Links to websites giving Social Care information

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Arbours Association - Provides home-like, non-institutional settings where emotionally distressed individuals can feel safe and contained while dealing with their issues.
BBC - Mental Health - Provides information, advice, support and coping techniques, contacts and a guide to the law.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - Professional body for counselling and psychotherapy and a reference point for anyone seeking information.
Chinese Mental Health Association - Aims to preserve and safeguard primarily the mental health of Chinese people living in the UK.
Commission for Social Care Inspectorate Directory of Care Services - Search by location for care homes, nursing agencies, residential special schools etc.
Department of Health - News, rights and laws, publications, guidelines and practices.
Direct Gov - Mental Health - Information from the Government concerning mental health laws and regulations.
Internet Mental Health - Provides information on a wide range of mental health conditions and disorders.
Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill - Deals exclusively with serious mental illness, the impact it has on the lives of those who suffer from it, including their families and carers.
LAMP Direct - Information on mental health including local news, activities and support.
LAMP Directory of Mental Health Services - A directory of mental health services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as national organisations.
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - Care and recovery of people with mental ill health.
Mencap - A learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Mental Health Foundation - Helps people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems.
Mind - Advice, news, information and events for people who have/are experiencing mental distress.
Patient - A comprehensive source of health and disease information.
Public Guardianship Office - The Public Guardianship Office provides financial protection services for clients who can't manage their finances because of mental incapacity.
Rethink - A charity aiming to help people affected by severe mental illness to recover and lead a better quality of life.
Royal College of Psychiatrists - Information, publications and advice about mental health.
Samaritans - Provides 24-hour, confidential emotional support to any person who is suicidal or despairing.
Sane - Raise awareness, provide information and undertake research on mental illness.
Shift - Shift is a new, five year initiative (2004-2009) in England to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues.
Threshold - Aims to protect women's mental health, to promote better mental health services for women and to provide women's mental health care.
Together: Working for Wellbeing - Information on mental health provided by the Together: Working for Wellbeing charity (formally MACA).
UK Public Health Association (UKPHA) - Promotes the development of public policy and acts as an information platform to support those working in public health.
Virtual Ward - A place to share good practice between staff and people who use mental health services
Young Minds - Young Minds is the national charity committed to improving the mental health of all babies, children and young people.

Alzheimer's Society (Leicestershire and Rutland Branch) - Supporting people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, their families and carers.
At Demenia - Information about Assistive Technology for People with Dementia.
Beat (Eating Disorders Association) - Information and help on all aspects of eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, binge eating disorder and related eating disorders.
Combat Stress (Ex-service and veterans) - A charity helping all ranks of the Armed Forces & Merchant Navy suffering from psychological disability as a result of their service.
Depression Alliance - Works to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information, support and understanding to those who are affected by it.
Destigmatize - Information and support for people with anxiety disorders in the Asian community. Guides available in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.
Headway - The Brain Injury Association offering services to local people with brain injuries, illnesses and those close to them.
National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service (ADDISS) - Information and advice for parents, young people and professionals
No Panic - Help for people with panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, general anxiety disorder and tranquilliser withdrawal.
OCD UK - A charity for people who are affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).