Local counselling for young people
What is counselling?
A place where you can explore thoughts and feelings which could be getting on top of you. You are the explorer, the counsellor is a companion who won't judge you. Big difficulties in life are often untangled in this way.
South Gloucestershire projects include:
Chat Shop, Yate
Tel: 01454 862088
A free and confidential service offering one-to-one counselling for young people. The young person rings, leaves a name and number on an answer phone and a counsellor will call them back within a week.
The Bourne Family Project
Tel: 0117 9478441
The Bourne Family Project aims to offer help, support and advice to families living in South Gloucestershire and Bristol.
Information and advice for parents and young people
If you are a young person looking for advice on sexual health or pregnancy issues, or a parent seeking information on talking to teenagers about sex, there are many quality websites and helplines designed to meet your needs - too many for us to list them all here. A good start is the websites listed below and they will contain links to others. To access these websites see the links in the 'Useful websites' section on this page.
Brook Young People's Clinic - provide free confidential sexual health advice and services. Your nearest Brook drop-in centre is in central Bristol:
1 Unity Street
Bristol
BS1 5HH
Tel: 01179290090
Family Planning Association - UK's leading sexual health charity. Our purpose is to enable people in the UK to make informed choices about sex and to enjoy sexual health.
Tel: 0845 310 1334
Marie Stopes - An international charity providing a range of information and services including abortion, contraception, screening, sexuality and puberty. (there are costs associated with these services)
Tel: 0845 300 8090
Need2Know - Advice on student life, relationships, travel and more!
EACH - educational action challenging homophobia - offers one-to-one support to individuals who have been, or continue to be, the target of homophobic incidents or crime in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. You can also call the EACH Actionline on 0808 1000 143. See other websites for EACH website.
No Worries! - is a South Gloucestershire Scheme that makes it easier for young people access relationship and sexual health services. Even if you are under 16, all of the services in the leaflet are free and confidential (unless you are at risk of harm). To look at this leaflet please see the 'Read more' section on this page.
Young People’s Drug & Alcohol Service. Free confidential information and advice on drugs or alcohol for young people under 18 or parents.
Tel: 01454 868763
Email: ypservice@southglos.gov.uk
For information on a whole range of services in the South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset area, go to: www.1bigdatabase.org.uk.