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ask www.askwiltshire.org
Elmsgate
Edington Road
Steeple Ashton
BA14 6HP
Tel: 08457 585072
Our role is to provide daycare and family support information for Wiltshire.
A not-for-profit organisation providing 'advice
on services for kids
and young people' (ask).
ChildcareLink www.childcarelink.gov.uk Tel: 0800 2 346346
The Government launched the ChildcareLink helpline and website in December 1999
as part of the National Childcare Strategy. This strategy aims to help people
back into the workplace by removing the childcare barrier.
Childline
Tel: 0800 1111
ChildLine is the UK's free and confidential, 24-hour helpline
for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors
comfort, advise and protect children and young people who may
feel they have nowhere else to turn - Need advice or just
want to talk? Call ChildLine. Calls are free and confidential.
Doorway www.doorwayproject.org.uk
Doorway, a charity based in North Wiltshire dedicated to providing a warm, safe
place for people who are homeless, threatened with homelessness, or have other
complex needs. Doorway provides a drop-in day centre located at The Salvation
Army Hall in Foghamshire, Chippenham. Doorway is making a difference to the lives
of many homeless people - moving them on from homelessness by providing them
with food, friendship, structured activities and hope for the future.
Dry Out Now www.dryoutnow.com
Tel: 0845 2308060
Immediate access to UK alcohol help and treatment. Get the
right help right now
Parentlineplus www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Parents want to do the best they can for their
children, but sometimes family life can be challenging and
difficult. There is after all, no one right way to parent.
Parentline Plus works to offer help and support through an
innovative range of free, flexible, responsive services -
shaped by parents for parents.
ParentsCentre www.parentscentre.gov.uk
ParentsCentre - helping you to help your child. Information
and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning,
including advice on choosing a school and
finding childcare. Experts views and Parents views. Expert-to-parent
support via chat forums.
Splitz www.splitz.org
29 Duke Street
Trowbridge
BA14 8EA
Tel: +44(0)1225 777724
Splitz provides support services to people who are “parenting
alone” and experiencing a crisis or a difficult time. One-to-one
home support service with:
Children's issues,
Debt / benefits / financial issues,
Social networking / loneliness / isolation,
Housing and homelessness issues. Adults with experience of
separation, divorce or domestic abuse and more
Victim Support www.victimsupport.org.uk/wiltshire
Tel: 01380 729476
Practical and emotional support for victims of crime, support
services for witnesses in court. Open Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm
and 24hour answerphone