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Counselling and Advice Services For Young People

Young people today face a multiplicity of pressures in their daily lives. These can range from problems in relationships, finding work or training, difficulties in communicating with their family, pressure from peers to take drugs, feeling down or depressed, coping with health difficulties, feeling stressed, in debt etc. Often young people feel isolated when trying to solve and deal with these problems and pressures. If you feel that advice and help would be useful, here are some organizations to contact:

Childline
http://www.childline.org.uk/
Tel: (0800) 1111

Barnardos
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/in_your_region/northernireland.htm

SHAC Housing Association
http://www.shac.org.uk/
Tel: (028) 9024 6811

Counseling Services
Tel: (028) 90 24 9696

Cruse Bereavement Care
Tel: (028) 90 79 2419

Family Mediation Service
Tel: (028) 90 32 2914

Parents Advice Centre
Tel: (028) 90 23 8800

Simon Community
Tel: (028) 90 23 2882

Youth Line
Tel: (028) 90 45 6645

The Samaritans
Belfast Tel: (028) 90 32 3454
Derry Tel: (028) 71 37 1502

Contact Youth Counselling Services
(028) 90 45 7848

Housing Advice for NI
Housing Advice NI is a unique resource in Northern Ireland which helps people find answers to their housing problems and assists in the prevention of homelessness.
http://www.housingadviceni.org/advice-for-young-people.html

Sexual Support Organisations

Nexus Institute - Help for those Sexually abused
Derry Tel: (028) 71 26 0566
Belfast Tel: (028) 90 32 6803

Aids helpline
Tel: (028) 90 24 9268

Belfast Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre
Tel: (028) 90 24 9696

Addiction Support Organisations

Al-Anon Family Groups
Tel: (028) 90 24 3489

Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel: (028) 90 68 1084

Dunlewey Substance Advice Centre
 Tel: (028) 90 61 1162

Northern Ireland Community Addiction Service
Tel: (028) 90 66 4434

FASA
Tel: (028) 90 61 1162

Personal Development and Support Services

Got an idea which you think could become a successful business?

These organizations should be you first stop for advice on setting up and running your own business.

Each of these organizations give advice and help on setting up and running your own business, how and where to apply for start up grants and how to put together a business plan and assistance in the running and sustaining your business successfully.