Links
For a list of emergency helplines, click here.
Wales- and UK-based Organisations and Resources:
Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations BAVO is the umbrella organisation supporting and promoting voluntary organisations in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales, UK.
Children's Commissioner for Wales Keith Towler is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Keith’s job is to stand up and speak out for children and young people. He works to make sure that children and young people are kept safe and that they know about and can access their rights. You can also access this website in Cymraeg.
Choose Life offers a national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland.
Counselling Directory was set up to provide a counselling support network for people throughout the UK. The website provides a free, confidential service that allows people to search for registered counsellors and psychotherapists. It also offers information about different types of emotion distress and about counselling and psychotherapy.
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to support the well-being of bereaved people and to enable them understand their grief and cope with their loss.
Diverse Cymru seeks to promote equality for all and challenge discrimination. It has been created by the merger of Cardiff & Vale Coalition of Disabled People and AWETU.
Farm Crisis Network is a UK network of groups of volunteers drawn from the farming community and rural churches. FCN volunteers are there to ‘walk with’ and support farming people and families as they seek to resolve their problems, whatever they may be.
Institute of Rural Health is a UK-wide academic charity working to inform, develop and promote the health and wellbeing of rural people and their communities.
Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) Wales is a voluntary organisation that provides a number of servics including counselling, befriending and advocacy to the Muslim community in Wales.
MDF The Bipolar Organisation Cymru is a user-led mental health charity which works to enable people affected by bipolar disorder (manic depression) to take control of their lives.
Mental Health First Aid (Wales) is a 12-hour training course designed to improve mental health literacy, to recognise the signs and symptoms of someone with mental health problems, and to support and signpost people to appropriate help.
Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service NPTCVS supports, promotes and develops the participation of voluntary organisations, community groups and individuals in the voluntary sector in Neath Port Talbot.
Office for National Statistics
Papyrus is a voluntary UK organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Samaritans (you can find your local branch in Wales here)
Shelter Cymru provides housing advice and campaigns for improvements in housing situations within Wales.
The Siaradwn Ni – Let’s Talk project is a 5 year project to help reduce suicide and mental health stigma across Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot County Boroughs.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (formerly know as SOBS) exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.
Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems.
Welsh Assembly Government Chief Medical Officer The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides independent professional advice and guidance to the First Minister and other Welsh Assembly Government ministers, and to officials in the National Assembly for Wales on health and healthcare matters.
Welsh Refugee Council provides advice, information and support for asylum seekers and refugees in Wales.
International Organisations and Resources:
International Association for Suicide Prevention
LivingWorks delivers programs around the world that prepare community helpers to intervene and prevent suicide.
World Health Organisation - Mental Health Programmes and Projects
