Health and wellbeing

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Below are a series of links to a variety of on-line resources to promote health and wellbeing. For more links see the health section of our web gateway.

Alcohol
Al-Anon - Information and advice for people dealing with problems with alcohol
RCA Trust - Charity to offer volunteer-led alcohol counselling

Children
Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership - Health and well-being survey for young people

Community health
RCHI - support local communities to address inequalities in health and take action on health issues. Email contact - info@rchi.org.uk

Drugs
Know the Score - information and advice about drugs in Scotland
Talk to Frank - free confidential drugs information and advice - free 24 hour helpline call 0800 77 66 00
Addiction Strategy - Renfrewshire's strategy for 2008 - 2011

Diet and nutrition
Eating Disorder Association - information and help on all aspects of eating disorders

Hypnotherapy
Directory - free and confidential service that provides a hypnotherapy support network, enabling those in distress to find a hypnotherapist close to them and appropriate for their needs.

Physical activity
Active Renfrewshire - encourages and enables more people in Renfrewshire to become more active

Sexual health
Brook - free and confidential advice on sexual health and contraception
Sandyford - information on Sandyford services and comprehensive information on all aspects of Sexual Health and Relationships

Smoking
NHS Smoking helpline- 0800 169 0 169