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  • Useful Contacts

     

    Local

     

    • Derbyshire Social Care:

    www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/social-care-contacts/contacting-social-care.aspx

    "Services to support children, help you to live independently and stay healthy. Contact us if you have any concerns about the safety or welfare of a child or an adult."

     

    • Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

    "The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (DDSCP) is a multi-agency organisation that ensures local groups work together to protect children from abuse and neglect. Its primary goal is to ensure that children in the area are safe, healthy, and supported."

    www.ddscp.org.uk

     

    • The Elm Foundation

    "We are here to help you whether you are living with domestic abuse now, have been subjected to it in the past, or are concerned about a friend, family member or colleague."

    www.theelmfoundation.org.uk

     

    • South Normanton Area Foodbank

    "We provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis."

    southnormantonarea.foodbank.org.uk

     

    • Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice:

    "We are Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice (DPCV) – a community of passionate volunteer parent carers united by one purpose: To improve the lives of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Derbyshire."

    derbyshireparentforums.co.uk

     

    National

     

    • Childline

    "Childline is a free, confidential UK service run by the NSPCC. It helps children and young people up to age 19 with any problem they are facing. Young people can talk to counsellors safely over the phone, through online chats, or via email."

    www.childline.org.uk

     

    • NSPCC - Advice for families

    "We're the UK's leading children’s charity. We’ve been working to stop child abuse and neglect for over 140 years. We’re the only UK children’s charity with statutory powers, which means we can take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse."

    www.nspcc.org.uk/advice-for-families

     

    • CEOP

    "The CEOP Education programme is a part of the National Crime Agency's response to tackling child sexual abuse"

    www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents

     

    • The Samaritans 

    "Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.​ People calling for change with those who need to listen.​ People who’ve been there before, with those struggling now.​"

    www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan

     

    • MindEd

    "Safe and reliable advice about young people’s mental health, created by experts and parents together"

    www.mindedforfamilies.org.uk/young-people

     

    • Citizens Advice

    "We give people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward - whoever they are, and whatever their problem."

    www.citizensadvice.org.uk

     

    • Women's Aid

    "We are working to end domestic abuse. Together, we can keep women and children safe"

    www.womensaid.org.uk