Age Concern – information office: 0800 019 1310

Al-Anon – for relatives and friends of alcoholics: 020 7403 0888

Alcoholics Anonymous – details of meetings and information: 0845 769 7555

Bognor Regis Shopmobility: 01243 830077

CancerWise – 9.30-1pm weekdays 01243 778516

Careline – alarms available to assist the elderly, burglary victims, domestic violence victims, racial abuse victims and others in need of such assistance: 0845 601 5568

Carers Liaison Project: 01243 537011

Cathedral Medical Group, Cawley Road surgery: 0870 033 0100

Chamber of Commerce (Bognor): 01243 863636
Chamber of Commerce (Chichester): 01243 531765
Chamber of Commerce (Midhurst): 01730 813711

Chichester Area Talking News – for blind and partially sighted: 01243 775050

Chichester Counselling Services – confidential one-to-one counselling: 01243 789200

CONFIDE Counselling Service: 01243 531914

Chichester and District Volunteer Bureau: 01243 532765

Chichester ME Support Group: 01243 268056

Chichester Planetarium: 01243 774400

Chichester Stroke Club: 01243 785532 or 01243 672063.

Child Protection helpline: 0808 800 5000

Children – impartial, up-to-date information and advice on all aspects of childcare for children up to 14 years: 01243 777807

Children's Advice Service: 01243 863414

Citizens Advice Bureau: 6 Theatre Lane, Chichester: Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm, 01243 784231; Bognor Regis 01243 820667; East Wittering Medical Centre, Thurs 9.30-11.30am; Parish Hall, Selsey, Tues 12.30-3.30pm; Chichester District Council offices, Golden Square, Petworth, Weds 9.30am-12.30pm; The Grange Centre, Bepton Road, Midhurst, Fri 9.30am-3pm; Haslemere CAB, Well Lane, High Street, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, 01428 643413;

CONFIDE Counselling Service: 01243 531914

Contact 88 – provides general transport needs for elderly and disability groups: 01243 531988

Compass Bus Company: 01903 233676

Council for Voluntary Service: 01243 528615

Crime prevention advice – Chichester district crime prevention officer: 01243 520218

Cruse – bereavement care helpline: 01243 530202

Drop-in clinic for young people – Chapel Street Health Clinic, Chichester, Thursdays 2.30-5pm: 01243 623300.

Domestic abuse drop-in centre – Relate offices, Bell House, Theatre Lane, Chichester, Mon 1-3pm.

Healthcare (West Sussex helpline): 0345 678565

Healthpoint – free helpline number: 0800 665544

ICIS – charity providing free county info service for the community – 0800 859929, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-4pm Mon to Fri.

Information shop for young people – advice and support for 13 to 25-year-olds: 01243 839093

Keepsafe Scheme – free security improvements for the vulnerable: 01243 520347.

Lifecentre – supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse: confidential telephone counselling service for women and men, 01243 779196 (any Sun, Mon or Thurs 7.30-10pm). Face-to-face counselling and support groups also available.

Lifecentre – supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse: confidential telephone counselling service for women and men, 01243 779196 (Sun, Mon and Thurs 7.30-10pm). Face-to-face counselling and support groups.
Life Centre – SUST (Support for Unwanted Sexual Trauma) – free telephone and counselling for under 18-year-olds. Telephone counselling available Mon, Wed and Fri 3.30-5.30pm: 0800 279 7273

MacMillan Cancer Relief careline: 0808 808 2020

Manic Depression Fellowship – national organisation for bipolar disorder: 08456 340540

Meals on Wheels Service: 01243 642230

Motor Neurone Disease Association: 01243 786109

Multiple Sclerosis Society: 01243 542949

National Society for Epilepsy: 01494 601400

NSPCC national headquarters: 020 7825 0566

Options Pregnancy Crisis Centre – free pregnancy testing and confidential post-abortion counselling: 01243 784177

Parkinson's Disease Society Support Group contact Alan Colenutt on 01243 781704

Pension Service – can assist vulnerable in claiming all avzailable benefits: 0845 606 0265.

Providence Chapel, Chapel Street, Chichester: Sunday services 11am and 6.30pm, Wednesday prayer meeting and bible study: 7pm.

Red Cross: 5 The Precinct, West Meads: 01243 870757

Relate – marriage guidance and counselling: 01243 788935
Samaritans: 08457 909090

Sammy Community Transport Ltd – provides transport to hospital and medical appointments: 01243 827821

SOS Prayer line (7.30pm-midnight, 365 days a year): 01243 377331

St John Ambulance: 01243 785632

Stroke Support Group: 01243 544241

Sunday Scene Breakfast Club for widowed men and women. Jacquie Clarke 01243 542528

Sussex Autistic Community Trust – social skills for adults with Asperger's Syndrome. Call 01243 870109 9am-3pm

Tourist Information Centre: Bognor – 01243 823140; Chichester – 01243 775888; Midhurst – 01730 817322; Petworth – 01798 343523

Victim Support: 01243 829089

Young People's drop-in service, 18 Waterloo Square: 01243 865533

Youth Clinics – drop-in clinics for youngsters offering confidential advice, Capron House, Midhurst Grammar School, Tues 3-4pm, 01730 812451.