Wellbeing Advice
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Health Challenge Torfaen
Health Challenge Torfaen is a local way of promoting healthy lifestyles to everyone who lives and works in the County Borough. It provides information on improving health and maintaining good health.
Website: www.healthchallengetorfaen.org.uk|
Relate
Offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through their website.
Website: www.relate.org.uk|
Telephone: 0300 100 1234
Samaritans
Provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide
Website: www.samaritans.org|
Telephone: 08457 90 90 90
Victim support
Provides free and confidential support to victims of crime, their friends and families and anyone else effected.
Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk|
Telephone support line: 0845 30 30 900
NHS Carers Direct
Free, confidential information and advice to help you as a carer
Email: carersdirect@nhschoices.nhs.uk|
Website: www.nhs.uk/carersdirect|
Telephone: 0808 802 0202
Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines
NHS Live Well
Advice on healthy living
Website: www.nhs.uk/livewell|
Counselling Directory
A directory of Counsellors and organisations providing counselling services in the Local area.
Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk|
Mind
Helps to support and inform people in the local community who experience mental health problems, or who may have relatives, carers or friends of someone who experiences emotional distress.
Website: www.torfaenmind.co.uk|
Telephone: 01495 759272 (Drop -in Centre)