Resources
These downloadable documents are sorted into two sections. Each section is a different type of document. Our self-help guides are for you to complete without Compass and to work through at your own pace.
Our workbooks are booklets we use as a resource for our workshops.
You are also free to download these and work through them at your own pace.
Other sources
Mental health organisations
- Charity providing support if you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
- Phone: 03444 775 774 Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 8pm.
- Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
- A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
- Website: bipolaruk.org.uk
- The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) for men aged 15-35.
- Phone: 0800 58 58 58daily 5pm to midnight
- Website: thecalmzone.net
- Provides 24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.
- Website: menshealthforum.org.uk
- Provides information and support for anyone with mental health difficulties or learning disabilities.
- Website: mentalhealth.org.uk
- Mind promotes the views and needs of people with mental health difficulties
- Phone: 0300 123 3393Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm
- Website: mind.org.uk
- No Panic is a voluntary run charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). They offer a course to help overcome phobias or OCD.
- Phone: 0844 967 4848 daily, 10am to 10pm. Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s access charge
- Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
Support for people with OCD, including information on treatment and online resources.
- Phone: 0845 390 6232 Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm. Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider’s access charge.
- Website: www.ocdaction.org.uk
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. They provide facts, news and research.
- Phone: 0333 212 7890 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
- Website: www.ocduk.org
Support and advice for people living with mental health difficulties.
- Phone: 0300 5000 927 Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm.
- Website: www.rethink.org
- Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
- Phone: 116 123 – this is a free 24-hour helpline.
- Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
- Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
- SANEline: 0300 304 7000 daily, 4.30pm to 10.30pm.
- Text-care: Comfort and care via text message, sent when the person needs it most: www.sane.org.uk/textcare
- Peer support forum: www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
- Website: www.sane.org.uk/support
- Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
- Parents’ helpline: 0808 802 5544, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm.
- Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Bereavement and family support
- Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
- Parents’ helpline: 0808 802 5544, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm.
- Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
- Phone: 0808 808 1677 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Website: www.cruse.org.uk
- The UK’s largest provider of relationship support.
- Website: www.relate.org.uk
- Phone: 0808 168 9111 24-hour helpline
- Website: www.victimsupport.org
Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
- Phone: 0808 808 1111 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Website: www.mencap.org.uk
Advice on all aspects of parenting, including dealing with bullying.
- Phone: 0808 800 2222
Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm - Website: www.familylives.org.uk
Addiction support
You can contact CGL Reading on 01189 557333.
Current opening times are:
Monday 9.30am-7pm
Tuesday 9.30am – 5pm
Wednesday 1pm – 5pm
Thursday 9.30am – 7pm
Friday 9.30am – 5pm
First port of call for all drug and alcohol advice, referral and assessment in…
127 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UU
Website : https://www.changegrowlive.org/drug-alcohol-service-reading/info
- Helpline: 0800 776600
- Text: 8211
- Frank is the government’s national drug awareness campaign. It targets young people, their parents and professionals working with them.
- SOURCE is Reading’s Young People’s Drug & Alcohol service. SOURCE work with young people under 18 years old or up to 25 if they are vulnerable adults or have learning difficulties.
- Contact SOURCE at 0118 937 5666