Childline
Address: ChildLine, Freepost NATN1111, London E1 6BR
Phone: 0800 1111 ‘The Line’ – a helpline for children living away from home: 0800 884444 3.30pm-9.30pm on weekdays, 9.30am-8pm weekend
Fax: 0207 650 3201
Minicom: 0800 400222
E-mail: reception@childline.org.uk
Website: http://www.childline.org.uk
Office Hours: 24 hours a day. ‘The Line’ is open from 3.30pm to 9.30pm on weekdays and 2pm to 8pm at weekends.
Phone Hours: Minicome is open from 9.30am to 9.30pm on weekdays and 9.30am to 8pm at weekends.
Comment: ChildLine is the UK’s free help line for children and young people in trouble or danger. It provides a confidential phone counselling service for any child with any problem, 24 hours a day, every day. It listens, comforts and protects. Trained counselors provide support and advice and refer children in danger to appropriate helping services.
Central Youth
Address: 1 St Peter’s Square, Stockport, SK1 1NZ
Phone: 0161 426 9696
E-mail: centralyouth@bigwig.net
Website: http://www.centralyouth.org.uk
Office Hours: Mon 12-5pm, Tues 1-5pm, Weds 1pm-8pm, Thurs 1-7pm, Fri 1-4pm, Sat 10am-12pm Sexual health screening Tues & Thurs 9am-12pm (Appt)
Comment: Open to young people aged 11-25 years, for information on benefits, leisure, housing, education, environment and health. Sexual health services available include emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and free condoms. Counselling available by appointment.Outreach services at Brinnington Youth Centre Monday 4 – 6pm, Stockport College Heaton Moor Campus Thursday 12 – 1pm, Reddish Vale Technology College Monday 12.30 – 4.30pm Appointment required for sexual health screening on Tues & Thurs 9am-12pm
