Useful contacts

Rethink

Tel: 0845 456 0455
Website: www.rethink.org
Email: info@rethink.org 

Rethink National Advice Service
Tel: 020 8974 6814 (open Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm)
Email: advice@rethink.org 
Address: Rethink Advice, 28 Castle Street, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1SS

Rethink Campaigns
Tel: 0845 456 0455
Email: campaigns@rethink.org 
Address: Rethink Campaigns, 5th Floor, Royal London House, 22-25 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1DX

Rethink Publications
(for copies of Getting more from your GP practice, Only the best, local campaigning toolkit - So you want to change the world?)
Tel: 0845 456 0455
Email: orders@mentalhealthshop.org
Address: MHS Manager, Mental Health Shop, 28 Castle Street, Kingston upon Thames, SURREY KT1 1SS
To download and order publications online visit: www.mentalhealthshop.org

MDF - the bi-polar organisation

Tel: 08456 340 540
Email: mdf@mdf.org.uk
Website: www.mdf.org.uk 
Address: MDF – the bi-polar association, Castle Works, 21 St. George's Road,
London SE1 6ES

Hearing Voices Network

Tel: 0161 834 5768
Website: www.hearing-voices.org 
Address: 91 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

Open Up

Voices Forum

Tel: 0208 547 9226
Email: actual-voices@voicesforum.org.uk 
Website: www.voicesforum.org.uk 
Address: Voices Forum, Royal London House, 5th Floor, 22-25 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1DX

Mad for Arts

Community Service Volunteers (CSV)

Tel: 020 7278 6601
Website: www.csv.org.uk
Address: CSV Head Office, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ

Ramblers Association

Tel: 020 7339 8500,
Website: www.ramblers.org.uk
Address: Ramblers' Association main office, 2nd Floor, Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW

Learndirect

Tel: 0800 100 900, 7 days a week, 8am -10pm
Website: www.learndirect.co.uk
Address: Learndirect, PO Box 900, MANCHESTER M60 3LE

Open University

Tel: 01908 653231
Email: general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Website: www.open.ac.uk
Address: The Open University, PO Box 724, Milton Keynes MK7 6ZS

Find your MP

Tel: 020 7219 4272
Website: http://www.locata.co.uk/commons/

NHS Direct

Tel: 0845 46 47
(calls are charged at a local rate)
Website: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk 

Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS)

Telephone Numbers:

London
0845 120 3784

South-East
0845 600 8616

Eastern (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire)
0845 456 1082

Eastern (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
0845 456 1084

Eastern (Essex)
0845 456 1083

South West
0845 120 3782

West Midlands
0845 120 3748

East Midlands
0845 650 0088

North East
0845 120 3732

North West
0845 120 3735

Yorkshire/Humberside
0845 120 3734

Healthcare Commission (complaints)

Tel: 0845 601 3012
Email: complaints@healthcarecommission.org.uk
Website: www.healthcarecommission.org.uk
Address: Healthcare Commission, FREEPOST NAT 18958, Manchester M1 9XZ

Citizens Advice Bureau

Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Website: www.adviceguide.org.uk
Look in a yellow pages or other directory for your nearest bureau. Or ask at your local library.

Benefits Enquiry Line

Tel: 0800 882200

Disability Alliance

Tel: 020 7247 8776
Email: office.da@dial.pipex.com
Website: http://www.disabilityalliance.org 
Address: Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA

New Deal for Disabled People

Tel: 0800 137 177
Website: www.newdeal.gov.uk

Giving up smoking

Tel: 0800 169 0 169
Text: ‘GIVE UP’ with your full postcode to 88088.
Website: www.givingupsmoking.co.uk

Quitline (smoking help)

Tel: 0800 00 22 00
Website: www.quit.org.uk

Maudsley Secind Opinion Service

Tel: 020 8776 4418
Website: http://www.slam.nhs.uk/services/pages/detail.sp?id=600
Address: Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ,

Carers UK

Tel: 0808 808 7777 Wednesday and Thursday 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm
Email: info@carersuk.org

Website: www.carersuk.org
Address: 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1A 4JT