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Dorset: Advocacy & Support services
41 - 60 of 70 Advocacy & Support services in Dorset.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support in your area
We take the time to understand you as a person, so that we can provide the support, tools and inspiration you need to find your best way through. We do it like this because we understand everyone's cancer journey is uniq...
Contact: Macmillan Cancer Support, 89 Albert Embakment, London, SE1 7UQ.
MENCAP
Advice and Support
Finding the right information and support for you can be confusing. We're here to help. Learning disability is a complicated subject, and trying to find the right advice for you can be hard sometimes. We've split o...
Contact: MENCAP, 123 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0RT.
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)
Mind - Information and Support
When you're living with a mental health problem, or supporting someone who is, having access to the right information is vital. Choose one of the options below to find out more.
Contact: MINDinfoLine.
Motor Neurone Disease Association
The East Dorset and New Forest Branch
MNDA offer a range of support to all people affected by the disease. We liaise with health and social care professionals such as: Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and the Medical Profession. T...
Contact: The East Dorset and New Forest Branch, Poole Advice Centre, 54 Lagland Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1QG.
The West Dorset Branch
Our objectives are to: •Provide support for people affected by MND •Raise money to help people affected by MND •Raise awareness about MND within the West Dorset area •Influence policy and decisi...
Contact: The West Dorset Branch, DT.
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Support & Services
Information servicesFinancial helpRespite care and short breaksGetting SupportHelpline (see separate entry)
Contact: Multiple Sclerosis Society, Carriage House, , 8 City North Place, , London, N4 3FU.
Noble Live-in Care
Noble Live-in Care
Noble Live-in Care provides one-to-one, 24 hour live-in care and companionship for adults aged 18+, transforming their quality of life and empowering them to be as independent as possible.Noble Live-in Care offers respit...
Contact: Noble Live-in Care, National Provider, 1 Henbury Road ( Head office only), Head office, 1 Trym Lodge , 1 Henbury Road, , Bristol, Avon, BS9 3HQ.
Omega, Ending Isolation, Ending Loneliness
Chatterbox
Chatterbox is a free telephone befriending service for socially isolated and lonely people. Our clients are carefully matched to DBS-checked volunteer befrienders, with whom they exchange supportive, friendly phone...
Contact: Omega... Ending Isolation | Ending Loneliness, London House, Town Walls, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1TX.
Parkinson's UK
Information and support
We’re here for you. From support in the cost of living crisis to help managing your Parkinson’s symptoms, we've got the information and support you need. By funding the right research into the most promising...
Contact: Parkinson's UK.
Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS)
NHS confidential advice, support and information
The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) offers confidential advice, support and information on health-related matters. They provide a point of contact for patients, their families and their carers. PALS can g...
Contact: Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS).
Poole Borough Council
COMPASS
Compass aims to promote healthy living and well-being for isolated older people. It is a partnership between the Borough of Poole and Faithworks Wessex.
Contact: COMPASS, 35 Stanfield Road, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4HB.
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Health Information Centre, Poole Hospital
We aim to provide a wide range of up-to-date, relevant information and to give this information in a variety of formats within a confidential and supportive environment. We will help you to find the information you...
Contact: Health Information Centre, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 2JB.
Reengage
Call Companions - Phone Befriending
Because a good chat means the world Call companions is a free service for older people who are lonely, isolated or in need of companionship and feel they would enjoy a friendly phone call every week or two. Whatever yo...
Contact: Reengage , 7 Bell Yard , London , London , WC2A 2JR.
Relate
Relate
Relate’s role is to help build better couple relationships: To enhance the quality of couple and parental family relationships To help relationships and marriages withstand the pressures leading to b...
Contact: Relate - Bournemouth, 1 Stratfield Saye, 20/22 Wellington Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8JN.
Richmond Fellowship - For Community Mental Health
East Dorset Mental Health Carer Support Scheme
The service provides 1 to 1 practical and emotional support, information and education , advocacy and support groups. Education courses and information sessions are held in various locations in Purbeck, Wimborne and Chri...
Contact: Head Office, 80 Holloway Road, London, N7 8JG.
Royal British Legion
Royal British Legion Christchurch Branch
Legion membership ensures that: Remembrance is kept alive and that the sacrifices our brave Service men and women have made are never forgotten. The ex-Service community have a voice and that their concerns are broug...
Contact: Christchurch Branch, 61-63 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1QE.
Royal British Legion Ferndown Branch
Legion membership ensures that: Remembrance is kept alive and that the sacrifices our brave Service men and women have made are never forgotten. The ex-Service community have a voice and that their concerns are broug...
Contact: Ferndown Branch, Church Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9ET.
Royal British Legion Lyme Regis Branch
Legion membership ensures that: Remembrance is kept alive and that the sacrifices our brave Service men and women have made are never forgotten. The ex-Service community have a voice and that their concerns are broug...
Contact: Lyme Regis Branch, Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3PG.
Royal Osteoporosis Society
The Helpline Service
Nurses, supported by a large body of osteoporosis professionals who lend their expertise to the charity, provide information based on the most accurate and up-to-date knowledge. The nurses are also skilled in provid...
Contact: Royal Osteoporosis Society - Helpline Service, Camerton, Bath, Avon, BA2 0PJ.
Samaritans
The Samaritans of Bournemouth and District
The service is available 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Contact: The Samaritans of Bournemouth and District, 1 Durrant Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6LE.