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Berkshire Carers Service

Berkshire Carers Service supports unpaid carers in Bracknell Forest, Reading, West Berkshire, Wokingham and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. They are an information, advice and support service. They can help with: Information about benefits Information about health and social care services Emotional support Finding services Form filling Meeting other carers Planning a break Working and caring. All our services are free to carers.

Berkshire Women's Aid - Reading

Provides information and support services for women experienceing domestic violence throughout Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham and West Berkshire. Provides a telephone helpline (0118 950 4003) which operates between 10am-5pm weekdays - a worker can be contacted on this number out of these hours in cases of emergency and has seven refuges across the Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell and Newbury.

Bexley Voluntary Service Council - Kent

Bexley Voluntary Service Council help local voluntary and community groups with information and support. They have over 40 years experience of supporting the Voluntary Sector in Bexley. For more information please visit the website below.

Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid

Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid aims to provide services that are sensitive to and meet the needs of individual women and children. Services include: helpline, refuge, accomodation, resettlement, family support, counselling, volunteering and training.

Birmingham Samaritans

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. Service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Alternative telephone number: 08457 90 90 90 Text:07725 90 90 90

Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Advice Centre - Willesden, Brent (West London)

The Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Advice Centre seeks to enhance the quality of life for disadvantaged members of the elderly West Balkan community who arrived in London as refugees in the early 1990’s, specifically those in poverty and isolation. The Centre supports their diverse needs through the provision of welfare, educational and cultural services at a welcoming Centre for all people from West Balkan. Services include: General level Information, Advice and Guidance on; Welfare Benefit Rights, Housing, Community Care and Health. Outreach Work Fitness for Women Fitness for Men Yoga Classes for Women Social and Lunch Club Quarterly Awareness sessions and workshops on Health and Wellbeing Quarterly Cultural Events Quarterly Newsletter Spring/ Summer Outings

BREAD Youth Project - Bristol

BREAD Youth Project run projects and activities for and with young people, to raise awareness of issues that are important to young people across Bristol. Projects include: Juicy Blitz - Juicy is a juice and smoothie bar in Lawrence Weston where young people aged 11-19 can meet up and get involved with projects and activities. Young advisors - Young people are at the heart of everything that BREAD does and so we need you to help us shape what we do.

Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project

Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project is run by the unemployed for the unemployed. The project provides practical support, education and recreation for people in poor housing, claimants, unwaged people and those on low incomes.

Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau

Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, impartial advice and information on a range of issues. The bureau can help with most everyday problems from employment to housing and debt. Before using the service it is advisable to visit their national websitewww.adviceguide.org.uk where there is information about all the main areas of advice including: Benefits, Debt, Housing, Employment, Consumer, Family, etc. If you still need information or advice the bureau runs a ‘drop-in’ at the Bristol Advice Point. A gateway assessment is a short interview that explores your enquiry and assesses what your advice needs are. The assessment many conclude that you require specialist advice, another agency is better suited to help you, or you need assisted self help.

Bristol Drugs Project

BDP is an independent agency delivering an accessible and confidential information, advice and counselling service to drug misusers, their relatives and friends and to other professionals working with drug misusers. BDP deals with problems related to the use of solvents and prescribed drugs in addition to the wide range of illicit drugs. BDP enables people to achieve their goals by utilising whichever model of addiction has the most meaning for that individual and, as such, does not promote any single method of treatment..

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