Browse support

Treatment options, waiting well, cravings, setbacks and support for the people around you.

• Getting support for drugs or alcoholWhat local services actually offer, how to refer yourself, and what the first appointment is like.
• Coping while you wait for treatmentPractical things that help in the gap between asking for help and being seen.
• Cravings and setbacksWhat tends to help in the moment, and how to come back after a lapse without losing everything.

Benefit pathways, emergency essentials, debt advice and challenging decisions.

• I have no money for food or essentialsHelp that can arrive in days rather than weeks, and how to ask for it.
• Claiming Universal Credit for the first timeWhat the claim involves, what to gather, and how your health is taken into account.

Nowhere safe tonight, rent arrears, unsafe housing and applying for somewhere to live.

• I have nowhere safe to stay tonightHow to ask your council for emergency help today, what to say, and what to try if they are closed.
• I'm behind on rentHow to stop arrears becoming an eviction, and who will help you for free.

Gaps in your CV, volunteering, training and going back at your own pace.

• Going back to work after a gapExplaining time out, building confidence, and support you can ask for — at your pace.

A GP, ID and banking, food, phones and data, being a parent or carer, loneliness.

• Getting help without making a phone callWritten and self-guided routes to support, for when speaking is not possible today.
• Supporting someone you care aboutWhat tends to help, what tends to backfire, and where support exists for you.
• Registering with a GP, and sorting ID and bankingThe practical basics that unlock nearly everything else.