Useful Links

Ambitious about Autism works to improve the services available for children and young people with autism and increase awareness and understanding of the condition. We're also committed to campaigning for change to ensure the needs of people with autism are met.

Making the Link supports senior practitioners and policymakers working to prevent unintentional injury to children and young people in England.

Working for well run evidence-based public care. We help to improve the quality and impact of services across health, social care, education, housing and welfare. IPC is part of Oxford Brookes University

Cerebra is a unique charity set up to help improve the lives of children with brain related conditions through research, education and directly supporting the children and their carers.

The aim of the Rees Centre is to contribute to the improvement of the outcomes and life chances of looked-after children and young people. The research of the Rees Centre has a particular focus on carers and the wide range of organisations that provide for looked-after children. It also focuses on building a sense of attachment, security and belonging for young people, and achieving improved educational outcomes, health and well-being.

YoungMinds was established in 1993 and is the UK's leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. Young people can get lost in the system when they turn 16.YoungMinds' work is embedded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The views of children, young people and parents are at the heart of the organisation. Our aim is to improve the lives and futures of many more children and young people experiencing mental distress.

This Hospital to Home Resource Pack contains essential information for all the professional sectors that have a role in hospital discharge for older people in England. It contains information, suggestions for action, case studies and checklists for considering older patients' housing situations in hospital discharge and transfer of care and for improving integration of housing and support into the process for discharging older people.

Information and other resources to support commissioners, service providers and others providing alcohol and drug interventions.

An agency specialising in support and information for families and carers.

DAISY is a service for young people who need confidential advice and help for alcohol or drug use. We provide a range of support and interventions for young people and their families. DAISY is available If you are a young person aged up to 21 you can contact us by telephone or email. Tel: 028 9043 5815 or 028 7137 1162 or text DAISY to 81025 for a call back

The website provides good information on alcohol and mental health and provides good information for parents about talking to their children about alcohol.

The purpose of the Knowledge Hub is to bring together international and internationally-relevant national reports and reviews covering the range of substances – drugs and alcohol and tobacco (including e-cigarettes). Under the heading of drugs are included those that are controlled as illegal drugs in most countries, plus the misuse or overuse of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines and performance and image-enhancing drugs.

Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential..

Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law. The organisation, founded in 1967, is an independent and registered charity. Through our services the team provides free non-judgmental, specialist advice and information to the public and professionals on issues related to drug use and to drug laws.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) improves the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works. We are a leading improvement support agency and an independent charity working with adults', families' and children's care and support services across the UK. We also work closely with related services such as health care and housing.

Find services that work with young people's alcohol and other drug use.

We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

This booklet is for anyone who self-harms, their friends and family. It should give readers a greater understanding and knowledge of the condition and of what they can do to help overcome it.