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The following websites are good sources of information about sexual health and relationships.

Please note that the Blanche Heriot Unit and Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust do not endorse the content or availability of these websites. Due to their nature, they may contain graphic images or text that may not be appropriate for a general audience.

Link to website Surrey Sexual Health

These web pages are designed to help you find up to date information on local relationship and personal services e.g. where to get contraception, check-ups for sexually transmitted infections, which services are specifically aimed at young people and where to go if you just need to talk.

Telephone numbers, times of opening and details of national organisations are included in this website.
Link to website NHS Choices

NHS Choices is the online 'front door' to the NHS. It is the country's biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health.
Link to website BBC Health

Features, factsheets and tips from sex counsellors and psychosexual therapists.
Link to website Terrence Higgins Trust

Terrence Higgins Trust is the leading HIV and AIDS charity in the UK, and the largest in Europe.

THT Direct 0845 1221000
Link to website Male Health

Malehealth.co.uk is run by the Men's Health Forum, the UK's leading charity working to improve men's health.
Link to website Women's Health Concern

Women's Health Concern is a charitable organisation which aims to help educate and support women with their healthcare by providing unbiased, accurate information.
Link to website BASRT

BASRT is the national specialist charity for sexual and relationship therapy.
Link to website Marie Stopes

The Marie Stopes International Global Partnership provides sexual and reproductive health information and services to 4.8 million people worldwide in 38 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Link to website National AIDS Trust

As the UK's leading independent policy and campaigning voice on HIV and AIDS, the National AIDS Trust influence attitudes, behaviour and decisions that have an impact on the lives of people affected by, and at risk of HIV and AIDS.
Link to website Relate

Relate is the UK’s largest provider of relationship counselling and sex therapy. They also offer a range of other relationship support services.
Link to website The Gender Trust

UK Charity Helping with Gender Identity Issues
Link to website Family Planning Association

fpa (Family Planning Association) is the UK's leading sexual health charity working to improve the sexual health of all people throughout the UK.
Link to website London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard

The LLGS aims to provide an information, support and referral service for lesbians, gay men and bisexual people from all backgrounds throughout the United Kingdom.
Link to website Brook

Brook Advisory Centres - commonly known just as Brook - is the only national voluntary sector provider of free and confidential sexual health advice and services specifically for young people under 25.
Link to website Society of Sexual Health Advisers

The Society of Sexual Health Advisers (SSHA) is a UK national organisation with approximately 300 members out of an estimated 350 sexual health advisers in the country.
Link to website Playing Safely

Playingsafely.co.uk is the NHS guide to the symptoms, treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and Diseases (STD) including Chlamydia Genital warts, Herpes, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea.
Link to website Department of Health

The aim of the Department of Health (DH) is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England.
Link to website Patient UK

UK sources of information and / or support
Link to website BUPA

Health information and factsheets produced by the BUPA Health Information Team.
Link to website Cyber SHS

Surrey Cyber SHS, is a website designed to help you find up to date information on local, relationship and personal services e.g. where to get contraception, services for young people and where to go if you just need to talk.
Link to website The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre

The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre is a Charity, founded in 1992, with the aim of helping male and female survivors of rape or sexual abuse. Clients can talk in confidence using the Helpline or through attending individual counselling sessions or same sex group Self help Meetings.
Link to website Samaritans

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Link to website The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre

This website aims to provide the basic information that survivors of sexual violence, friends and family need to access the services they need.
Link to website Survivors UK

For over twenty years, we've been providing information, support and counselling for men who have been raped or sexually abused. Thousands of men contact us each year.
Link to website Naz Project London (NPL)

Naz Project London (NPL) provides sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to targeted Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in London.
Link to website Counselling Directory

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.

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