Health and Wellbeing
Useful websites:
Alcohol
Drink Aware - Information and advice on drinking and alcohol units.
Alcohol Know Your Limits - an NHS website complete with unit calculator, advice and information.
The Site.org - drink safety information on provided by YouthNet UK, a registered charity.
Crime prevention
Safer Students - crime prevention advice for students from West Midlands Police.
The Lock - NUS's interactive crime prevention website for students.
The Site.org - information on crime prevention provided by YouthNet UK, a registered charity.
Drugs
Talk to Frank - A website designed to raise drug awareness. Find out the effects of drugs on your body and learn how to stop / cut down using them.
The Site.org - drug safety information on provided by YouthNet UK, a registered charity.
Mental Health
Beat - is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families.
Open Door Youth Counselling - provide one to one counselling for children and young people age 12-26.
The Samaritans - provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support 24 hours a day fro people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
MIND - Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
Depression Alliance - Depression Alliance is the leading UK charity for people with depression.
They work to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services to those who are affected by it via thier publications, supporter services and network of self-help groups for people affected by depression.
Mental Health Foundation - Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.
The Site.org - information on mental health and eating disorders provided by YouthNet UK, a registered charity.
Personal safety
Safer Students - lots of useful safety advice from West Midlands Police.
Suzy Lamplugh Trust - personal safety tips from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.
Sexual health
Whittall Street Clinic - Sexual Health Clinic (GUM clinic) located in Birmingham City Centre. We provide confidential, free, sexual health advice and services, including screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV testing, sexual health information, clinics especially for young people, contraception sessions and counselling.
CONDOM essential wear - Sexual Health information and advice. Information on contraception and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Healthy Gay Life - Healthy Gay Life is a Birmingham based service that works with gay men and bisexual men, to promote sexual, mental, and social health and well being.
Brook Advisory Centres - Brook Advisory Centres - commonly known just as Brook - is the only national voluntary sector provider of free and confidential sexual health advice and services specifically for young people under 25.
Sexual Health Birmingham - Information on contraception, HIV, STI's and clinics around Birmingham
The Site.org - information on sexual health and relationships provided by YouthNet UK, a registered charity.
Smoking
Smokefree - Advice to help you quit smoking
Quit - Independent UK charity who aim to save lives by helping people quit smoking.