Student Services - Useful Links
- Alcohol, Nicotine & Drugs
- Bullying
- Career & Education
- Childcare
- Disability
- Discrimination
- Emotional and Mental Health
- Finance & Welfare
- Fitness & Nutrition
- General Health
- Homelessness
- Immigration
- Sexuality, Relationships and Sexual Health
- Study Skills
- Young People
Alcohol, Nicotine & Drugs
- Channel 4 / Health / Drugs - Info / Advice on health, drugs and legal issues
- Hexnet - Support group for people affected by problem drinkers
- Quit - Info/ Advice/ helplines & Strategies to quit smoking
- Safer Lancashire - Access to local services &support
- National Drug Safety Website
- Talk to frank - Free, confidential, anonymous, 24 hour info & advice on drug issues
Bullying
- Antibullying.net - Comprehensive site aimed at anyone affected by or working with bullying
- Bullying.co.uk - Advice and info targeted at young people who are victims or bullies
- BBC Bullying
- Kidscape - Tips on how to deal with bullying, including a teenage section
- Antibully.org - Tips for children, including a Can the Police Help? section
- TheSite.org - Bullying in the workplace
Career & Education
- Changing Lives
- Connexions - Career info/ advice/ guidance for 13-19 year olds
- Educational Maintenance Allowance - Financial help for young people in education
- Employment4students
- Greatcare : nursery and childcare jobsite
- Job Center Plus - Job Centre Homepage
- New Deal
- UCAS - Higher Education admissions UK
Childcare
Disability
- Disability Now - Disability info/ advice/ discussion
- Disability Alliance - Disability & poverty info/ advice service
- Disability.gov - Disability & civil rights government website
- Mencap - Learning disability info/ advice resource
Discrimination
Emotional and Mental Health
- First-Steps .org
- Mental Health .org.uk
- Mind .org .uk
- Rape Crisis .co.uk
- Samaritans .org .uk
- Womensaid .org .uk
Finance & Welfare
- Advice Guide - Legal /welfare basic advice/ info
- Educational Maintenance Allowance - Financial help for young people in education
- NACAB - National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau Homepage
Fitness & Nutrition
General Health
- Body Positive - Positive body image educational self-help
- Channel 4 / Health - Comprehensive health magazine
- Eating Disorders - Comprehensive info/ advice regarding eating disorders
- Edauk - Eating disorders association homepage
- First Steps - Self-help for anxiety related health problems
- Gamcare - Problems with gambling info/ advice
- Health Links - Directory of general health resources
- Male Health - Men's health consumer magazine
- Men's Health Forum - UK forum for men's health
- NOS - National Osteoporosis Society homepage
- Overeaters Anonymous - Comprehensive overeating info/advice
- Student Health - General health info / advice
Homelessness
- Homeless Pages - Directory of resources/ organisations for homelessness
- Shelternet - Housing & homelessness info/ advice
Immigration
- British Council - International organisation for educational opportunities in the UK
- JCWI - Immigration Info /advice service
- UKCosa - International students info/ advice
Sexuality, Relationships and Sexual Health
- Brook - Free confidential sexual health advice and contraception for young people under 25
- Family Planning Association
- Info/ support/ signposting service for lesbian and gay people
- Stonewall - Campaign organization for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality
- 2as1 - Confidential relationship advice and counsel for both couples and individuals
- Relate .org .uk
- Avert - UK based HIV/ Aids Charity
- Terrence Higgins Trust - Support/ information for persons/ friends/ family affected by HIV/ AIDS
- World Aids Day - Factual information/ awareness on HIV/ AIDS
- Gender Trust - UK charity info/ support for people affected by gender issues
- PYRO - If you are lesbian, gay or bisexual, if you are questioning your sexuality, if you are looking for a safe place to be yourself... then PYRO is for you. Phone or Text 07717 301821 or e-mail pyro@ed.lancscc.gov.uk
Study Skills
- Houghton : Tips For Motivation & Concentration
- Intervention central .com
- Life Long Learning (Department For Education & Skills)
- Queendom - World’s largest testing center!
