Domestic Abuse

You can get free and confidential help from a number of organisations in Oxfordshire.

Website: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

National Domestic Violence Helpline

The Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women’s Aid and Refuge, is a national service for women experiencing domestic violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf.

Telephone: 0808 2000 247

Website: www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk

NSPCC: Domestic Abuse

Worried about a child?
Contact our trained helpline counsellors for 24/7 help, advice and support.

Telephone: 0808 800 5000

Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Email: help@nspcc.org.uk

Victim Support

Anyone affected by crime in England or Wales can contact us for free, confidential support.

Telephone: 08 08 16 89 111

Website: ww.victimsupport.org.uk

Refuge

Refuge supports women and children who experience all forms of violence and abuse, including domestic violence, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, so-called ‘honour’-based violence, and human trafficking and modern slavery.

Telephone: 0808 2000 247

Website: www.refuge.org.uk

SeeSaw

Grief support for children and young people in Oxfordshire.

Telephone: 01865 744768

Website: www.seesaw.org.uk

Email: info@seesaw.org.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Telephone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Late Spring: Age UK

Late Spring is a network of support groups for anyone aged 60+ who has been bereaved. Sessions provide an opportunity to remember with others who understand and to remember that, in the midst of the pain, there is still life left to live.

Telephone: 07827 235453

Website: www.ageuk.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: 020 7378 4999

Website: www.carersuk.org

Chipping Norton Dementia Carers Support Group

Friendly informal carers group specifically for people caring for someone living with dementia (facilitated by Dementia Oxfordshire).

Telephone: 07827 235449

Website: www.dementiaoxfordshire.org.uk

Email: trishheron@dementiaoxfordshire.org.uk

Early Support - Oxfordshire

For children with complex health needs or disabilities.
Brings together services working with children under 5 who have complex health needs or disabilities.
Early Support is a way of working to improve the delivery of services for children who have need of support from a range of specialist community services.

Telephone: 01865 323555

Website: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

The Ace Centre: Health Services

The Health Visitors are all qualified nurses or midwives who have completed specialist training in Community/Public Health. We currently work within the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) supporting children and their families.

Telephone: 01865 903937

Website: www.ace-chipping-norton.co.uk

Email: ace.centre@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Vaccination planner

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

Download from: 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

Turning Point Roads to Recovery - Oxfordshire

Advice and information on drug and alcohol services for adults aged 18 and over.

Telephone: 0300 0134 776

Website: www.turning-point.co.uk

Email: oxfordshire@turning-point.co.uk

Turning Point Roads to Recovery is based at:
Rectory Centre
Rectory Road
Oxford
OX4 1BU

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

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

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 917 7650

Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Email: help@aamail.org

Oxfordshire Mind

We’re Mind, the mental health charity.
We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support.

Telephone: 01865 263730

Email: office@oxfordshiremind.org.uk

Website: www.oxfordshiremind.org.uk

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

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

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 169 2081

Website: www.ageuk.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

Silver Line

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

Telephone: 0800 4708 090

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services

For a full list of Maternity Services provided by Oxford University Hospitals please visit our website below.

Website: www.ouh.nhs.uk

Birth Baby Balance - Oxfordshire

Guidance, support and information through pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood.

Telephone: Sarah Boyd on 07909 545484 or Kirsten Hanlon on 07825 727126

Email: sarah@birthbabybalance.co.uk or kirsten@birthbabybalance.co.uk

Website: www.birthbabybalance.co.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

Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service

Our Oxford and Banbury clinics are sexual health clinics offering a full range of services including genitourinary medicine (GUM) and contraception: testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), all types of contraception including emergency contraception, advice on safer sex, relationships, drug use or other health related issues, and HIV care.

Telephone: 01865 231231

Website: www.sexualhealthoxfordshire.nhs.uk

Sexual Health Help Line

The Family Planning Association Sexual health help line can give you confidential information and advice.

Telephone: 0845 122 8690

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

They are a sexual health charity. They give straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.

Telephone: 0300 1237123

Website: www.fpa.org.uk

Achieve Healthy Weight Loss Oxfordshire

The service has partnered with leading weight-loss providers Weight Watchers, Slimming World and Man V Fat to help people have healthier lifestyles by supporting a range of challenges. Achieve Healthy Weight Loss Oxfordshire services will include help with getting active, eating well and losing weight.

Telephone: 01865 338119

Email: hello@achieveoxfordshire.org.uk

Website: www.achieveoxfordshire.org.uk

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

Weight Watchers

Meetings, Online or a little bit of both. We’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

Website: www.weightwatchers.com