Appendix Six – Mental Health Charities

This appendix provides links to prominent charities and support organisations for a range of common mental health issues and challenges. It is not intended to be fully comprehensive but should provide a helpful starting point for finding information on any of the issues and conditions covered.

Alcohol Use

Adfam - https://adfam.org.uk/

Alcohol Anonymous UK - https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ (UK) https://www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/ (Ireland)

Alcohol Change - https://alcoholchange.org.uk/

Alcohol Action Ireland - https://alcoholireland.ie/

Alcohol Forum Ireland - https://alcoholforum.org/

ASCERT - https://ascert.biz/

Change Grow Live - https://www.changegrowlive.org/

Drinkaware – https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ (UK), https://drinkaware.ie/ (Ireland)

Turning Point - https://www.turning-point.co.uk/

Via - https://www.viaorg.uk/

With You - https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

Anorexia and Bulimia

Beat Eating Disorders - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

Body Whys - https://www.bodywhys.ie/

FightED - https://www.familysupportni.gov.uk/Service/4112

First Steps ED - https://firststepsed.co.uk/

The Laurence Trust - https://www.thelaurencetrust.co.uk/

Seed - https://seed.charity/

SupportED - https://supportedscotland.org/

Anxiety

3ts - https://www.3ts.ie/information-support/mental-health-concerns/anxiety-panic

Anxiety UK - https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/

Aware - https://www.aware.ie/information/anxiety/

No Panic - https://nopanic.org.uk/

Social Anxiety Alliance UK - https://socialanxietyalliance.org.uk/

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHDadultUK - https://www.adhdadult.uk/

ADHD Ireland - https://adhdireland.ie/

ADHD UK - https://adhduk.co.uk/

Scottish ADHD Coalition - https://www.scottishadhdcoalition.org/

Autism

As I Am - https://asiam.ie/

Autistica - https://www.autistica.org.uk/

Ambitious About Autism - https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

Irish Society for Autism - https://autism.ie/

National Autistic Society - https://www.autism.org.uk/

Scottish Autism - https://www.scottishautism.org/

SWAN Scotland - https://swanscotland.org/

Bipolar Disorder

Aware - https://www.aware.ie/information/bipolar-disorder/

Bipolar Scotland - https://bipolarscotland.org.uk/

Bipolar UK - https://www.bipolaruk.org/

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)

Borderline Arts - https://www.borderlinearts.org/

Borderline Support - https://borderlinesupport.org.uk/comorbidconditions/antisocial-personality-disorder/

BPD Foundation UK - https://www.bpdfoundation.co.uk/

Depression

3ts - https://www.3ts.ie/information-support/mental-health-concerns/depression

Aware - https://www.aware.ie/information/depression/

Breathing Space - https://www.breathingspace.scot/

Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/

Rethink - https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/about-mental-illness/mental-health-conditions/depression/ 

Drug Use

Adfam - https://adfam.org.uk/

ASCERT - https://ascert.biz/

Change Grow Live - https://www.changegrowlive.org/

FRANK - https://www.talktofrank.com/

Narcotics Anonymous - https://www.ukna.org/ (UK), https://www.na-ireland.org/ (Ireland)

Release - https://www.release.org.uk/

Turning Point - https://www.turning-point.co.uk/

Via - https://www.viaorg.uk/

With You - https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia

British Dyslexia Association - https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

Dyscalculia Association - http://www.dyscalculiaassociation.uk/

Dyscalculia Network - https://dyscalculianetwork.com/

Dysgraphia Life - https://www.dysgraphia.life/

The Dyslexia Association - https://www.dyslexia.uk.net/

Dyslexia Ireland - https://dyslexia.ie/

Dyslexia Scotland - https://dyslexiascotland.org.uk/

Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia Foundation - https://dyspraxiafoundation.co.uk/

Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland - https://www.dyspraxia.ie/

Dyspraxic Me - https://dyspraxic.me.uk/

Dyspraxia UK - https://dyspraxiauk.com/

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCD Action - https://ocdaction.org.uk/

OCD Ireland - https://ocdireland.org/

OCD-UK – https://www.ocduk.org/

PTSD

Birth Trauma Association - https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org/

Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/

National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) - https://www.napac.org.uk/

PTSD Resolution (Veterans) - https://ptsdresolution.org/

PTSD UK - https://www.ptsduk.org/

The Survivors Trust (Survivors of Sexual Violence) - https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/

Schizophrenia and Psychosis

Hearing Voices - https://www.hearing-voices.org/

Living with Schizophrenia - https://livingwithschizophreniauk.org/

Maudsley Charity - https://maudsleycharity.org/our-grants/psychosis/

National Paranoia Network - http://www.nationalparanoianetwork.org/

POPS UK - https://popsuk.org.uk/

Self-Harm

Battle Scars - https://www.battle-scars-self-harm.org.uk/

Harmless - https://harmless.org.uk/

Pieta - https://www.pieta.ie/

Sift - https://sift.org.uk/

Suicide Prevention

3ts - https://www.3ts.ie/

Andy’s Man Club - https://andysmanclub.co.uk/

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - https://www.thecalmzone.net/

Grassroots Suicide Prevention - https://prevent-suicide.org.uk/

Pieta - https://www.pieta.ie/

PIPS Suicide Prevention Ireland - https://pipscharity.com/

Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/

Suicide or Survive - https://suicideorsurvive.ie/

Suicide Prevention UK - https://spuk.org.uk/

Zero Suicide Alliance - https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/

Tourette’s Syndrome

Tourettes Action - https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/

Tourette Scotland - https://www.tourettescotland.org/

Tourette’s Support NI and ROI - https://tourettessupportni.org/