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AIDS/HIV:- GUM Beckenham 01689 866622; CAB Helpline 020 8315 1974

Alcohol Abuse:- Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 769 7555; AI-Anon 020 7403 0888; Bromley Community Alcohol Service 01689 828075

Allergies:- AllergyUK 01322  619898

Alzheimers:-020 8249 1494/020 8460 9245; Mindcare Dementia Services 020 8663 0499

Animals:- Petwatch 020 8650 4478; RSPCA 020 8462 4305

Asthma:- Asthma UK 0800 121 6244

Bereavement:- Bereavement Centre Bromley 01689 898926; Bromley Community Bereavement Service 020 8290 6293

Blind:- Bromley Talking Newspaper Association 020 8290 0085

Business Advice:- Business Focus 0845 466 4700

Care:- The Heart Information Centre 020 8289 5591; Advocacy First 020 8460 6712

Careers Guidance:- Bromley Careers Service 020 8313 9500

Citizens Advice Bureaux:- Bromley 020 8315 1940; Beckenham & Penge 020 8778 0921; Orpington 01689 827732/01689 874185

Contraception & Reproductive Health Service:- Bromley Primary Care Trust 24 hour info line 020 8658 3490

Counselling:- Bromley Relate 020 8315 1999; Bromley Community Counselling 020 8460 7711; Reality Counselling 01322 290044; Guiding Lights Counselling 01689 832328; Soul to Soul 01689 608080

Deaf:- Access Centre for Hearing Impaired People, Bromley 020 8315 2550/020 8315 2552 (text phone/minicom) or 020 8315 2554 (fax)

Disabled:- Bromley Association for People with Disabilities:- 020 8663 3345

Domestic Violence:- Bromley One-Stop Shop 020 8284 870; Bromley Women’s Aid 020 8313 9303

Drug Abuse:- Bromley BAIS 020 8313 9696; Progress2Work 020 8304 4196; Bromley Community Drug Project 020 8289 1999; Cocaine Anonymous 0800 612 0225

Elderly:- Age Concern Bromley 020 8315 1850

Epilepsy:- Orpington Epilepsy Support Group 01689 600068

Family Problems: Family Law Advisory Service 020 8460 8414

Hospitals (A&E):-

• Princess Royal University Hospital 01689 863000
• Queen Mary’s Hospital 020 8302 2678
• University Hospital Lewisham 020 8333 3000

Housing:- Housing Advisory Service (Contact Citizens Advice Bureaux)

Learning Disabilities: Bromley Mencap 020 8466 0790

Macular Disease:- Macular Disease Society 020 8300 3939

Marriage Guidance:- London Marriage Guidance Council 020 7580 1087/8; Bromley Relate 020 8315 1999; Marriage Care 0800 389 3801

Mediation:- Bromley Neighbour Mediation Service 020 8249 7954

MPs:-

• Orpington – John Horam 01689 820 347
• Bromley & Chislehurst – Bob Neil 020 8295 2639
• Jacqui Lait 020 7219 1375; Local Office 020 8663 1425

Mental Health:- Bromley MIND 01689 811222; Stepping Stones Club; 020 8289 5020;  Bromley Advocacy Project 020 8313 0139

Multiple Sclerosis:- Bromley Multiple Sclerosis Society 020 8464 3723

NHS Direct:- 0845 46 47

Parkinson’s Disease Society:- 020 8302 2286

Phobias:- Beckenham Group of Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK) 020 8663 6008

Police:- Bromley Police Station 01689 891212; For emergencies call 999

Samaritans:- 01689 833000

Smoking:- Bromley Smokers Support Service 0800 587 8821; Help for pregnant and new mothers 0800 783 3693

Social Services:- 020 8464 4848

Utility Emergences:-

• Bromley Council 020 8464 4848
• Gas 0800 111999
• Electricity: EDF Energy 0800 7838838; NPower 08457 145146
• Water (Leakline) 0800 714 614

Victim Support:- 020 8776 7071

Young People:- Bromley Y 020 8464 9033; Streetwise Community Law Centre 020 8778 5854