Herts Domestic Abuse

Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline is a confidential, free, support and signposting service for anyone affected by domestic abuse.

Telephone: 0808 8088 088
Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 21:00
Saturday and Sunday, 09:00 – 16:00

Website: www.hertsdomesticabusehelpline.org

Herts Sunflower

Herts Sunflower can help and support you if you, or someone you know, has been abused.

Website: www.hertssunflower.org

St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge (SAHWR)

St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge aims to provide a safe comfortable, conflict free environment for women and women with children who are suffering domestic abuse.

Helpline: 0808 2000 247

Website: www.stalbansandhertsmerewomensrefuge.org.uk

Victim Support

As an independent charity, Victim Support work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and the respect they deserve. They help people feel safer and find the strength to move beyond crime.

Surrey Supportline: 0808 168 9274
Monday to Friday, 09:00-19:00

For out of hours support call the support line on 0808 168 9111

Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk

Women's Aid

Since 1974, Women’s Aid have been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic abuse. As a federation of over 180 organisations, they provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across the country.

Hepline: 0808 2000 247

Facebook: @womensaid

Twitter: @womensaid

Website: www.womensaid.org.uk

The Hospice of St Francis - Berkhamsted

The hospice offers a bereavement service to those of all ages.

Telephone: 01442 869 550

Website: www.stfrancis.org.uk

CRUSE Hertfordshire

Cruse exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone suffering bereavement caused by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Cruse Bereavement Care Hertfordshire offers support when you need it most.

Telephone: 01707 278 389

Website: www.cruse-hertfordshire.org.uk

Sands

Sands offer support to those whose baby has died through late miscarriage, stillbirth or neo-natal death.

Telephone: 0808 164 3332

Website: www.uk-sands.org

The Compassionate Friends

Supporting bereaved parents and their families after the death of their son or
daughter, at any age and from any cause.

Helpline: 0845 123 2304

Telephone: 01767 689 781

Website: www.tcf.org.uk

Stand by Me

Stand-by-me bereavement support is here to help children & families in North Herts & Stevenage when someone close to them has died or is dying.

Telephone: 07469 255 163

Website: www.stand-by-me.org.uk

Carers UK

They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.

Telephone: 0207 3784 999

Website: www.carersuk.org

Email: info@carersuk.org

Carers in Hertfordshire

A local, independent organisation offering support and signposting for carers.

Telephone: 01992 586 959

Website: www.carersinherts.org.uk

Email: contact@carersinherts.org.uk

Macmillian Hertfordshire

Macmillan improves the lives of people affected by cancer locally. They provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan in Hertfordshire.

Telephone: 0300 1000 200

Website: www.macmillan.org.uk

Cancer Research UK

Free information service provided by Cancer Research UK about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.

Telephone: 0300 123 1022 (general enquires)

Telephone: 0808 800 4040 (Cancer related enquires)

Facebook: @cancerresearchUK

Twitter: @CR_UK

Website: www.cancerresearchuk.org

Live Better With Cancer

Making day to day life a little bit better for people living with cancer.

Telephone: 0800 118 2705
Open Monday – Friday – 08:00 – 17:00

Facebook: @livebetterwith

Twitter:@LBWCancer

Website: www.livebetterwith.com

Email: theteam@livebetterwith.com

Childhood illness visual guide

Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Berkhamsted Town Hall Tots

A warm and friendly drop-in playgroup for under 4’s. Crafts, free play, snacks, singing, and tea & coffee for the grown ups.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TownHallTots

Email: townhalltots@gmail.com

Contact for families with Disabled children

Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability, we’re here.

Telephone: 0808 808 3555

Facebook: @contactfamilies

Twitter: @contactfamilies

Website: www.contact.org.uk

Email: info@contact.org.uk

Vaccination planner

Download a personalised vaccination calendar, which highlights the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Walking Netball

Netball sessions designed for female participants over 55 years, although anyone wanting to take things a bit slower is welcome to attend. Led by a qualified coach, the emphasis is on having fun whilst learning the basic skills and rules. Suitable for all abilities.

Telephone: 07834 500 189

Email: lucy.ponting@englandnetball.co.uk

Pioneer Approaches

Creative Training, Consultancy, Workshops, Projects and Activities for and with People with Learning Disabilities and Differences.
They offer specialist and innovative creative support with an emphasis on music and drama in leisure, personal development, life skills and employment.

Facebook:@PioneerApproaches

Telephone: 07773 291 579

Website: www.pioneerapproaches.co.uk 

Email: ali@pioneerapproaches.co.uk

Adult Disability Football Sessions

Football Session for adults aged 18 years + to take part in a fun and safe football session. The session will combine with football skills and activities and games. The sessions will be designed to be delivered to any disability. £2 per session.

Telephone: 07841 028 229

Email: karen.stephanou@watfordfc.com

Dementia Adventure

Dementia Adventure helps people live better with dementia by connecting them to the outdoors, their community and help retain a sense of adventure in their lives.

Facebook: @DementiaAdventure

Twitter: @DementiaAdv

Telephone: 01245 237 548

Website: www.dementiaadventure.co.uk

Hertfordshire Directory

The Hertfordshire directory has a useful search engine which includes many organisations and support groups within Hertfordshire.

Website: directory.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Young Minds

Young Minds are leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges.

Parent Helpline: 0808 802 5544

Facebook: @youngmindsuk

Twitter: @YoungMindsUK

Website: www.youngminds.org.uk

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Telephone: 116 123

Website: www.samaritans.org

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Rethink

Rethink provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.

Telephone: 0300 5000 927

Website: www.rethink.org

Email: info@rethink.org

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Telephone: 0300 123 3393

Website: www.hertsmindnetwork.org

Better Living

Find practical help with managing Type 2 diabetes through this informative toolkit.

Telephone: 0162 853 7900

Website: www.better-living.co.uk

Email: DSO-UK@takeda.com

BDA

British Dietetic Association (BDA) is the only body in the UK representing the whole of the dietetic workforce.

Telephone: 0121 200 8080

Facebook: @BritishDieteticAssociation

Twitter: @BDA_Dietitians

Website: www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/home#medical_conditions

Diabetes UK

Dealing with diabetes can be daunting, whether you’re newly diagnosed, an old hand, or even if it’s someone you know who has the condition. Having someone to talk to can make all the difference.

Telephone: 01376 501 390

Website: www.diabetes.org.uk

Disability Rights UK

Disability Rights UK ant a society where everyone can participate equally.

Telephone: 0330 995 0414

Website: www.disabilityrightsuk.org

Guide Dogs

Guide Dogs wants a world in which all blind and partially-sighted people enjoy the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as everyone else. Their mission is to provide guide dogs and other mobility services that increase the independence and dignity of blind and partially-sighted people.

Telephone: 0800 953 0113

Facebook: @guidedogsUK

Twitter:@guidedogs

Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk

DeafblindUK

Deafblind UK supports people with combined sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want .Losing your sight and hearing can be frightening. The charity’s team of experts is here every step of the way to show you life beyond sight and hearing loss.

Telephone: 0173 3358 356

Facebook: @DBUKCharity

Twitter: @DeafblindUK

Website: www.deafblind.org.uk

ABLEize

ABLEize is the largest and most viewed UK disability, mobility and healthcare contact point on the net. Here you will find 430 plus categories filled with providers offering everything from mobility and daily living aids through to support, disability sports, arts and education, care providers and healthcare products and services.

Website: www.ableize.com

The Living Room

The Living Room Hertfordshire is an award winning addiction recovery charity, founded in 2000. Our centres in Hertfordshire are in Stevenage and St Albans, staffed by highly-trained counsellors with lived experience of addition themselves. We offer free, day-time, group counselling, peer support and workshop therapies using the 12-step programme.

Telephone: 01438 355 649

Website: www.livingroomherts.org

Turning Point

Turning Point work with people who need our support with their drug and alcohol use, mental health, offending behaviour, unemployment issues and people with a learning disability. They aim to inspire and empower them to discover new possibilities in their lives.

Website: www.turning-point.co.uk

Drinkline

If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can call this free helpline, in complete confidence.

Telephone: 0300 123 1110

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Telephone: 0800 9177 650

Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Email: help@aamail.org

Talk to Frank

If you have a problem with drugs Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs advice.

Telephone: 0300 123 6600

Text: 82111

Website: www.talktofrank.com

Email: frank@talktofrank.com

Age UK Dacorum

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Telephone: 01442 259 049

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk/parkwoodff

Dementia UK

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Telephone: 0800 888 6678

Website: www.dementiauk.org

Email: helpline@dementiauk.org

Older Drivers

Experienced drivers are, in general, safer than those with less experience but as we age, our health and fitness, often including our eyesight, physical condition and reaction times, begins to decline.

Recognise whether and how your driving is changing and decide what you can do to cope with these changes and find help, such as medical advice, driving assessments and training and vehicle adaptations

Visit: www.olderdrivers.org.uk

Silver Line

Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day.

Telephone: 0800 4 70 80 90

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Exercise Information

Please see below post injury related rehabilitation exercises.

• Achilles tendonopathy
• Ankle Sprain
• Anterior knee pain
• Back pain
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• De Quervains tenosynovitis
• Epleys Manoeuvre for vertigo
• General Shoulder pains
• Golfer’s elbow
• Hamstring strains
• Hand pains
• Hip exercises
• Knee pain
• Neck pain
• Pelvic Floor Exercises
• Plantar fasciitis
• Rotator cuff injury
• Tennis Elbow

West Hertfordshire Hospitals - Hemel Hempstead

There are a wide range of maternity service available at West Hertfordshire Hospitals (Hemel Hempstead).

Website: www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/maternity

BabyCentre

BabyCentre® reaches more than 45 million mums globally each month in nine different languages, including eight in 10 new and expecting mums online in the UK.

Website: www.babycentre.co.uk

Download from: play.google.com

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Baby Buddy App

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.

Download from: play.google.com

Download from: itunes.apple.com

Rennie Grove Hospice Care

Rennie Grove Hospice Care is a charity providing care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness and their families.

Telephone: 01442 890 222

Website: www.renniegrove.org

Email: info@renniegrove.org

Hospice of St. Francis

Hospice of St Francis help you if you are managing, or recovering from, serious illness. They help you to live your life well by improving symptoms, working with you to achieve personal goals, helping you to feel safe and anything from getting back to work, enjoying family time to walking the dogs again.

Telephone: 01442 869 550

Contact our Switchboard Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:00.

Website: www.stfrancis.org.uk

Sexual Health Clinic

The Hemel Hempstead sexual clinic offers a wide range of sexual health services.

Telephone: 0300 008 5522

Website: www.sexualhealthhertfordshire.clch.nhs.uk

Brook

Brook provides free and confidential sexual health and wellbeing services for nearly 250,000 young people UK-wide, each year.

Website: www.brook.org.uk

Family Planning Association

A sexual health charity, the Family Planning Association gives straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.

Telephone: 020 7608 5240

Website: www.fpa.org.uk

Sexual Health Helpline

The National Sexual Health Helpline provided by Public Health England is open Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm.

Telephone: 0300 123 7123

Citizens Advice Bureau

Citizens Advice Bureau provide free, confidential and impartial advice and campaign on big issues affecting people’s lives. Their goal is to help everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face.

Telephone: 03444 111 444

Website: www.dacorumcab.org.uk

Herts Help

HertsHelp are a network of community organisations in Hertfordshire working together.

Telephone: 0300 123 4044

Website: www.hertshelp.net/hertshelp

Email: info@hertshelp.net

Stop Smoking Help - Hertfordshire

There are over 300 local stop smoking services in Hertfordshire offering non-judgemental support, either one-to-one or for groups in the workplace.

Website: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/smoking

Quit with help

Everyone has a different reason for quitting, get a personalised Quit Smoking Plan.

Website: www.quitwithhelp.co.uk

Useful links

Please see below some videos providing support and advice.

• Why you should try exercising for half an hour a day
• Low Back Pain
• Understanding pain
• Inhalers- how do I use them?
• How can I manage my stress
• Think! Why A&E

Dacorum Health Walks

The Dacorum Health Walks is part of a countywide programme of free, volunteer – led walks that aims to help people get outdoors, get more active and reap the benefits. The walks are all sociable and you do not need any special equipment to join in, just comfortable shoes. To register to walk either sign up online at our website or just turn up a few minutes early for your first walk.

Telephone: 01992 588 433

Dacorum Sports Network

This excellent resource provides a list of all the local Sports Clubs.

Website: www.dacorumsports.net

Health Walks Berkhamsted

Sometimes a walk alone in the fresh air is just what we need. But if you’re just getting started and you’re not sure that you want to do all your walking alone – or if you like the idea of having other people around to help you stay motivated – then walk with us.

Website: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk

Am I a Healthy Weight?

Calculate your BMI using this NHS Tool

Website: www.nhs.uk

WW International

Meetings, Online or a little bit of both. There are options and support, whatever your lifestyle, from WW International (formerly Weight Watchers).

Website: www.weightwatchers.com

Slimming World

You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.

Website: www.slimmingworld.co.uk