Relationships & Family
Other people – they are what makes life so good, but sometimes they are what makes life so bad.
Concerns include:
- Adoption
- Being in Care
- Support Services
- Arguments
- Bereavement (when someone close to you has died)
- Bullying
- Friends
- Sexuality
- Families
- Love & Sex
- Abusive Relationships
- Pregnancy
There are times when some people just get on your nerves. There are times when you like someone, but aren’t sure if they like you. There are times when you think your parents come from a different planet. That’s life.
But there are other times when things are more serious. You are confused and worried and it's making life difficult. Don’t worry because help is out there. Don’t think your problem is too trivial, or that no one will understand. Check out these web sites or call a helpline. There are people waiting to give you the help you need to get through the difficult times.
Local Contacts
Keeping Safe - Child Protection
You have a right to be safe and free from the fear of being hurt or abused in any way.
This is one of your 10 entitlements.
If you or someone you know, like a friend or someone else in your family, is being hurt or abused you can get help to make it stop. Go to Advice to Children and Young People.
If an adult at home is being hurt you can talk to any of the people mentioned on the advice page. Or else you can look at Wrexham council's domestic violence page which gives advice for anyone involved in domestic violence.
You can also talk to someone in confidence at Childline or Samaritans.
C.A.L.L. Freephone
C.A.L.L. Freephone
Community Advice & Listening Line
0845 6023694
Call Helpline
Mental health helpline offering support, practical advise and information of statutory and voluntary services available in the area. We also provide free self help literature to callers. No age range limitations.
Call Helpline
Pomano
Grove Road
Wrexham
LL11 1DY
01978 366206
Dynamic
Out of school leisure, recreational, educational and social activity group. One to one work for people with disabilities. Summer programme and daybreak scheme during summer holidays.
Dynamic
Bradbury House
23 Salisbury Road
Wrexham
LL14 1PR
01978 263656
wrexhamdynamic@yahoo.co.uk
Sure Start
Additional support for pregnant teenagers, providing parentcraft, antenatal advice, benefits advice and guidance to appropriate services. Young parents group and drop ins together with 1 to 1 and home visits.
Sure Start
53 Bodlyn
Plas Madoc
Wrexham
LL13 3HE
01978 823706
FPA Project Jiwsi
Community based sex & relationship education programmes for groups of vulnerable young people. They also have a branch in Wrexham at the Llay Park Resource Centre. Contact is Sandra Peters on 01978 853111.
FPA
Greenhouse
1 Trevelyan Terrace
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 1AX
Genesis Cymru Wales Project
Information, advice and guidance. Free or subsidised childcare to enable unemployed parents to take up training and work opportunities. Opportunities are available for free courses for anyone interested in working with children.
Genesis Cymru Wales
Family Information Service
Wrexham Library Arts Centre
Rhosddu Road
Wrexham
LL11 1AU
01978 292094
fis@wrexham.gov.uk
INFO
Wide range of local and national information for young people, including family and relationship issues. Sexual health clinic, Outside In counselling service and Second Voice Advocacy Service.
INFO
2 North Arcade
Chester Street
Wrexham
LL13 8BB.
Phone: 01978 358900
infoshop@wrexham.gov.uk
Inspire Hospital Youth Work Team
Working with young people in hospital who have self harming issues. Youth work support after they are discharged from hospital. One to one and group work.
Inspire Hospital Youth Work Team
Child Health Centre
PO Box 2073
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Croesnewydd Road
Wrexham
Ll13 7ZA
01978 726002
inspire@wrexham.gov.uk
Action for Children Longfields
Therapeutic service for children, young people and families who have experienced trauma.
Longfields
11 Sontley Road
Wrexham
LL13 7EN
01978 264040
longfields@actionforchildren.org.uk
National Autistic Society (Wrexham Branch)
Provide information, support to parents/carers or individuals with Autism/Aspergers Syndrome. A branch of the National Autistic Society.
Wrexham Branch Officer: 01978 364377
rayandjudi@hotmail.com
NEWCIS (North East Wales Carers Information Service)
NEWCIS is an information and support service for carers which can signpost carers to appropriate agencies, such as Welfare Rights.
01352 744055
newcisoffice@btconnect.com
North Wales Family Mediation Service
Covers Bangor, Llandudno, Shotton and Wrexham
Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm
North Wales Family Mediation Service
24 Trinity Square
Llandudno
Gwynedd
LL30 2RH
01492 870876
familymediation@relatenorthwales.co.uk
NSPCC
Counselling service in secondary schools. Health days, peer support training, circle time, keep safe, child protection and bullying awareness training.
NSPCC
Unit A
Yale Business Village
Ellice Way
Wrexham
LL13 7YT
01978 362383
wrexham@nspcc.org.uk
Outside In Counselling Service
Open access counselling service for young people 11 - 25. Ring or drop in to make appointment or request a referral form.
INFO
2 North Arcade
Chester Street
Wrexham
LL13 8BB
Relate Family Counselling
Family counselling offering a confidential service. Aimed at anyone who is finding communication difficult. i.e. relationships, friendships, problems at school. Families coping with separation/divorce, new relationships/re-marriage. Extended family problems.
01492 534578
jacky@relatenorthwales.co.uk
Release
Bereavement support for young people and their families. Advice and support for parents/carers/professionals supporting a bereaved young person. Education re: children & grief for all interested agencies.
Release
Nightingale House Hospice
Chester Road
Wrexham
LL11 2SJ
01978 316800
Second Voice Advocacy Service
Advocacy for young people living in Wrexham aged 11 to 25.
INFO
2 North Arcade
Chester Street
Wrexham
LL13 8BB
01978 358900
Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones
PO Box 2
Wrexham
LL11 1WY
(01978) 352717
Individual counselling and groupwork for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 18 years and above. Open referral.
Wrexham MIND
Counselling, supported housing service, therapy groups, public information and education, self help groups.
Wrexham MIND
Top Floor
8 – 10 Priory Street
Wrexham
LL11 1SU
01978 366155
Wrexham Refugee Asylum Seekers Support Group
For the relief of people who are displaced by reason of hostilities, persecution, oppression, discrimination, natural disasters or other like causes. Young people, families and dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress. For the advancement of their education. The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities/occupations, in the interest of social welfare in order to improve their conditions of life.
Wrexham Refugee Asylum Seekers Support Group
Trinity House
Trinity Street
Wrexham
LL11 1NL
01978 357826
Wrexham Women's Aid
A leading provider of services for vulnerable women and children experiencing domestic abuse in Wales. They provide information, support and emergency accommodation.
Mon - Fri: 10am - 2pm
also Wednesday: 3pm - 7pm
Wrexham Women's Aid
No 6 Temple Row
Wrexham
LL13 8LY
01978 310203 (open 24 hours).
wrexhamwomensaide@btconnects.com
Wrexham Young Carers
Provides support for young carers whose lives are restricted by the need to take responsibility for a relative (or significant other person) who is either chronically ill, suffering from a mental illness, has learning difficulties, has a physical disability, is elderly and infirm, or is suffering from HIV/Aids or substance misuse. Fortnightly groups based on experiences and have 4 age banded groups. Also providing an outreach bases service giving young carers an opportunity for trips and activities.
Wrexham Young Carers
Longfields
11 Sontley Road
Wrexham
LL13 7EN
01978 264040
Citizens Advice Bureau Wrexham
The CAB offers practical, reliable, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics legal issues. Visit their website or phone to make an appointment at a local office.
Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 9.30am - 2pm
For further information on CAB in villages in Wrexham County, please contact CAB in Wrexham
Citizens Advice Bureau
35 Grosvenor Road
Wrexham
LL11 1BT
01978 364639
Home Start (Wrexham)
A voluntary organisation that offers free, confidential support, friendship and practical help to families, including lone parents, who have at least one child under the age of five. The service provides visits to families in their own home to offer support, friendship and practical assistance, family support group meetings and occasional outings and social events.
Home Start
The Salvation Army Premises
Garden Road
Rhosddu
Wrexham
LL11 4NU
Phone: 01978 366660
Fax: 01978 365965
homestartcbw@lineone.net
Victim Support North Wales
Provides emotional and practical support and information to anyone affected by crime.
Victim Support North Wales
Council Offices
High Street
Buckley
Flintshire
CH7 1ST
01244 552210
Hotline: 0845 2412410
fvss@aol.com
National Contacts
Clic Online
National youth information website funded by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG).
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline
The Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline is the national free support and information service for women, children and men in Wales who are experiencing or who have experienced abuse at the hands of someone close to them.
0808 80 10 800 (24 hour)
ChildLine
ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. They will discuss any problems a young person may have.
Helpline: 0800 1111 (24 hour)
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre
North Wales
01286 669266
RD4U (The Road for You) is a website developed by Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project which aims to support young people after the death of someone close to them. The RD4U Development Team is a group of young people aged between 16 and 25 years who have experienced bereavement. Helpline, counselling, advice, information and support to young people.
0808 8081677
Mon - Fri: 9.30am - 5pm.
Sexual Health Wales
Helpline: 0845 310 1334