastle@jamesplace.org.uk

📞0191 406 6000

James’ Place Birmingham:

📩birmingham@jamesplace.org.uk

📞0121 269 9400

THE MARTIN GALLIER PROJECT (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE)

Provides immediate support for people experiencing suicidal crisis, alongside prevention and postvention services.

🌐https://www.themartingallierproject.org

📞0151 644 0294

MIND (NATIONAL)

CLAIRE HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides specialist nursing, end-of-life and emotional support for seriously and terminally ill children and their families.

🌐https://www.clairehouse.org.uk/

📞0151 334 4626

📩clairehousech.referralsteam@nhs.net

HOSPICE UK (NATIONAL)

Supports and represents hospices across the UK while improving access to end-of-life care.

🌐https://www.hospiceuk.org/

📞020 7520 8200

LIVERPOOL SUNFLOWERS (LIVERPOOL)

Provides counselling, wellbeing services, peer support and practical help to people affected by cancer or other long-term illnesses, including their families and carers.

🌐https://liverpoolsunflowers.com/

📞0151 726 8934

📩info@liverpoolsunflowers.com

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT (NATIONAL) 

Provides practical, emotional and financial support to people living with cancer, including those whose cancer cannot be cured, as well as their families and carers.

🌐https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

📞0808 808 0000

QUEENSCOURT HOSPICE (SEFTON)

Provides specialist palliative care at home, in hospital and at the hospice for people in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire.

🌐https://www.queenscourt.org.uk/

📞01704 544645

📩hospice@queenscourt.org.uk

RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN’S CHARITY (NATIONAL)

Provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness

🌐https://www.rainbowtrust.org.uk/

📞01372 363 438

📩enquiries@rainbowtrust.org.uk

WILLOWBROOK HOSPICE (ST HELENS)

Provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care for people and families in St Helens and Knowsley.

🌐https://willowbrook.org.uk/

📞0151 430 8736/0151 430 8736

📩general@willowbrookhospice.org.uk

WIRRAL HOSPICE ST JOHN’S (WIRRAL)

Provides free specialist care for adults with life-limiting conditions and support for their families and carers.

🌐https://www.wirralhospice.org/

📞0151 334 2778

📩info@wirralhospice.org

WOODLANDS HOSPICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides specialist palliative care for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families across North Liverpool, South Sefton and Kirkby.

🌐https://www.woodlandshospice.org/

📞0151 529 5352

📩pfs.support@woodlandshospice.org

AFTERMATH SUPPORT (NORTHWEST ENGLAND)

Provides emotional, practical and informational support following serious or fatal road incidents.

🌐https://aftermathsupport.org.uk/

📞0151 777 2562

📞0845 634 4273 (ALTERNATIVE)

📩support@aftermathsupport.org.uk

BRITISH RED CROSS (NATIONAL)

Provides resources and guidance for individuals dealing with trauma, including emotional support and practical help

🌐https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help

📞0808 196 3651

📩supportercare@redcross.org.uk

HILLSBOROUGH SURVIVORS SUPPORT ALLIANCE

Provides support to anyone that has been affected by the events that took place at Hillsborough on April 15th 1989.

🌐https://hsa-us.co.uk/

📞07949 653749

📩 info@hsa-us.co.uk

MERSEY COUNSELLING AND THERAPY CENTRE (WIRRAL)

Provides counselling and therapy for people experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement, addiction, abuse, self-harm and suicidal thoughts.

🌐https://www.mctcwirral.org.uk/

📞0151 639 0400

📩angela@mctcwirral.org.uk

YPAS – YOUNG PEOPLE’S ADVISORY SERVICE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides counselling, wellbeing support, advice and specialist services for children and young people aged 5–25 and their families in Liverpool.

🌐https://www.ypas.org.uk/

📞Central Hub: 0151 707 1025

📞North Hub: 0151 305 2040

📞South Hub: 0151 305 2030

📩support@ypas.org.uk

VICTIM SUPPORT (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential support for people affected by crime and traumatic incidents.

🌐https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/

📞08 08 16 89 111

THE LIVERPOOL LIGHT CAFE (LIVERPOOL)

Provides a safe and welcoming space for adults experiencing emotional distress or a mental health crisis. 6pm-1am 7 days a week.

🌐https://www.liverpool-light.org.uk

MENTELL (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential peer-support groups where men aged 18 and over can talk in a safe space without advice or judgement.

🌐https://www.mentell.org.uk/

MIND (NATIONAL)

Provides mental health information, advice, advocacy and local services to help people experiencing mental health problems.

🌐https://www.mind.org.uk/

📞0300 123 3393

📩info@mind.org.uk

NHS CRISIS LINE (NATIONAL)

NHS TALKING THERAPIES (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential NHS psychological support for people aged 18 and over *(16 in some areas) experiencing anxiety, depression and related mental health difficulties, with self-referral available.

🌐https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/find-nhs-talking-therapies-for-anxiety-and-depression/

PSS WELLBEING CENTRES AND UPBEAT LIVERPOOL (LIVERPOOL)

Provide free mental health support, peer-led activities, courses, practical help and online resources for adults across Liverpool.

🌐https://psspeople.com/

📞0151 702 5555

📩hello@pss.org.uk

SAMARITANS (NATIONAL)

Offers a confidential listening service to anyone who is struggling to cope, feeling isolated or experiencing suicidal thoughts.

🌐https://www.samaritans.org/

📞116 123

📩jo@samaritans.org

COMBAT STRESS (NATIONAL)

Specialises in mental health support and treatment for veterans experiencing PTSD, complex PTSD and other service-related mental health difficulties.

🌐https://combatstress.org.uk/

📞0800 1381619

📩helpline@combatstress.org.uk

LIVERPOOL VETERANS HQ (LIVERPOOL) 

Provides advice and support with housing, employment, health, finances and independent living for veterans and their families.

🌐https://www.veteranshq.org.uk/

📞0151 382 6439

📩dave.smith@veteransinsefton.org.uk

NHS EX-ARMED FORCES SUPPORT (MERSEYSIDE)

Provides a range of local, confidential services for veterans, service leavers, current armed forces and their families.

🌐https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/our-services/liverpool/ex-armed-forces-support-2

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION (NATIONAL)

Supports serving personnel, veterans and their families with financial, wellbeing and practical help.

🌐https://support.britishlegion.org.uk/

📞0808 802 8080

📩info@britishlegion.org.uk

SSAFA- THE ARMED FORCES CHARITY- (NATIONAL)

🌐https://www.ssafa.org.uk/

Provides practical, financial and emotional support to serving personnel, veterans and their families with issues including housing, welfare, finances and everyday life.

📞0800 260 6780

THE STANDING TALL FOUNDATION (ST HELENS)

Supports veterans and local communities with mental health, addiction, housing, employment and wellbeing needs.

🌐https://www.standingtallfoundation.org.uk/

📞01744 353446

📩info@standingtallfoundation.org.uk

VETERANS IN SEFTON (SEFTON)

Provides practical and emotional support for veterans, reservists, and their families across Sefton and Merseyside.

🌐https://veteransinsefton.co.uk

📞0151 933 0800

📩dave.smith@veteransinsefton.org.uk

THE MIX (NATIONAL)

Provides free, confidential support and information for young people under 25 on mental health, relationships, money, housing, work and other life challenges.

🌐https://www.themix.org.uk/

📞0808 808 4994

📱Text ‘THEMIX’ to 85258 to access our sister service SHOUT’S crisis text message support service.

YOUNG MINDS (NATIONAL)

Supports children and young people with their mental health, while also providing information and guidance to parents and carers.

🌐https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

📞0808 802 5544

YOUNG PERSON’S ADVISORY SERVICE (YPAS) (LIVERPOOL)

Provides mental health, emotional wellbeing and therapeutic support for children, young people and families.

🌐https://www.ypas.org.uk/

📞0151 707 1025

📩 support@ypas.org.uk

YOUNG PERSON’S ADVISORY SERVICE (YPAS) GYRO (LIVERPOOL)

Provides supportive groups for LGBTQ+ young people aged 11–25 in Liverpool.

🌐https://www.ypas.org.uk/

📞0151 707 1025

📩gyro@ypas.org.uk