Anti Social Behaviour – Support Agencies

Name of Agency

Phone №

Brief Details

Advocacy Alliance

Bedfordshire Advocacy Service for older people

01234 262080

01234 218880

Provides support to adult with learning difficulties in Bedfordshire. Luton and Northamptonshire

Age Concern National
Bedford

0800 009966
01234 360510

The UK’s largest charity working with and for older people

Alcoholic Anonymous
Helpline

08457 697555

Assistance and support for people around the use of alcohol

Bedfordshire Youth Offending Service
Family Intervention Project

01234 276413

The Youth Crime Family Intervention Project works with families where multiple and complex issues and behaviours place children and young people within the family at risk of involvement in crime

Bedfordshire Drugs and Alcohol Team
BDAT
CAN
SPACED

01234 354193
01234 276584

Their mission is to offer support and information for those worried or concerned about someone's drug or alcohol use.

Bromford Floating Support
Central Bedfordshire
Wellingborough/Rushden
East Northants

01234 215040
01933 279649
01832 742000

Support can be provided for a number of areas including: tenancy, benefits, budgeting, contacting other agencies such as health, education,

Citizens Advice Bureau
Central Bedfordshire
Bedford
Luton
Milton Keynes
Northampton

01525 402742
01234 354384
01582 731616
08444 994122
08448 552122

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice

Childlline

0800 1111

Some of the things that you might want to contact Child Line about are feeling lonely or unloved, worries about the future, problems about school, bullying, drugs, pregnancy, HIV and AIDS, physical and sexual abuse, running away and concerns about parents, brothers, sisters and friends, and crimes against you.

Crime Stoppers

0800 555 111

Report Crime Anonymously

Cruse Bereavement Care
Young persons helpline

0844 4779400
0808 8081677

Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people

Domestic Violence National helpline

0808 2000 247

Women's Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children

Emergency Services

999

For emergency assistance from:
Police
Fire Service
Ambulance Service

Families Anonymous

08451 200660

Families Anonymous is a world wide fellowship of relatives and friends of people involved in the abuse of mind-altering substances, or with related behavioural problems

FRANK

0800 776600

Advise on worries about drug abuse.

James Kingham Project

01234 344133

Offers a free confidential service to those who want to address alcohol related issues

Local Authority (Councils)
Central Bedfordshire
Bedford Borough
Luton

0300 300 8000
01234 267422
01582 546000

Contact Community Safety Team
Anti-Social behaviour reduction co-ordinator
Environmental Services
Social Services

Mediation Service
Milton Keynes
Luton

01908 200828
01582 411822

We enable parties who are in dispute to work together to reach agreements by establishing understanding based on just listening and talking to each other.

National Bullying Helpline

0845 22 55 787

Workplace bullying advice for adults and anti bullying help for kids.

National Drugs Helpline

0800 776600

The National Drugs Helpline is a 24-hour, seven-days a week, free and confidential telephone service that offers advice and information for those who are concerned, or have questions, about drugs. The service is available to anyone.

One Support
Floating Support for residents in Bedford

01234 215040

Support can be provided for a number of areas including: tenancy, benefits, budgeting, contacting other agencies such as health, education,

Police – Safer Neighbourhood Team
Bedfordshire
Thames Valley
Northants

01234 841212
08458 505505
03000 111222

To report a non-emergency
The primary aims of Neighbourhood Policing are to improve public safety, quality of life and confidence in the police.

PUKE

01582 723434

Specialist alcohol service for younger people in Bedfordshire and Luton.

Race Equality Council
Bedford

020 7939 0000
01234 350459

To encourage good relations between people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds
To work towards the elimination of racial discrimination and promote equality of opportunity.

Samaritans

08457 909090

Samaritans provides confidential non-judgmental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair

Sanctuary/Bobby Scheme

01234 842619

To enhance security to individual properties.

True Vision
(Bedfordshire)

Hate Crime Reporting
Milton Keynes

01234 350459

Thames Valley Police
0845 8505505

Report Hate Crime if you  have been targeted because they or you are believed to be different due to:
Race, Religion, Sexuality, Gender Identity, Disability

Victim Support
National
Bedfordshire

Buckingham/Oxfordshire
Northamptonshire

0845 3030900
0845 5212412
01234 840300
0845 4503883
01604 603477

We give free and confidential help to victims of crime, their family, friends and anyone else affected. We give information, emotional support and practical help. You don’t have to report a crime to the police to get our help and can get support at any time, whenever the crime happened.