Useful Links

Cloverleaf Advocacy provides an independent advocacy service for people with mental health needs, people with a learning disability, people with physical and sensory impairment, people on the autistic spectrum, older people and carers in a number of areas across Yorkshire and Humberside.

Information on how walking can improve your health

Health Trainers can help with: Healthy Eating, Fitness, Stress/ Anxiety Reduction, Improving Confidence, Giving up smoking, Reducing drug/alcohol, consumption, Safer sex guidance

Humbercare was established to work with the Humberside Probation Service to - Educate, rehabilitate and promote the mental and moral improvement of offenders or any other persons in need, and the rehabilitation of persons discharged from penal institutions.

Supporting families in local communities across the UK

Carers Support Services is a local charitable organisation that exists to help carers lead fulfilling lives.

Information and guidance on alchol consumption.

The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse is a NHS special health authority, established to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of drug treatment in the UK

The UK's leading specialist drug and alcohol treatment charity.

Frank Information on all types of drugs from their looks to immediate effects.

Information and support for 13- 19 year olds on learning, living, work and more.

Choices is a free confidential 'Drop In' service for clients under the age of 25 years in North Lincolnshire.

The Kings fund is a charity that seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved.

Launched in 1840, BMJ (British Medical Journal) is the flagship journal of the BMJ Group.

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help.

MIND is the leading national Mental health charity in England and Wales

Creative Support is a high quality provider of person centred social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs.

Mencap work with people with a learning disability to change laws and services, challenge prejudice and directly support thousands of people to live their lives as they choose.

Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Information on what the NHS provide in North Lincolnshire.

Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.

WRAP is a self-management and recovery system developed by a group of people in the US who had mental health difficulties and who were struggling to incorporate wellness tools and strategies into their lives.

Rethink, the leading national mental health membership charity, works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life.

Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service for anyone in the UK and Ireland.

Provide practical and general support for people who are: elderly, disabled, carers and isolated

Age UK aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research.

The aim of Fresh Start is to provide more services to older people to enable them to live as independently as possible for as long as they choose to do so. The menu of services falls into four categories:

NCVO - the National Council for Voluntary Organisations - aims to give a shared voice to voluntary organisations and to help them achieve the highest standards of practice and effectiveness in all areas of their work.

NAVCA is the national voice of local support and development organisations in England. We champion and strengthen voluntary and community action by supporting our members in their work with over 160,000 local charities and community groups.

VANL’s purposes are the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. These aims are pursued by bringing together voluntary and statutory organisations in Council and by encouraging co-operation between organisations.

The LINks exchange (LX) is run by NHS Choices as a network for sharing best practice and supporting and developing those implementing Local Involvement Networks (LINks).

Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

North Lincolnshire NHS Primary Care Trust

Adult Social Services are provided by North Lincolnshire Council

If you want to make an individual complaint regarding an NHS service then ICAS can offer free, independent advice and advocacy. This links to the Yorkshire and Humber contact details

Find out about services local to you. GP's, hospitals, dentists and much more besides.

NHS Direct is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to give knowledge and experience to give you real help and reassurance.

A whole range of information can be found on this page, from simple and useful guides explaining LINKs, right through to government legislation.

NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.

The CQC are the independent regulators of health and social care providers.

Independent regulators of NHS Foundation Trusts

Contains simple and useful guides to LINKs explaining the full range of their powers. This page also has a list of contacts for LINKs nationally.

Information about public services (not just health) all in one place