Karma Nirvana

Award-winning British charity supporting victims for 25 years.

Telephone: 0800 5999 247

Facebook: @karmanirvanauk

Twitter: @KNFMHBV

Website: www.karmanirvana.org.uk

Email: info@karmanirvana.org.uk

Mankind Initiative

Helping men escape domestic abuse.

Telephone: 01823 334 244

Website: www.mankind.org.uk

Stop Hate UK

Stop Hate UK provide Hate Crime reporting services in your area.

Facebook: @Stop.Hate.UK

Twitter: @stophateuk

Website: www.stophateuk.org

Email: info@stophateuk.org

Young Carers

Sheffield Young Carers is an independent charity that has existed in Sheffield since 1997. It is dedicated to supporting young carers across the city.

Telephone: 0114 258 4595

Website: www.sheffieldyoungcarers.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: 0808 808 7777

Website: www.carersuk.org

Email: info@carersuk.org

Social Care and Support Guide

The NHS has a wealth of information on the help available from social services and charities, including helplines, needs assessments, advocacy and reporting abuse.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Carers' Breaks and Respite Care

Respite care means taking a break from caring, while the person you care for is looked after by someone else. It lets you take time out to look after yourself and helps stop you becoming exhausted and run down. There are lots of respite care options available.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Care Homes

Moving into a care home is a big decision and it can cost a lot of money. Before choosing a care home for you or someone you know, it’s worth considering all of the options.

Website: www.nhs.uk

The Children's Sleep Charity

The Children’s Sleep Charity is a national, award-winning charity supporting children with sleep issues. Support for families and accredited training for professionals and commercial organisations is provided.

Telephone: 01302 751 416

Facebook: @TheSleepCharity

Twitter: @TheSleepCharity

Website: www.thechildrenssleepcharity.org.uk

Email: info@thechildrenssleepcharity.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

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

Whitwell Coffee Mornings

Coffee mornings are a regular feature of life in Whitwell, held at the Community Centre most Saturdays throughout the year. They are run by a different community group each week, allowing them to raise much needed funds.

Telephone: 01909 723490

Website: www.whitwellcommunitycentre.com

Email: office@whitwellcommunitycentre.com

Child Centres Finder

If you are unaware of where your child centre is, you can use the child centres finder.

Website: www.remote.derby.gov.uk

Aurora

Aurora Wellbeing is a cancer based charity providing a unique service to the people of Bassetlaw. They offer support, advice and practical help to anyone suffering from cancer or long term illness.

Telephone: 01909 470 985

Website: www.innorthnotts.co.uk

Lost Chord

Lost Chord produces more than 1750 interactive musical sessions of a therapeutic nature every year in more than 155 settings, designed to stimulate responses from People with Dementia through the media of music, song and dance, raising self-esteem and improving quality of life.

Telephone: 07790 649 305

Lost Chord office Telephone: 01709 811 160

Email: helena@lost-chord.org.uk

Stroke Club

Counselling information and support to sufferers and carers. Help promote self-esteem and a sense of purpose and pleasure in life and encouraging motivation and independence. Have fellowship and fun together.

Telephone: 01909 487 669

Website: www.stroke.org.uk

Email: paulinehanson@talktalk.net

Meet Up

They are a social activities group for adults and aim to organise a variety of events that will appeal to a wide range of interests. New members are welcome at all events.

Website: www.meetup.com

Change Grow Live

Derbyshire CGL is a free and confidential drug and alcohol outreach service for young people up to the age of 19.

Telephone: 01773 303646

Facebook: @changegrowlive

Twitter: @changegrowlive

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

Email: derbyshire@cgl.org.uk

Derbyshire Alcohol Advice

Alcohol Advice’s aim is to support individuals to change their drinking or to stop using substances; to reach their own treatment goals and to help build positive lifestyles. They offer support to reduce the harm associated with drug and alcohol use and promote recovery and freedom from dependency.

Website: www.alcohol-advice.co.uk

Email: daas@daas.uk.com

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

Live Life Better Derbyshire

Mental health is an important part of your life and good mental health and wellbeing is directly linked to good physical health.

Telephone: 0800 085 2299

Facebook: @derbyshirepublichealth

Twitter: @DCCPublicHealth

Website: www.livelifebetterderbyshire.org.uk

Email: llbd.info@derbyshire.gov.uk

Derbyshire Mind

The purpose of Derbyshire Mind is to provide services for people 18+ with mental health issues. It delivers services and support to the most vulnerable in our community, including education and information groups for men and women, promoting recovery and emotional wellbeing.

Telephone: 01332623732

Twitter: @derbyshiremind

Website: www.derbyshiremind.org.uk

Email: enquiries@derbyshiremind.org.uk

OCD UK

A recovery focused charity. They provide evidence-based information, advice and support to those affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Telephone: 03332 127 890

Website: www.ocduk.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.mind.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

The 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

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

The hospital provides a wide range of choices for both antenatal and intrapartum care. There are a range of maternity care options including consultant care, shared care and midwife only care, including home birth.

Website: www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk

Maternity Action

Maternity Action is the UK’s leading charity committed to ending inequality and improving the health and well-being of pregnant women, partners and young children.

Telephone: 0808 800 0041

Facebook: @MaternityAction

Twitter: @MaternityAction

Website: www.maternityaction.org.uk

Association for Post-Natal Illness

Postnatally depressed women may feel unable to go out of their house, and meeting people may cause them a great deal of stress, therefore contact made on the phone or by e-mail can be ideal.

Telephone: 0207 386 0868

Facebook: @associationforpostnatalillness

Twitter: @APNI_PND

Website: www.apni.org

Email: info@apni.org

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

SV2 - Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence

SV2 will support you regardless of when your experience of sexual abuse or violence occurred. We support all genders from any age and offer counselling to both adults and children.

Telephone: 01773 746 115

Facebook: @sv2.org.uk

Twitter: @sv2uk

Website: www.sv2.org.uk

Email: help@sv2.org.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, 09:00-20:00.

Telephone: 0300 123 7123

Live Well Derby

With Live Wells Derby’s support and free stop smoking medicine, finding your Will Power to succeed is within your reach.

Telephone: 01332 641 254

Facebook: @livewellderby

Twitter: @LivewellDerby

Website: www.livewellderby.co.uk

Email: livewell@derby.gov.uk

Quit with help

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

Website: www.quitwithhelp.co.uk

Livewell - Lose Weight

Shed pounds sensibly whilst improving your eating and exercise habits. Our three dedicated programmes –Lose Weight for men and women, Active Supporters for men run with DCFC and Liveability for adults with learning disabilities – are designed to support your specific needs in a warm and welcoming environment.

Telephone: 01332 641 254

Facebook: @livewellderby

Twitter: @LivewellDerby

Website: www.livewellderby.co.uk

Overeaters Anonymous

Overeaters Anonymous provides insight into problems of eating compulsively, strength to deal with it, and a very real hope that there is a solution.

Telephone: 07798 587 802

Website: www.oagb.org.uk

Email: general@oagb.org.uk

NHS Good Food Guide

Information on a healthy diet and ways to make it work for you.

NHS Good Food Guide

NHS Why Be Active?

Even a little bit of exercise will make you feel better about yourself, boost your confidence and cut your risk of developing a serious illness.

NHS Why Be Active?

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

WW UK

Meetings, online or a little bit of both. WW – formerly Weight Watchers – has options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

Website: www.weightwatchers.com