Category: Coronation Street

Coronation Street: Max Turner - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

13/9/2019

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioural disorder that includes symptoms such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.
Symptoms of ADHD tend to be noticed at an early age and may become more noticeable when a child's circumstances change, such as when they start school.

ADHD FOUNDATION:

The ADHD Foundation, in partnership with individuals, families, doctors, teachers and other agencies.
The ADHD Foundation supports achievement, educational attainment, mental health and employability.
The ADHD Foundation works in a unique way. The ADHD Foundation work in partnership with those living with ADHD, enabling them understand and manage ADHD.
The ADHD Foundation have a team of skilled, experienced and dedicated staff, sessional workers and volunteers, some of whom have progressed from beneficiaries of the service to deliverers of training and services.
Their team understand first hand the issues around ADHD, sharing their experience and providing skill support and encouragement.

Please visit: ADHDFoundation.org.uk

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Coronation Street: Ali Neeson - Drug Addiction

13/9/2019

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These are for support pages in Great Britain.

Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medication.
Substances such as alcohol, marijuana and nicotine also are considered drugs.

FRANK:

FRANK provides honest and completely factual information about all sorts of drugs.
The FRANK service is free, and operated by fully trained advisers.
In particular, FRANK aims to give young people the skills and confidence needed to reject drugs and offer parents the information they need to bring up the topic with their children.
Advice can be accessed through the FRANK helpline, the FRANK website email and text message.
The FRANK service is a key lever to deliver the 2010 government drug strategy.
The service specifically addresses the objective to reduce demand, by preventing people from taking drugs in the first place.
The strategy highlights that young people in particular need quality drug education to provide thorough knowledge of the effects and harms, and to give them skills and confidence to reject drugs.

PLEASE VISIT: TalkToFrank.com
HELPLINE: 0300 123 6 600
TEXT: 82111
EMAIL: [email protected]

ADDACTION:

AddAction helps people change their behaviour to become the very best that they can be.
It could be their drug or alcohol use or worries about their mental health - AddAction supports people to make lasting change in their lives.
AddAction delivers 81 services across Scotland and England.
In 2017 AddAction supported 140,000 people.
AddAction work with adults and young people, in community settings, in prisons, in residential rehab and through outreach.
AddAction believes that everyone can change and they support them to do it.
As the largest provider of drug and alcohol support services in Scotland, AddAction are never far away from those who need them - people with addiction issues, their families, friends and communities.
AddAction are there for anyone who wants their help.
AddAction's first Scottish service started in 2004 and they now have distinct services across the country, from Dundee to Stranraer.
While each one has its own distinct identity, AddAction take a very Scottish approach to dealing with the problems faced by their communities.
Much of AddAction's pioneering work and success has led the way for their services south of the border.

PLEASE VISIT: AddAction.org.uk
WEBCHAT: AddAction.org.uk/WebChat

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Coronation Street: Sinead Osbourne - Cervical Cancer

11/9/2019

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This is for support groups within Great Britain.

Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix.
It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Early on, typically no symptoms are seen.
Later symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain or pain during sexual intercourse.
While bleeding after sex may not be serious, it may also indicate the presence of cervical cancer.

MUMMY'S STAR:

Mummy’s Star is the only charity in the United Kingdom and Republic Of Ireland dedicated to women and their families affected by cancer during pregnancy shortly after a birth. Mummy's Star's aim is to support pregnancy through cancer and beyond.
More specifically the charity focuses on supporting women and families where the woman is diagnosed or treated for cancer during her pregnancy.

PLEASE VISIT: MummysStar.org

CANCER RESEARCH UK:

Thanks to supporters, Cancer Research UK's pioneering work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. Over the past 40 years survival has doubled, thanks to the great progress research has made.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither do Cancer Research UK's discoveries. They benefit people everywhere, regardless of where they were made. By bringing together local Universities, NHS trusts and charities, Cancer Research UK have created world-leading hubs of research in various cities all across Great Britain. Their research network allows the smartest minds to work together, locally, to ensure discoveries are turned into benefits for people with cancer everywhere, sooner.

PLEASE VISIT: CancerResearchUK.org
FREEPHONE: 0808 800 4040

JO'S CERVICAL CANCER TRUST:

Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust is the United Kingdom’s leading cervical cancer charity. Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust are here for everyone who needs support, for as long as they need the support but they won’t stop until the day that cervical cancer is no more. Cervical cancer can be devastating but Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust are there to reduce the impact. Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust provide trustworthy information, campaign for change and provide support at every step.
Their main goal is to see cervical cancer prevented and reduce the impact for everyone affected by cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer through providing the highest quality information and support, and campaigning for excellence in cervical cancer treatment and prevention.
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust's policy work spans all aspects of cervical cancer treatment, care and prevention across the whole of Great Britain and they regularly conduct new research to keep up-to-date with their work.
Their latest research covers awareness of cervical screening, understanding of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the patient experience of having cell changes or cervical cancer.
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust are campaigning to reduce the impact of cervical cancer across the United Kingdom.

PLEASE VISIT: JosTrust.org.uk
HELPLINE: 0808 802 8000
FORUM: JosTrust.org.uk/Forum

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