Online Resources re mental health, charities, jobs etc

[miriam]

Department of Health - Mental Health Site
www.doh.gov.uk/mentalhealth

British Institute for Learning Disability
http://www.bild.org.uk/

Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/

Mencap
http://www.mencap.org.uk/

Down's Syndrome Association
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

Eating disorders Association
www.edauk.com

Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health
http://www.scmh.org.uk/

Sound Minds (music based social enterprise in London)
http://www.SoundMinds.co.uk/

Mindful Employer (mental health in the workplace)
http://www.mindfulemployer.net/

Remploy: employment for disabled people
http://www.remploy.co.uk/

Disabled Living Foundation
http://www.dlf.org.uk

Social Firms (employment created for those at disadvantage)
http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/

Association for Supported Employment
http://www.afse.org.uk/

Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com

Equality and Human Rights Commission
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/

Institute of Psychiatry - King's College London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iop/home.shtml

Mental Health Links Site
www.mentalhealth.co.uk/index.asp

National Autistic Society
www.nas.org.uk

National institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

The British Medical Association
www.bma.org.uk

The British Psychological Society
www.bps.org.uk

The Mental Health Foundation
www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Mind
www.mind.org.uk

Young Minds
www.youngminds.org.uk/

The Royal College of Psychiatrists
www.rcpsych.ac.uk

Sane -The Mental Health Charity
www.sane.org.uk

The Samaritans
www.samaritans.org.uk

The National Society for Mental Health and Deafness
www.signhealth.org.uk

Mentality: Promoting Mental Health
www.mentality.org.uk

Suport for Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Phobias and OCD
www.no-panic.co.uk

Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
www.sdcmh.org.uk

Severe mental illness charity
www.rethink.org

Umbrella: Supportive Care and Housing
www.umbrella.org.uk

Charities Commission (lists all UK charities)
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/

Government information
http://www.direct.gov.uk/

Office of National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

Social Exclusion Unit
http://www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/

Directory of Social Change (support for charitable organisations)
http://www.dsc.org.uk/

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/

Shaw Trust (provide employment schemes)
http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/

NHS online info on mental health
www.NHS.uk/LiveWell

Together: Mental health charity
www.together-uk.org/

National Self-harm network
www.nshn.co.uk

Vinspired: find volunteering opportunities local to you
http://www.vinspired.com

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