ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) Helping Hands

ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) Helping Hands services include a family support service, offering support on an individual basis to parents/carers, children and adults.

Telephone: 01362 288110

Website: www.asdhelpinghands.org.uk

Email: asdhelpinghands@gmail.com

ASD Friendly

ASD Friendly is a close-knit community of parents and carers of people with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

Website: www.asdfriendly.org

Asperger East Anglia

Asperger East Anglia offers personal, friendly assistance for everyone with Asperger syndrome and their carers by providing a comprehensive and integrated service.

Telephone: 01603 620500

Website: www.asperger.org.uk

Email: info@asperger.org.uk 

Autism Anglia

Autism Anglia is an independent charity which provides care and support to autistic children, adults and their families in East Anglia.

Telephone: 01206 577 678

Website: www.autism-anglia.org.uk

Email: info@autism-anglia.org.uk 

Child Autism UK

Child Autism UK provide services to enable children to overcome difficulties with communication, learning and life skills and give families the techniques and strategies to cope with autism through the use of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).

Telephone: 01344 882248

Website: www.childautism.org.uk

Email: info@childautism.org.uk 

Dimensions

Dimensions support people with learning disabilities and autism to have a louder voice, choice and control in their lives.

Telephone: 0300 303 9001

Website: www.dimensions-uk.org 

National Autistic Society (NAS)

Founded in 1962, National Autistic Society (NAS) is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families. Their goal is to help transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people.

Telephone: 0808 800 4104

Website: www.autism.org.uk 

Autism Independent UK (SFTAH)

Autism Independent UK helps to increase awareness of autism to the notice of all, together with well established and newly developed approaches in the diagnosis, assessment, education and treatment.

Telephone: 01536 523274

Website: www.autismuk.com

Email: autism@autismuk.com 

The Good Grief Trust

The Good Grief Trust exists to help all those suffering grief in the UK. They aim to find the bereaved, acknowledge their grief and provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship and ongoing support.

Website: www.thegoodgrieftrust.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegoodgrieftrust

Twitter: twitter.com/goodgrieftrust

Brake

Brake’s helpline is a quality accredited, Freephone, confidential support service, providing information and advocacy, emotional support and a listening ear for survivors of road crashes.

Telephone: 08088 000 401

Website: www.brake.org.uk

Email: helpline@brake.org.uk

Child Death Helpline

The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

Telephone: 0800 282 986

Website: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk

Email: contact@childdeathhelpline.org

Dandelion Circle of Friends

A monthly practical support group for those who have been recently or long-term bereaved. A circle of friends that can provide help and support to each other.

Gowards Funeral Services: 01328 862686

Langham Glass – Cafe Nelson: 01328 863550

Facebook: www.facebook.com

Compassionate Friends

TCF offers many different kinds of support for bereaved families. Whatever the cause of your loss, wherever you are in the UK, and whatever your circumstances – we are here to help.

Telephone: 0345 123 2304

Website: www.tcf.org.uk

Email: helpline@tcf.org.uk 

Roadpeace in East Anglia

The aftermath of a road crash is devastating. Roadpeace in East Anglia help bereaved families cope and build resilience through peer support, their local group network, befriending service and trauma support programmes.

Telephone: 0845 4500 355

Website: www.roadpeace.org

Email: info@roadpeace.org 

Scotty’s Little Soldiers

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children & young people who have lost a parent whilst serving in the British Armed Forces.

Telephone: 08000 928 571

Website: www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk

Email: hello@scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk

Day/Evening Support Lines

Cruse – Nationwide bereavement support: 0808 808 1677

Child Bereavement UK – Helpline: 0800 02 88840

Bereavement Advice Centre: 0800 634 9494

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide: 0300 111 5065

Age UK Norwich

Age UK Norwich trained advisors offer free information and advice to older people and their families. Age UK Norwich volunteer befrienders visit lonely older people in the community who have no one to talk to.

Telephone: 01603 496333 

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

Email: enquiries@ageuknorwich.org.uk

Carers Matter Norfolk

Drawing on the expertise and experience of Carers Matter Norfolk teams, they seek to offer services which are tailored to meet what matters to you as a carer. You can access support online, on the telephone or in person.

Telephone: 0800 083 1148

Website: www.carersmatternorfolk.org.uk

Email: info@carersmatternorfolk.org.uk

Chill4us Carers

Chill4us Carers is the social network community for family carers and is about, information, humour, fantasy and fun, chat with carers and finding help when the caring ends. 

Telephone: 01603 340193

Website: www.chill4uscarers.co.uk

Email: support@chill4us.com

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: 020 7378 4999

Website: www.carersuk.org

Email: info@carersuk.org

Red Balloon

Red Balloon provide a safe environment for 11-16 year olds who are unable to access mainstream school due to their past experiences in bullying or trauma. Red Balloon offer a therapeutic and academic curriculum.

Telephone: 01603 622 288

Website: www.redballoonlearner.org 

Email: angela.hewett@rbnorwich.org.uk

Cleft Lip and Palate Association

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is a small charity working to improve the lives of people born with a cleft and their families in the UK.

Telephone: 02078 334 883

Website: www.clapa.com

Email: info@clapa.com

Dyspraxia Foundation

Dyspraxia Foundations helpline is available to help you with problems and issues you may encounter; offering help and advice to people with dyspraxia, parents, carers, and families about or on the subject of dyspraxia.

Telephone: 01462 454 986

Website: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Email: info@dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Musical Keys

Musical Keys is a charity which provides music and arts activities for people with disabilities and additional needs in Norfolk and the surrounding area. Their passion is making music accessible to everyone.

Telephone: 01603 766 690

Website: www.musicalkeys.co.uk

Email: info@musicalkeys.co.uk

Point 1

Point-1 is a service from Ormiston Families providing assessment and support by professionals for children and young people who are experiencing mental health and emotional problems.

Telephone: 0800 977 4077

Website: www.point-1.org.uk

Email: help@point-1.org.uk

Just One Norfolk

They deliver a range of community based children and young people’s health services across Norfolk. They aim to build confidence in families, children and young people to care for their own health and wellbeing as well as help families, children and young people in Norfolk access the right services for advice and help. Through this they can improve health outcomes for children and young people in Norfolk.

Telephone: 0300 300 0123

Website: www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk

Childline

Support for under 25 years and their relatives.

Telephone: 0800 1111

Website: www.childline.org.uk

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

Vaccination planner

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

Website: www.nhs.uk

Fakenham Parkinsons Support Group

Meeting on the first Tuesday of every month, 10:30-12:30 at Colkirk Parish Hall.

Telephone: 07769951369 (Karyn)

The National Council for the Divorced, Separated & Widowed

The NCDSW has been serving the community for over forty years, helping people who are divorced,separated,or widowed. They are not a dating agency but a social organisation providing a safe, friendly environment for you to come to and make friends with people in a similar position to yourself.

Telephone: 01328 701026 (Pam Charlton)

First Focus - Fakenham

Offers information, advice, support, mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.

Helping people in Fakenham and the surrounding areas that are in need by providing information, a social centre, access to training, clubs and support groups. Available Monday-Wednesday from 09:00-13:00 and Thursday from 09:00-15:00.

Telephone: 01328 855083

Website: www.firstfocus.org.uk

Norfolk Community Directory

Norfolk Community Directory contains activities, services and groups to help all Norfolk residents live healthy, active and fulfilling lives.

Website: www.communitydirectory.norfolk.gov.uk

Fakenham Men's Shed

The men’s shed movement originated in Australia and was set up to provide a place where people can meet and share skills such as woodwork, metalwork, electronics, etc – as well as enjoying some companionship. For more information contact Steve Hurley.

Telephone: 07748 335041

Email: stephen.hurley@norfolk.gov.uk

Fakenham Library

Fakenham Library, Oak Street, Fakenham, NR21 9DY

Website: www.library.norfolk.gov.uk

Fakenham Info Hub

The Fakenham Info Hub in the town’s Market Place help publicise the town, its events and community organisations.

Telephone: 01328 855172

Website: www.fakenham.info

Norfolk Alcohol and Drug Behaviour Change Service

Norfolk Alcohol and Drug Behaviour Change Service is a free and confidential service for adults (including offenders), families, carers and affected others.

They offer a range of opportunities including workshops, brief interventions, structured groups and one-to-one key working sessions.

Telephone: 01603 514096

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

Email: norfolk.info@cgl.org.uk

Dear Albert

Dear Albert helps individuals to stop taking alcohol and drugs.

Telephone: 01162 917 298

Website: www.dearalbert.co.uk

Email: hello@dearalbert.co.uk

Hebron Trust

Hebron House is a safe, nurturing and intensively supportive community environment in which to rehabilitate from drug and alcohol dependency and the life-dominating problems that serious substance misuse can cause.

Telephone: 01603 439 905

Website: www.hebrontrust.org.uk

Matthew Project - Outside the Wire

A bespoke drug and alcohol service offering confidential advice and support to current and ex HM Forces personnel and their families, across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

Telephone: 01603 626 123

Website: www.matthewproject.org

Email: OTW@matthewproject.org 

Matthew Project, Youth Service - Youth and Family Team

Supports children, young people, adults and their families with drug, alcohol and other related issues across Norfolk.

Telephone: 08458 688 172

Website: www.matthewproject.org

Email: youth@matthewproject.org

SOS Bus

The SOS Bus is a first point of contact for anyone visiting Norwich’s pubs and clubs between 21:30 – 03:30, Friday or Saturday nights whose well-being is threatened by illness or injury, emotional distress or other vulnerability.

Telephone: 07833 505 505

Website: www.voluntarynorfolk.org.uk

Change Grow Live

CGL can help you to change your life. Alongside their alcohol and drugs services, they offer support to young people, those in the criminal justice system and anyone looking to live a healthier, happier life.

Telephone: 01603 514096

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

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

Cinnamon Trust

Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.

Telephone: 01736 757 900

Website: www.cinnamon.org.uk

Contact Care - Personal Alarms, Lifeline for the Elderly

With your personal alarm button you can call for help day or night, from anywhere in your home or garden (within 50m of the lifeline unit), 365 days of the year.

Telephone: 08009 174 680

Website: www.contactcarelifeline.co.uk

Email: contactcare@saffronhousing.co.uk

Sprowston Day Centre Luncheon Club

Sprowston Day Centre Luncheon Club is run from St Cuthbert’s Centre on Wroxham Road, offering the elderly a place to meet and make new friends as well as giving them a two course home cooked meal. The centre is open on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Telephone: 01603 419682

Website: www.sprowstondaycentre.co.uk

Email: sprowstondaycentre@hotmail.com

Ask Lily

Activities, services, advice and guidance for the elderly.

Telephone: 01553 616200

Website: www.asklily.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

Dementia

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

Age UK

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: 0800 055 6112

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

N&N University Hospital Maternity Services

If you would like to have your baby at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital you can fill out a self-referral link here.

Website: www.nnuh.nhs.uk

TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association)

Tamba is a UK based charity helping people around the world. They were set up by parents of multiples and interested professionals in 1978.

Telephone: 01252 332 344

Website: www.tamba.org.uk 

Email: enquiries@tamba.org.uk 

The Lullaby Trust

The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families.

Telephone: 08088 026 868

Website: www.lullabytrust.org.uk

Email: support@lullabytrust.org.uk 

The National Childbirth Trust

The National Childbirth Trusts mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

Telephone: 03003 300 700

Website: www.nct.org.uk

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

Wellbeing

Wellbeing offer help and support to improve wellbeing and manage stress, low mood and anxiety. They aim to reduce the onset of mental ill health, prevent deterioration and promote recovery by offering a range of flexible services tailored to meet your specific needs.

Telephone: 0300 123 1503

Website: www.wellbeingnands.co.uk

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.

Telephone: 0800 585 858

Website: www.thecalmzone.net

Combat Stress

Combat Stres is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Telephone: 08001 381 619

Text: 07537 404 719

Website: www.combatstress.org.uk 

Email: helpline@combatstress.org.uk

Eating Matters - Eating Disorders Counselling Service

Eating Matters is a Norfolk charity offering counselling for people with mild to moderate eating disorders in the community.

Telephone: 01603 767 062 

Website: www.eatingmatters.org.uk 

Email: eatingmatters@norfolkeda.org.uk 

Norfolk LGBT+ Project

Norfolk LGBT+ Project aims to relieve the mental and emotional suffering of people in Norfolk and Waveney who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT+) or in doubt of their sexuality or gender identity by the provision of advice, peer-support and information.

Telephone: 01603 219 299

Website: www.norfolklgbtproject.co.uk

Email: info@norfolklgbtproject.co.uk 

SANE

SANE is a leading UK mental health charity. They work to improve the quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.

Telephone: 020 3805 1790 

Website: www.sane.org.uk

Email: info@sane.org.uk

SOS Bus

The SOS Bus is a first point of contact for anyone visiting Norwich’s pubs and clubs between 21:30 – 03:30, Friday or Saturday nights whose well-being is threatened by illness or injury, emotional distress or other vulnerability.

Telephone: 07833 505 505

Website: www.voluntarynorfolk.org.uk

The Norwich Centre

The Norwich Centre offer professional confidential counselling and will not turn anyone away for financial reasons. Please note that they are not a crisis service. 

Telephone: 01603 617 709

Website: www.norwichcentre.org

Email: info@norwichcentre.org

Cromer Headspace

C.O.A.P.S. (Cromer OCD & Anxiety Peer Support) working in partnership with OCD Action’s project, ‘Better Together’. Meetings are held fortnightly on a Thursday.

Telephone: 07856 549330

Website: coapsgroup.wixsite.com

Email: COAPSgroup@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CromerNorfolk

Norfolk and Central Norfolk 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: 01603 432457

Email: headoffice@norwichmind.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/norwichmind

Twitter: www.twitter.com/norwichmind

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

THT Direct (Terrence Higgins Trust)

THT Direct (Terrence Higgins Trust) offer a range of services available to anyone who lives in the Norfolk area. They provide outreach in the community for vulnerable young people and adults, and training for practitioners.

Telephone: 01603 226 666

Website: www.tht.org.uk

Email: norfolksexualhealth@tht.org.uk

C-Card Scheme

If you are aged 13 to 24 and living in Norfolk you are entitled to free condoms through the Your C-Card scheme.

Website: www.c-card.com

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

Smokefree Norfolk

With Smokefree Norfolk, you’re up to 4 times more likely to quit smoking, and with our specially created plans you’re more likely to quit for good. Everything they do has been developed by experts and ex-smokers, delivered to you by specially trained experienced professionals.

Telephone: 08000 854 113

Website: www.smokefreenorfolk.nhs.uk

NHS Smoking Helpline - Go Smoke Free

Join the millions of people who have used Smokefree support to help them stop smoking. From email and text, to our free app and lots of other support, you can choose what’s right for you.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Quit with help

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

Website: www.quitwithhelp.co.uk

FWMS

The Fakenham Weight Management Service (FWMS) offers a weight management programme to people who are clinically obese (BMI >35) and who need to lose weight for medical reasons e.g. sufferers of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and those with chronic mental illness.

For more information, visit the FWMS page.

Norfolk Slimming World

Slimming World is the nation’s favourite way to lose weight. We’ll help you reach your dream weight – and stay there for life. 

Website: www.slimmingworld.co.uk

WW

Meetings, online or a little bit of both. WW UK, formerly Weightwatchers, offers options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

Facebook: @WW.UK

Twitter: @ww_uk

Website: www.weightwatchers.com