HIVE Directory: Personal Safety

A Helping Hand

If you need help with a drinking problem either phone our national helpline FREE on 0800 9177650, contact us by email: help@aamail.org, or talk to us using live chat. You can also find you local helpline telephone number by using the Find a Meeing Tool.

A confidential, professional and affordable Counselling Service for those living in the Portsmouth area.

Here at All Saints, our counsellors are trained and qualified to at least Here at All Saints Counselling Service, our counsellors are trained and qualified to at least Level 4 Diploma level and give their time to this service free of charge. Our counsellors are bound by ASCS standards and policies, receive regular, clinical supervision and are all members of a recognised professional body.

Aquilis was established in 2006 and is a team of qualified counsellors / psychotherapists who came together initially to provide counselling for the staff of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. As our strong reputation spread, we worked with more people and now offer counselling to the general public and to external organisations. In more recent times we have made the decision to focus on working with PHU members of staff and renal clients only.

Specialist Relationship and Sex Education (Learning Disability and Autism)

AreYou - Training and Consultancy CIC, delivers social support programmes to those with Learning Disabilities, difficulties and/or Autism. The focus of our work is around a positive and safe understanding of social, family, professional, lust and love relationships and sexual selves, a subject that is often missed or overlooked when considering the needs of those with additional needs.

Sex education for adults with learning disabilities is crucial to promote healthy relationships, informed decision-making, and personal safety. Tailoring the approach to accommodate diverse learning styles and abilities is essential. Here are some key considerations and strategies for providing sex education to adults with learning disabilities.

Our educational programmes cover a whole host of topics, such as understanding our mental health, safe and practical boundaries, emotions, self-care, understanding relationships and making sense of sexual self.

Within our social programmes, we offer a selection of events such as Zoom quiz nights, LGBTQ+ sessions, Sunday social walks, games sessions, karaoke and much more. These are provided to allow people to practice the skills they learn within the educational programmes.

We also offer bespoke sessions. We can support complex situations such as risk-taking behaviours, inappropriate sexual behaviours, mental health/self-esteem, forced marriage and lots more.

We are run by a Learning Disability Nurse with a highly skilled team of staff and volunteers to ensure an accessible, nurturing, effective service.

Aurora New Dawn offers safety, support, advocacy and empowerment to survivors of domestic abuse, stalking and sexual violence for anyone over 16 years of age.

Free and Confidential Helpline/WhatsApp chat for Armed Forces Personnel and their families, in the UK and Overseas: https://www.aurorand.org.uk/armed-forces/

I am a qualified Person-Centred Counsellor, (Dip). and a member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists).

I am pleased be based in a marina setting that has outstanding views and tranquillity. I am able to offer bespoke, effective counselling on a 1-1 basis, to individuals who are at a point in their lives where they recognise a need for change.

Deciding to enter a counselling relationship can be a challenging step to take. It’s brave to recognise when you need help and support. We all need support at some point in our lives.

I am an empathetic person who will listen to your issues without judgement but with understanding. So, whether you have one issue or many, we can work through them together. Whether it’s short-term counselling or long term, I will be there with you on your journey to discovering what it is that is holding you back.

I will support you fully as you make changes to get your life back on track to feeling happy and fulfilled. I have 15 years’ experience in working with individuals with a variety of issues in assisting them in overcoming hurdles.

I have also worked with people with Mental Health issues, low self-esteem, low confidence, anxiety and depression, loss, anger, fear, co-dependence and jealousy. Quite often the reason for these feelings lies deep within us. I will support you whilst you discover the reasons for these feelings and help you to reconcile with yourself for a better way forward in the future.

Beyond Reflections is a charity working to create a safe community for gender-diverse people and their allies. We provide various support services, including support groups, 121 support, counselling, safe social spaces and activity groups, and practical support and advice, designed with and for the community.

We are a trans+ friendly third-party hate crime reporting center and provide victim support and signposting, even if you don't want to report. You do not need to have suffered a transphobic hate crime to speak to us.

We are also involved in projects that seek to better the lives of trans+ people and work with other organizations and individuals to run educational workshops throughout the year.

Our life-changing work would not be possible without our volunteers, so if you are passionate about making the world a better place for trans+ people, contact us.

​I am a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister, counsellor, and artist based in Portsmouth, and working across Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey. I live from a deep certainty that life is wild and precious, and through my ceremonies, counselling and group work seek to help people connect to that which is most authentic, meaningful and sacred to them.

CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Specialist CAMHS services work alongside children/young people (and their families) whose risks, needs and functioning are impacting on their mental health.

We help people through one of the most painful times in life – with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

Our Helpline is run by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by grief.

We’ll give you space to talk about your feelings and how you’ve been coping. Our volunteers are completely non-judgemental and won’t share what you’ve told them with anyone else, unless you are in danger.