Useful Links for Families

General

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	Glos Families Directory		Gloucestershire Carers Hub		Family Lives
	Home Start		Gloucester Citizens Advice Bureau		Green Square (Housing)
	Gloucestershire Community Based Support		Advice for young people in Gloucestershire		Directory of information and advice

Mental Health

	Samaritans		Let’s Talk (2gether Trust)		Children and Young Person Service 2gether Trust
	Teens in Crisis		Listening Post Counselling in Gloucestershire		Cotswold Counselling
	Rethink Mental Illness		Gloucestershire Self Harm Helpline

Physical Health

	Gloucestershire County Council		Healthwatch Gloucestershire		Gloucestershire Hospitals Expert Patient Programme
	Multiple Sclerosis Society support for Young Carers		Gloucestershire Village and Community Agents

Disability

	Glos Families Directory SEN & Disability Local Offer		SENDirect		Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service Gloucestershire
	Young Sibs – For brothers and sisters of disabled children		Family Fund Helping Disabled Children		Play and picnic site for children with special needs
	Support for families in the Forest of Dean		Nursing respite care for children		Independence Trust

Substance Misuse

	CGL		Adfam – support for families		FRANK offers free confidential drugs information and advice
	Information, advice and support for everyone affected by a parent’s drinking

Other

	Cruse Bereavement Care		Winston’s Wish Support for bereaved children		Supporting young people through a family health crisis
	Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service		Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people		NSPCC Keeping children safe on social networks, apps and games
	Calculate your benefits and tax credits		Infobuzz (For families with a relative in prison)		Caring for Communities and People