Charity Directory
A directory of trusted UK charities and organisations offering support. Always verify details on the charity's website.
Childline
Free, confidential helpline and online service for children and young people up to 19. Call 0800 1111.
UK-wide
Visit websiteCALM
Campaign Against Living Miserably — dedicated helpline and webchat preventing male suicide. Call 0800 58 58 58.
UK-wide
Visit websiteSANE
Mental health charity offering emotional support, information and a helpline for people affected by mental illness.
UK-wide
Visit websiteBarnardo's
Children's charity supporting vulnerable children, young people and families across the UK.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMencap
Charity supporting people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
UK-wide
Visit websiteADHD Foundation
Neurodiversity charity offering support, training and resources for people with ADHD, autism and related conditions.
UK-wide
Visit websiteAge UK
National charity for older people, offering advice, support, befriending and local services.
UK-wide
Visit websiteAlzheimer's Society
Support, research and advice for people affected by dementia and their carers.
UK-wide
Visit websiteDementia UK
Provides specialist Admiral Nurses for families affected by dementia.
UK-wide
Visit websiteShelter
Housing and homelessness charity offering advice and legal support for housing problems.
England & Wales
Visit websiteCrisis
National charity helping people directly out of homelessness and campaigning for change.
UK-wide
Visit websiteTurn2us
National charity helping people in financial need access benefits, grants and support.
UK-wide
Visit websiteCitizens Advice
Free, confidential information and advice on benefits, work, debt, housing and more.
UK-wide
Visit websiteStepChange Debt Charity
Free, confidential debt advice and practical solutions to help manage money problems.
UK-wide
Visit websiteWomen's Aid
National charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children.
UK-wide
Visit websiteRefuge
Provides specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic abuse. National helpline 0808 2000 247.
UK-wide
Visit websiteWinston's Wish
Childhood bereavement charity supporting children and young people after the death of a parent or sibling.
UK-wide
Visit websiteChild Bereavement UK
Support for families and children when a child is bereaved or a baby/child dies.
UK-wide
Visit websiteCruse Bereavement Support
Leading bereavement charity offering support, information and helpline after a bereavement.
UK-wide
Visit websiteParkinson's UK
Charity supporting people affected by Parkinson's, funding research and a helpline.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMS Society
Multiple sclerosis charity providing information, grants, support and research funding.
UK-wide
Visit websiteStroke Association
Charity supporting stroke survivors and their families, with helpline and grants.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMacmillan Cancer Support
Cancer support charity providing practical, medical, emotional and financial help. Helpline 0808 808 0000.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMarie Curie
Charity providing care and support for people living with any terminal illness, and their families.
UK-wide
Visit websiteRNIB
Royal National Institute of Blind People — support and information for people affected by sight loss.
UK-wide
Visit websiteRNID
National charity for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
UK-wide
Visit websiteDisability Rights UK
Charity led by disabled people, campaigning for equal rights and providing information.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMND Association
Motor neurone disease charity supporting people affected by MND, with helpline and research.
UK-wide
Visit websiteStonewall
Charity campaigning for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality and providing information support.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMermaids
Charity supporting transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse children, young people and their families.
UK-wide
Visit websiteDiabetes UK
Charity supporting people living with diabetes, funding research and providing information and care.
UK-wide
Visit websiteBritish Heart Foundation
Charity funding research into heart and circulatory diseases and providing support and information.
UK-wide
Visit websiteLeonard Cheshire
Disability charity supporting disabled people to live, learn and work independently.
UK-wide
Visit websiteSands
Stillbirth and neonatal death charity supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby.
UK-wide
Visit websiteAutistica
Autism research charity funding and shaping research to make a difference for autistic people.
UK-wide
Visit websiteTourettes Action
Charity supporting people with Tourette Syndrome and their families with information and community.
UK-wide
Visit websiteHuntington's Disease Association
Supporting anyone affected by Huntington's disease in England and Wales.
England & Wales
Visit websiteCarers Trust
The national charity supporting the UK's millions of unpaid carers through partner networks, grants and advice.
UK-wide
Visit websiteContact (for families with disabled children)
Support, advice and information for families with disabled children, including welfare rights and parent workshops.
UK-wide
Visit websiteYoungMinds
Supporting children and young people's mental health with helplines, resources and parent support.
UK-wide
Visit websiteSense
Support for people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities, and their families.
UK-wide
Visit websiteFamily Lives
Helpline and family support services for parenting challenges and family conflict.
England
Visit websiteReThink Mental Illness
Practical support, advice and services for people affected by severe mental illness.
UK-wide
Visit websiteMind
Mental health charity providing advice, support and information to anyone experiencing a mental health problem across England and Wales.
England & Wales
Visit websiteSamaritans
Free, confidential emotional support 24/7 for anyone struggling to cope. Call 116 123.
UK-wide
Visit websiteCarers UK
Support and information for unpaid carers, including advice on benefits, rights and wellbeing.
UK-wide
Visit websiteNational Autistic Society
Support, information and campaigning for autistic people and their families across the UK.
UK-wide
Visit websiteScope
Practical information and emotional support for disabled people and their families.
England & Wales
Visit websiteNSPCC
Protecting children and supporting families. Helpline 0808 800 5000.
UK-wide
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