Advice and Counselling

Arthritis Care
01923 226489
Email: m-n.wax@ntlworld.com
Website: www.acwatford.org.uk
Provides information and support to all people with arthritis and campaigns on issues concerning them. Services within the Watford district include support group meetings, self-management courses, art and craft groups, tai chi for people suffering from arthritis.

South West Herts Bereavement Network
Kimberley McLaughlin
Care of the Peace Hospice
Peace Drive,
Watford
01923 229 595
Counselling, advice and social activities for bereaved.

Care and Repair Agency
Environment, Health & Licensing service
Town Hall
Watford
01923 278 503
Part of Watford Borough Council, aims to help and advise the elderly and disabled living in private or rented accommodation.

Citizens Advice Bureau
The Old Stables
St Lawrence's Vicarage
High Street
Abbots Langley
01923 267949

8 Rudolph Road
Bushey
Herts
WD23 3DU
0870 121 2025 (Advice Line)
Fax: 020 8421 8285

Watford Advice Centre
St Mary's Churchyard
Watford
01923 234949
E-mail: manager@watford.cab.freeserve.co.uk
Website: www.watfordcab.org.uk
Information and advice on all subjects. Confidential and impartial to everyone regardless of race, disability or sexuality. Specialised services money adviser, consumer adviser. Home visits to housebound clients.

The Compassionate Friends
Watford group
01923 245829
National Helpline: 0845 1232304
Email: boblyn@lineone.net
Website: www.tcf.org.uk
Parents offering support and friendship for bereaved parents and families by those similarly bereaved. The group holds a monthly meeting in Watford.

Community Health Council
3rd Floor
Abbey House
26 The Parade
Watford
01923 245285
Offering personal advice and information to NHS users.

Council for Voluntary Service
149 The Parade
Watford
01923 254400
Umbrella Organisation for the voluntary sector.

Drug and Alcohol Advice team
18 Station Road
Watford
01923 801802
Confidental support, advice and information for drug users and their families.

Housing Aid Watford Advice Centre
St Mary's Churchyard
High Street
Watford
Herts
WD17 2BE
01923 234949
Part of Watford Borough Council, offers advice on housing.

Bushey and Watford PHAB Club
07956 250349
E-mail: phab@moose.co.uk
Website: www.phab.moose.co.uk
Bushey and Watford PHAB Club aims to integrate those with disabilities into the wider community and to show that, with a little imagination, disability imposes few limitations. The group holds weekly club evenings in Watford and arranges trips to local leisure facilities. Age range 18-35.

Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line
c/o Watford CVS
149 The Parade
Watford
01923 241600
Mon 10am-12 noon
Wed 8am- 10.30pm
Sat 10am- 12 noon
Answerphone other times. Free confidential telephone line offering support and information for women who have been raped or sexually abused whenever it happened, however it happened. One-to-one counselling is available.

Relate Watford Advice Centre
St Mary's Churchyard
Watford
01923 241803
Counselling for relationship problems and sex therapy.

Samaritans (SW Herts)
45 St John's Road
Watford
01923 233333
A 24-hour listening and befriending service for the despairing, lonely and suicidal. A totally confidential service.

Sexually Abused Children's Counselling and Advocacy Agency
Corner Lodge 31 Grove Gardens
Tring
01442233630
Confidental assessment and counselling for female victims of child sexual abuse by trained counsellors who have themselves experienced child sexual abuse. An advocacy service including advice on criminal injuries.

Signpost
206- 210 Lower High Street
Watford
Samantha Sharpe
01923 239495
Information and counselling for 14-25s and parents. Pregnancy testing, family work. Sub offices at Bushey and South Oxhey.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS)
Watford contact
01923 245920
E-mail: boblyn@lineone.net
Website: www.uk-sobs.org.uk
National helpline: 0870 2413337
Offers support and understanding to those bereaved by suicide. Watford group holds a monthly meeting.

Victim Support Scheme (SW Herts)
Lemarie Centre
524 St Albans Road
Watford
01923 212766
Victim support offers emotional and practical support to all victims of crime and those suffering from shock after traumatic death at RTAs, suicide etc.

Waford Racial Equality Council
149 The Parade
Watford
01923 237005
Tackling racial discrimination and racial harassment.

West Watford Community Association
Mary Green
15 Harwoods Road
Watford
01923 235488
Community Centre with daily "drop-in" advice, information etc. Twice weekly creche, playschemes, meeting space for hire for educational/social/cultural support activities.

Women's Refuge
c/o Watford Women's Centre
29 Charter Place
Watford
01923 816 229
For women and children experiencing violence in the home.

Watford Muslim Community Project
15 Harwoods Road
Watford
WD18 7RB
01923 223466
Advice on welfare rights: appeal representation at SAAT. DAT-MAT immigration/nationality advice/representation: Domestic violence, general legal education, housing, community development, racial harassment.