Andy McDonald MP "Putting Middlesbrough First"
Useful Contacts
Middlesbrough Council
- General number – 01642 245432
- Find your local councillor: Find your local councillors – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Cleveland Housing Advice Centre
01642 254544
NHS 111
Health advice and reassurance. 111 is free from landlines and mobiles.
- Simply dial 111 from your phone.
- https://111.nhs.uk/
Samaritans Teesside
Teesside Samaritans
If something’s troubling you, get in touch. 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.
- Telephone: 116 123 (this number is free to call and will not show on your phone bill)
- email: jo@samaritans.org
Childline (for under 19s)
- Telephone: 0800 1111 – available 24 hours a day, this number is free and will not show on a phone bill.
Papyrus – Prevention of Young Suicide
There is a guide to supporting children in relation to self-harm and suicide here: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Supporting-Your-Child-A-Guide-for-Parents.pdf
They have a telephone helpline for teenagers and young adults who are feeling suicidal – 0800 068 41 41
MIND
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- Telephone: 01642 257020
- Home (teessidemind.org.uk)
Teen Mental Health – A Guide for Parents
National Domestic Abuse Helpline (women only)
- Freephone: 0808 2000 247
- http://www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk/
Men’s Advice Line for Domestic Abuse
A confidential helpline for men experiencing domestic violence from a partner or ex-partner (or from other family members).
- Freephone: 0808 801 0327
- http://www.mensadviceline.org.uk/
CALM – The Campaign Against Living Miserably
(CALM) is an award-winning charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK.
Citizens’ Advice
Impartial advice on rights and responsibilities across the UK.
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- Tel: 0800 240 4420
- Citizens Advice live chat
- Citizens Advice website
Teesside Legal Advice Clinic
Teesside University Law Clinic recognises the need for access to justice for all and offers free legal advice to members of the community. They work in partnership with lawyers, charities and voluntary organisations.
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Age UK
Age UK can help with: Benefit queries and other money matters, Health and social care issues, Housing and transport queries, Filling in forms – by appointment, Understanding documents, and much more. Information and advice is free, private and confidential and if we can’t help, we can put you in touch with people who can.
- Telephone: 01642 805 500
- Welcome to Age UK Teesside
- The Dorothy Rose Suites (29-32), The TAD Centre, Ormesby Road, TS3 7SF
The Silver Line – help for older people
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
- Telephone: 0800 4 70 80 90
Anxiety UK
Childline
Support for those under 19.
- Telephone: 0800 1111 – this service will not show on your phone bill.
Beat Eating Disorders:
Beat provides helplines for adults and young people offering support and information about eating disorders. These helplines are free to call from all phones.
- Adult Helpline: 0808 801 0677
- Studentline: 0808 801 0811
- Youthline: 0808 801 0711
- www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Justice First:
- 135 Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 2BG
- Phone number: 01642 601 122
- Justice First website
Migrant Help:
- Phone number: 0808 8010 503
Migrant Help website
Thirteen Group:
- 0300 111 1000
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