Useful addresses
Benefits Enquiry Line
Helpline: 0800 88 22 00 Website: www.dwp.gov.uk Minicom: 0800 243355
N. Ireland: 0800 220674
Government agency giving information and advice on sickness and disability benefits for people with disabilities and their carers.
British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy
PO Box 13686 London SW20 9ZH Tel: 020 8543 2707 Fax: 020 8543 2707 Email: info@basrt.org.uk Website: www.basrt.org.uk
Supplies names of accredited local psychosexual therapists.
Brook Centres
Studio 421, Highgate Studios 53–79 Highgate Road London NW5 1TL Tel: 020 7284 6040 Fax: 020 7284 6050 Email: admin@brookcentres.org.uk Helpline: 0800 018 5023 Website: www.brook.org.uk
Offers free, confidential helpline to young people aged up to 25 years on contraception, sexual health and personal relationships. Recorded information also available on 020 7617 8000.
Careline
Cardinal Heenan Centre 326–328 High Road Ilford IG1 1QP Tel: 020 8514 5444 Fax: 020 8478 7943 Helpline: 020 8514 1177 (Mon–Fri 10am–4pm, 7–10pm) Website: www.carelineuk.org
Provides confidential crisis telephone counselling for children, young people and adults on many issues, including family, marital and relationship problems.
Childline
Freepost NATN 1111 London E1 6BR or 45 Folgate Street London E1 6GL Tel: 020 7650 3200 Fax: 020 7650 3201 Helpline: 0800 1111 Textphone 0800 400222 Email: info@childline.org.uk Website: www.childline.org.uk
Confidential, free counselling helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger 24 hours a day, every day. Comforts, advises and protects and, where a child is in danger, works with other helping agencies to ensure the child’s protection.
Family Planning Association
2–12 Pentonville Road London N1 9FP Tel: 020 7837 5432 Fax: 020 7837 3042 Helpline: 0845 310 1334 Website: www.fpa.org.uk
Offers telephone advice Mon–Fri 9am–6pm on contraception and sexual health. Appointment needed to view their reference library.
Family Planning Association Scotland
Unit 10, Firhill Business Centre 76 Firhill Road Glasgow G20 7BA Tel: 0141 576 5088 Fax: 0141 948 1172 Email: jackien@fpa.org.uk Website: www.fpa.org.uk
Offers telephone advice on contraception and sexual health.
Family Planning Association Cymru
Canton House 435–451 Cowbridge Road East Cardiff CF5 1JH Tel: 029 2064 4034 Fax: 029 2064 4306 Email: fpacymru@fpa.org.uk Website: www.fpa.org.uk
Offers telephone advice on contraception and sexual health.
Family Planning Association Northern Ireland
113 University Street Belfast BT7 1HP Tel: 028 9032 5488 Fax: 028 9031 2212 Email: belfast@fpani.org.uk Website: www.fpa.org.uk
Offers telephone advice on contraception and sexual health as well as unplanned pregnancy support.
London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
PO Box 7324 London N1 9QS Helpline: 020 7837 7324 Website: www.queery.org.uk
Offers 24-hour telephone information and advice on sexual health for parents and people who are, or think they are, gay, lesbian or bisexual.
London Marriage Guidance
76A New Cavendish Street London W1G 9TE Tel: 020 7580 1087 Fax: 020 7637 4546 Helpline: 0800 652 2342 Email: info@counselling4london.com Website: www.counselling4london.com
Runs a counselling service for couples in London. Information leaflets available.
Men’s Health Helpline
Medical Advisory Service PO Box 3087 London W4 4ZP Tel: 020 8995 8503 Fax: 020 8995 3275 Helpline: 020 8995 4448 (Mon 7–9pm) Website: www.medicaladvisoryservice.org.uk
Offers information on all aspects of men’s health, including sexual problems such as premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. For written information an SAE is requested.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
MidCity Place 71 High Holborn London WC1V 6NA Tel: 020 7067 5800 Fax: 020 7067 5801 Email: nice@nice.nhs.uk Website: www.nice.org.uk
Provides guidance on treatments and care for people using the NHS in England and Wales. Patient information leaflets are available for each piece of guidance issued.
The Outsiders
BCM Box Outsiders London WC1N 3XX Tel: 020 7354 8291 Helpline: 0707 499 3527 (11am–7pm weekdays) Email: info@outsiders.org.uk Website: www.outsiders.org.uk
Offers information and can refer people to therapists who can help with sexual relationship problems. Puts people with similar sexual problems in touch with each other.
Relate National Marriage Guidance
National Office Herbert Gray College Little Church Street Rugby Warwickshire CV21 3AP Tel: 01788 573241 Fax: 01788 535007 Helpline: 0845 130 4010 Email: enquiries@relate.org.uk Website: www.relate.org.uk
Do not have counsellors on hand, but can refer you to one of 400 local branches. Relate publications available at bookshops, libraries or via website.
Sexual Dysfunction Association
(previously The Impotence Association) Windmill Place Business Centre 2–4 Windmill Lane Southall, Middx UB2 4NJ Tel: 0870 774 3571 Email: info@sda.uk.net Website: www.sda.uk.net
Runs an information helpline, publishes leaflets and advises on referral services in erectile dysfunction.
Sexual Health and National AIDS
Helpline: 0800 567123 Website: www.playingsafely.co.uk
Free Government helpline offering 24-hour confidential advice on HIV, AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
WEBSITE
BBC Health Website www.bbc.co.uk/health/sex
Offers wide-ranging information on all aspects of health, including sexual problems.
