Post by Veritee on Mar 19, 2004 22:31:23 GMT
I thought it may be uesful to have a list of telephone helplines.
APNI 0171 386 0868, www.apni.org/as well as a general helpline they can also arrange for you to have a telephone counselor you can ring in times of stress
Parent Line Plus, 0808 800 2222 24 hour helpline for all carers of children; www.parentline.co.uk
Cry-sis, 020 7404 5011, www.cry-sis.com 7 days a week
9am-10pm (GMT, will talk to you if your child is older but mainly concerned with babies.
MAMA - Meet a Mum, 01761 433598 and their PND helpline 020 8768 0123; www.mama.org.uk
and of course Samaritans
08457 909090 or 01753 532713.
Deborah’s PND Helpline 01335 347599. I do not think this is national but she is working on this so it may be soon.
When I was desperate in the middle of the night I also surprisingly got a good response from my local NSPCC helpline. I ended up talking to them because I was very frightened and distressed during the night and rand every number I could find in the book, no one else answered even the Samaritans, so I ended up talking to the NSPCC. I am not recommending it particularly as they are not really appropriate, but I thought I would mention their good response to a desperate mother. They were not judgmental and willing to talk to me even though it was noit really a child protection issue.
NSPCC National helpline 0808 800 5000.
APNI 0171 386 0868, www.apni.org/as well as a general helpline they can also arrange for you to have a telephone counselor you can ring in times of stress
Parent Line Plus, 0808 800 2222 24 hour helpline for all carers of children; www.parentline.co.uk
Cry-sis, 020 7404 5011, www.cry-sis.com 7 days a week
9am-10pm (GMT, will talk to you if your child is older but mainly concerned with babies.
MAMA - Meet a Mum, 01761 433598 and their PND helpline 020 8768 0123; www.mama.org.uk
and of course Samaritans
08457 909090 or 01753 532713.
Deborah’s PND Helpline 01335 347599. I do not think this is national but she is working on this so it may be soon.
When I was desperate in the middle of the night I also surprisingly got a good response from my local NSPCC helpline. I ended up talking to them because I was very frightened and distressed during the night and rand every number I could find in the book, no one else answered even the Samaritans, so I ended up talking to the NSPCC. I am not recommending it particularly as they are not really appropriate, but I thought I would mention their good response to a desperate mother. They were not judgmental and willing to talk to me even though it was noit really a child protection issue.
NSPCC National helpline 0808 800 5000.
