UK Links
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- Barnardo’s UK
- http://www.barnardos.org.uk
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- http://www.goldtraining.co.uk/
- Ian Woodroffe is a BACP accredited counsellor and supervisor. He works as a freelance counsellor, supervisor and trainer for many different organisations. These include the N.H.S., Social Services, charities and voluntary organisations.
He has worked in the NHS and hospice world for 25 years with special interests in the care of the dying, bereavement and the transmission of trauma. He has worked as director of a staff counselling department in a large NHS Trust.
He is currently working part-time providing psychological support for parents and staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. This is in addition to a busy freelance practice. - http://www.goldtraining.co.uk/
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- http://www.maytree.org.uk/index.php
The inspiration and energy behind Maytree came from the Director, Paddy Bazeley who had been working full time with the Samaritans for nearly 30 years.
During this time Paddy met many people with feelings such as “I don’t really want to die but I don’t know how to live,” or who believed for example they would rather take their own lives than go to hospital.
The stigma of a mental illness label and the fear of being detained in hospital involuntarily (sectioned) deters a great many people from seeking help.
Paddy first suggested the idea of a non-medical respite centre for people actively thinking about suicide to colleagues and friends.
A working party was formed to explore the feasibility of such a project, following which a board of Trustees, chaired by Michael Knight, himself a Samaritan volunteer, psychotherapist and management consultant, began raising the necessary funds to buy the house and provide the initial running costs for Maytree.
The faith and encouragement of the trustees and friends has enabled Maytree to become a reality. Maytree opened its doors to our first guest in autumn 2002
- http://www.maytree.org.uk/index.php
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- Mind
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Mind is the leading mental health charity in England
- http://www.mind.org.uk/About+Mind/
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- National Institute for Mental Health in England
- http://www.nimhe.org.uk
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- NLA
- The NLA works on behalf of the UK's newspapers and licenses organisations to make paper and digital copies of newspaper content.
- http://www.nla.co.uk/
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- Shift: UK based anti stigma campaign
- http://www.shift.org.uk
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- UK and Northern Ireland Department of Health
- Department of Health information about policy and government initiatives.
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/mentalhealth
