The following are local services that cover the 'Warminster' area. (Services offering national coverage are listed at the end of the local list). Click the service name to view full details and a list of the issues they deal with.

1. SEN - what does it mean?
Information about Special Educational Needs can be found on the Wiltshire Council website (link below). (...more)

2. *No Worries Practice - Mere
Practices that offer any young person contraception (especially condoms) and advice on sexual health issues in surgery hours. You just need to ask for a “No Worries” appointment at reception and you will see a practice nurse.

For young people 19 years (...more)

3. *No Worries Practice - Warminster (Smallbrook Surgery)
Practices that offer any young person contraception (especially condoms) and advice on sexual health issues in surgery hours. You just need to ask for a "No Worries" appointment at reception and you will see a practice nurse. (...more)

4. *No Worries Practice - Warminster (The Avenue Surgery)
Practices that offer any young person contraception (especially condoms) and advice on sexual health issues in surgery hours. You just need to ask for a “No Worries” appointment at reception and you will see a practice nurse.

For young people 19 years (...more)

5. 2BME
2BME is a youth group aimed at young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) aged 14-19yrs old who would like to meet other young people who are also LGBT, and seek support from trained workers. Or we can do individual support (...more)

6. Action on Addiction (Previously Clouds)
Action on Addiction is a charitable organisation offering a range of services for those suffering directly and indirectly from the effects of drug and alcohol dependence. These include residential treatment, aftercare, family services, professional educa (...more)

7. Action on Addiction Families Plus
"Offering help, hope and freedom from alcohol and drug dependency". Their counselling services are provided to family members or friends who are living with effects of another's alcohol or drug dependency.

They also offer counselling to young people, (...more)

8. Adoption Support Service
The Adoption Support Service provides guidance, support and training to any party involved in adoption.
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9. Alabare Drop-In - Trowbridge
The centre opens their doors three days a week to vulnerable adults and young people who are street homeless, living in unsuitable accommodation or facing homelessness. (...more)

10. Amber Foundation
Amber’s structured residential programme provides 24 hour support, career guidance, accredited training courses, challenging activities, environmental and community projects, counselling and work experience. All are designed to instil motivation, self-con (...more)

11. Area CAF Coordinators | Targeted Service
Area CAF Coordinators give advice and guidance to a worker who is planning to undertake an assessment using the CAF or is acting as Lead Professional for a child or young person. This includes information about all aspects of the Common Assessment Framewo (...more)

12. Army Welfare Service - Corsham (Basil Hill)
Army Welfare offers information, advice, guidance and counselling to Service personnel and their families. (...more)

13. Ask Parent Partnership Service (formerly SENSS)
The ask Parent Partnership Service (formerly SENSS – Special Educational Needs Support Service) offers parents and carers free, impartial information about their child's Special Educational Needs (SEN). The ask Parent Partnership Service is supported by W (...more)

14. Bath Area Drugs Advisory Services (BADAS)
We offer free and confidential advice, information and support to anyone concerned about their own or somebody else's drug use. We are an adult service, when young people approach us we will assess their needs and refer onto appropriate agencies. We also (...more)

15. Carers Support West Wilts
A carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a friend, neighbour or relative (including children with additional needs) who could not manage otherwise because of frailty, illness or disability.

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16. Central SEN
The Central SEN Service deals with all statutory duties related to the continuum of assessment and provision offered to children/ young people with special educational needs (SEN) in Wiltshire. (...more)

17. Child and Family Therapy Service - North & West Wilts
The Child and Family Therapy Service assess and treat young people from 0 - 17 where there are emotional, behavioural and relationship problems AND mental health issues or a psychiatric disorder present. Therapies that are offered include individual psych (...more)

18. Children’s Disability Team - West
The Children’s Disability Teams provide or commission a range of services to meet assessed need. These include: information, advice and advocacy; direct work with children and with families; a range of short breaks and inclusion services, domestic suppor (...more)

19. Children's Learning Disability Nursing Service
Specialist advice and support to enable children and young people who have a significant and complex learning disability to access health and other services; training to families and carers to help them with the care and management of their children and y (...more)

20. Citizens Advice Bureau - West Wiltshire Wide
The Citizen’s Advice Bureau offers a wide range of information and advice about practical aspects of family life, including debts, welfare benefits, health complaints and housing. (...more)

21. Community & Race Relations
Children and young people can be victims of hate crime. The Police Community and Race Relations department aims to ensure that anybody from a minority group who is the victim of a hate crime is supported by the Police and is put in touch with other agenc (...more)

22. Community Child Health - West Wilts
Community Child Health identifies vulnerable children within a programme of screening and surveillance. It provides assessments of developmental, physical, emotional and behavioural aspects of child health. Provides health information, medical treatment a (...more)

23. Community First - Credit Unions Wiltshire
Community First Credit Unions Wiltshire offer savings and loans at local collections run by volunteers. All money is insured and regulated by the FSA. People ages 18 and over get low cost loans. All profits are used to develop the service or pay divide (...more)

24. Community4 (North and West Wilts)
Community4 is a consortium of four voluntary sector organisations: Alabare Christian Care Centres, Drugs and Homeless Initiative, Splitz Support Service and Westlea Housing Association. The service provides task-centred, structured support to individuals (...more)

25. Cruse Bereavement Care - Bath & District
CRUSE provides individual counselling for bereaved children aged 3yrs+; and a young people's group (aged 12-17yrs). (...more)

26. Day Care - Before & after school care (including groups & childminders)
Childminders, preschools and day nurseries offer care and activities for children, which can be supportive and remedial, as well as a contribution to early education. There is increased emphasis on identifying and responding to special needs in day care s (...more)

27. Day Care – Childminders, preschools and day nurseries
Childminders, preschools and day nurseries offer care and activities for children, which can be supportive and remedial, as well as a contribution to early education. There is increased emphasis on identifying and responding to special needs in day care s (...more)

28. Doctors (GPs)
GPs provide:

• identification of need and onward referral

• consistent, ongoing support for child & family

• advocacy and information

An increasing number of GP surgeries provide counselling and other related "mental health" services. (...more)

29. Dorothy House Hospice Care
Bereavement days through out the year provided for 6-16 year olds, including group workgroup. This is a joint project between Dorothy House Hospice and Cruse Bereavement Care.

Please telephone for more date. (...more)

30. Drugs and Homeless Initiative
Supported dry house for ex-offenders or people at risk of offending due to substance misuse. (...more)

31. Early Intervention Team
The Early Years Intervention team is part of the Children and Families Branch of the Department for Children and Education.
Our service:
• promotes the early identification of children aged 0-5 years with disabilities and difficulties in order to improv (...more)

32. Early Support
Early Support provides information materials and key workers for families where a young child has a severe or complex disability. (...more)

33. Education Welfare Service (Targeted Services Team) - West District | Targeted Service
The team works to ensure that children attend school on a regular basis in order that they receive the maximum benefit from the educational opportunities available. They deal with attendance, non-attendance, exclusions, child employment and elective home (...more)

34. Educational Psychology - West District | Targeted Service
Educational Psychologists use psychological principles of learning, motivation, behaviour, personality and child development to advise parents and professionals on how best to promote progress in children, or groups of children, and young people.
Educati (...more)

35. Educational Trust Funds
There are different funds available (to those who qualify) to help with enabling education, school activities, books, equipment and so on. Please see Wiltshire Council’s website for further information (link below). (...more)

36. EMAS (Ethnic Minority Achievement Service) Wiltshire
EMAS provides assessments, support and monitoring of pupils in Wiltshire LEA schools learning English as an additional language and training/advice for school staff for EAL, diversity and race equality issues.

Provides language assessments of all 'Engl (...more)

37. Emergency Contraception - Warminster
There are two types of emergency contraception available:

Emergency pills -
You must take the pills within three days (72 hours) of unprotected sex, but they are more effective the sooner you take them.
An IUD -
This must be fitted within 5 days of (...more)

38. Families in Focus
Coordination and delivery of services to children aged 8-14 yrs who are at risk of antisocial or offending behaviour. (...more)

39. Family Group Conference and Advocacy Service - Wiltshire
Not a therapeutic service but facilitates families to identify the support and help they need (including from the wider family) to overcome concerns and make plans in relation to their children. Includes an advocacy service for children. Advocates provi (...more)

40. Family Information Service at ask
Provides information about services for children and young people aged 0-19yrs. (...more)

41. Family Support Team - South & West
Family Support Teams together with Social Work Teams provide a range of family support services, including: information, advice and advocacy; direct work with children and with families (including help with managing children's behaviour, stress managemen (...more)

42. Foyer - Bath
Bath Foyer aims to help young people take the steps to sustained independence by providing a package of safe, affordable, supported accommodation with self-development, training, further education and employment opportunities.

Applicants have to demons (...more)

43. Foyer - Salisbury
Salisbury Foyer aims to help young people take the steps to sustained independence by providing a package of safe, affordable, supported accommodation with self-development, training, further education and employment opportunities. (...more)

44. Greatwood Races (enrichment courses and activities)
We provide a variety of courses/tailored sessions for children & young people with an emphasis on emotional literacy. Courses are designed to promote self-esteem building, team work cooperation and social skills using animals as a vehicle for teaching. (...more)

45. Health Visitor - Warminster (The Garrison) | Targeted Service
Health Visitors can provide information, advice and guidance to families (on a one-to-one basis) about:
* childcare routines (sleep, feeding, toilet training)
* understanding and managing children’s behaviour.
* “Programmes” to support change may be (...more)

46. Health Visitor - Warminster (Warminster Hospital) | Targeted Service
Health Visitors can provide information, advice and guidance to families (on a one-to-one basis) about:
* childcare routines (sleep, feeding, toilet training)
* understanding and managing children’s behaviour.
* “Programmes” to support change may be (...more)

47. Healthy Minds (West Team) | Targeted Service
The Senior Practitioners (Healthy Minds) are responsible for administering Wiltshire's Integrated Access System for children & young people with emotional & behavioural and other mental health problems and for providing advice and support to service provi (...more)

48. Hearing Impairment Service
Specialist teachers from this service work with schools to promote the inclusion of pupils with a hearing impairment. (...more)

49. Help Counselling Service
Help Counselling Service is a charity offering a free or low cost confidential service to all adults and young persons in the West Wiltshire area. The service is offered regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or cultural background, to people of (...more)

50. HIV Testing - Trowbridge
If you are a young person worried whether you have HIV please contact us on the number below to make an appointment to be tested.
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51. Holiday Playschemes - information via ask
ask provides information about services for children and young people aged 0-19yrs. (...more)

52. Inspire4education
The tutoring of looked after children, children in care, hospitalised children and out of school tuition. The service provides individual mentoring and works to develop good working relationships with students, where confidences and trusts have been won. (...more)

53. Library Service
All libraries provide attractive and welcoming areas devoted to children and young people. They provide information services for parents and children, and books and other media (eg DVDs) for educational, reference and leisure purposes. This includes spe (...more)

54. Lifetime Service
Joint nursing and psychology service for children with a chronic or life-threatening illness that supports families in caring for their child at home and/or accessing areas of the community (i.e. school, playgroup etc). Child and family can access either (...more)

55. Maternity Services - North & West Wiltshire
Maternity services provide ante-natal care, delivery and post-natal care. (...more)

56. Motiv8: Young Peoples Drug and Alcohol service
Motiv8: A free and confidential drug and alcohol service for young people living in Wiltshire (...more)

57. No Worries Pharmacy - Warminster
No Worries Pharmacy offers free emergency contraception and pregnancy tests to girls under the age of 19. Free condoms available on production of the No Worries condom card. (...more)

58. Off the Record
Off the Record provides free and confidential information, advice and counselling for young people aged up to 25yrs. Plus specialist services:
Children's Rights and Advocacy, Young Carers Service, Young Parents. (...more)

59. Out of School Groups - information via ask
"ask" provides information about services for children and young people aged 0-19yrs. (...more)

60. Paediatric Occupational Therapy - Western Wiltshire
Paediatric Therapy provides assessment, treatment (coordination difficulties and occupational therapy) and advice and support to help children with physical disabilities/impairments achieve maximum potential in functional skill. This includes indirect wo (...more)

61. Paediatric Physiotherapy - Bath
Paediatric Therapy provides assessment, treatment (physiotherapy and occupational therapy) and advice and support to help children with physical disabilities achieve maximum potential in functional skill. This includes indirect work through parents, pre- (...more)

62. Parent Support Advisers
Parent support advisers are schools-based and work across the community areas providing emotional & practical help to parents and carers of school age children & teenagers. Parent support advisers provide a listening ear for any worries parents & carers m (...more)

63. Parenting Service at ask (formerly Parenting Wiltshire)
Provides support for parents of children and young people aged 8-17rs who are experiencing difficulties with their teenagers' behaviour or want to prepare for the challenges of having a teenager in the family. The service supports parents in structured g (...more)

64. Physical Impairment Service
The team consists of Advisory Teachers and a Specialist Pastoral Support Adviser. Each teacher covers all the settings in their designated area. The Specialist Pastoral Support Worker works in any schools across the county when referred by the Advisory T (...more)

65. Police
The Police attend incidents where children may be identified as at risk, conduct investigations (including as part of Child Protection processes) and refer on to child care agencies. (...more)

66. Portage Service - West Wilts
Portage Home Tutors work with preschool children, usually on a weekly basis following the Portage Early Education Programme. Tutors work in partnership with parents/carers, sharing skills and experience. Together we support each child's development, bui (...more)

67. Primary Behaviour Support Service - West | Targeted Service
The Primary Behaviour Support Service works with all Wiltshire LA primary schools to provide support for all pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Schools select from a menu of services. It is not expected that all schools will choos (...more)

68. Public Protection - West
The Public Protection department has a variety of statutory duties relating to noise and environmental pollution. These responsibilities are shared with a number of other organisations including the Environment Agency, the police, and the water companies. (...more)

69. Referral and Assessment Team - South
The Referral and Assessment Teams provide information and advice regarding children and young people aged 0 – 18 and their families. If an assessment is agreed, a range of services may be provided depending on eligibility. (...more)

70. Relate Mid Wiltshire Youth Counselling Service
Relate Mid Wiltshire provides three distinct youth counselling services:

RELATEEN
One to one professional counselling service delivered in eleven secondary schools in mid Wiltshire. Towns included are: Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Melksham (...more)

71. Revival Support Services
Counselling services offer an opportunity to talk about relationship problems, bad experiences or current dilemmas. Counselling services may specialise in supporting children, young people and adults who have experienced: bereavement, sexual abuse or oth (...more)

72. School Nurses - Warminster & Westbury | Targeted Service
School Nurses can provide advice and support to children and parents in relation to medical needs and a range of health–related difficulties, including training teachers to support children with medical needs as part of a programme of care. There is incr (...more)

73. Schools
Schools are the setting in which many of the problems of vulnerable children come to the fore. An individual teacher may play an important part in providing advice and support to a child. SENCOs (Special Educational Need Co-ordinators) have responsibility (...more)

74. Selwood Housing
We are a not-for-profit housing association with over 5,000 properties available for renting at affordable prices. We also offer sheltered housing with an on call warden. We work closely with other agencies to acquire, provide, construct, improve or mana (...more)

75. Sexual Health Clinic - Bath
Sexual Health Clinics (GUM) offer confidential help for adults as well as young people (even those who are under 16yrs). Specifically for those who think they may have a sexually transmitted infection and gives treatment and advice about sexually transm (...more)

76. Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service (Kennet, West & North Wiltshire)
A free counselling, advisory, information and treatment service for people with alcohol or drug related problems. The service provides:

* advice, information and individual counselling
* substitute prescribing/prescribing facility
* tranquilliser w (...more)

77. Speech & Language Therapy | Targeted Service
Speech & Language Therapy provides a range of specialist services to children with communication impairments. Interventions are designed for individual need, following assessment. They may be in the form of: advice, direct work with the child or program (...more)

78. SPLASH Wiltshire
SPLASH aims to divert young people away from crime and antisocial behaviour during the school holidays by providing positive and safe activity programmes. SPLASH Wiltshire promotes inclusion and development through a programme of activities for young peo (...more)

79. Splitz Support Service
Since 1989 Splitz has provided support services to people who are "parenting alone" and experiencing a crisis or a difficult time. We aim to provide support through a variety of means which can be agreed between us and the client. The services we provide (...more)

80. Stepping Stones - District Specialist Centre
District Specialist Centre provide support for preschool children with special needs, a venue for the provision of therapeutic and other services and support for parents. (...more)

81. Survivors Swindon
Survivors Swindon has supported adult male survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assaults since 1991.

We provide a unique therapy experience, run by Survivors for Survivors, in which to overcome the traumas of your abusive past, and live yo (...more)

82. Swindon & Wiltshire Alcohol & Drug Service
Counselling services offer an opportunity to talk about relationship problems, bad experiences or current dilemmas. (...more)

83. Tapestry
Family Centres provide a range of services including:

• practical advice and support for parents;
• groups to support parents and promote parenting skills;
• support groups for children
• individual sessions with children and with parents. (...more)

84. Teenage Pregnancy Team
The Teenage Pregnancy Team cover three areas.

The Teenage Pregnancy Sexual Health Project worker manages the No Worries scheme. This is a scheme where GP practices, pharmacies, colleges and some voluntary agencies are trained specifically to offer fre (...more)

85. The Greenacres Fund
The Greenacres Fund supports the education and training of children and young people aged under 21 who live in Wiltshire or Swindon. Applicants will be, or will have been living in the care of Wiltshire County Council or the borough of Swindon, or will ha (...more)

86. Trowbridge Connexions Centre | Targeted Service
Connexions is a new service for young people aged 13-19yrs, offering advice, guidance and support. It aims to make a positive difference to young people's lives and their future prospects in adulthood, to raise their aspirations so they actively particip (...more)

87. Victim Support - Wiltshire Area Office
Victim Support helps Wiltshire residents cope with the effects of crime. We do this by providing confidential support and information to victims of crime and to witnesses attending local courts.

Our services are free, independent of the police and cou (...more)

88. Visual Impairment Service
The Visual Impairment Service covers the whole of Wiltshire and provides support to schools, pre-school settings and families for children 0-19 years. The Service consists of Advisory Teachers, a children's Mobility Officer, a specialist teaching assista (...more)

89. Warminster Sports Centre
Facilities include workout studio, gym, 25m swimming pool for casual swimming, fun sessions, swimming lessons and private hire, 5 court sports hall available for badminton, 5-A-Side, cricket, swimming and lifeguard courses and gymnastics. (...more)

90. Warminster The Avenue Children’s Centre
The Children's Centre provides:

*A family support and parental outreach service
*Provides access to child and family health services
*Promotes parental involvement
*Provides ‘drop-ins’ such as Stay and Play
*Links to other services provided in the (...more)

91. WASP (Wiltshire Addiction Support Project)
The service provides Support Groups (Trowbridge, Chippenham & Salisbury); Advocacy, Advice and Signposting; Acupuncture and Training; Naloxone Support and Training; Sports; Drop In and
Quick Access Clinic Support (Chippenham and Trowbridge) for Methadone (...more)

92. Wiltshire Accommodation Support Scheme for Young People
The Wiltshire Accommodation Support Scheme for Young People (formerly known as Local Public Service Agreement Homeless and Accommodation Project for 16 & 17 year olds), is a project with a multi-agency approach that aims to support 16 & 17 year olds who a (...more)

93. Wiltshire Clubs and Organisations Directory
Wiltshire Clubs and Organisations Directory contains contact details for over 9,000 Wiltshire organisations - from theatre companies to sports clubs, from health support groups to gardening societies. (...more)

94. Wiltshire Council - Homes 4 Wiltshire
This service deals with all issues with looking for council property & any problems while living in accommodation. Further information and guidance on a variety of housing issues can be found on the Wiltshire Council’s website at www.wiltshire.gov.uk/hous (...more)

95. Wiltshire Racial Equality Council
The Racial Equality Council provides information, support and advocacy to victims of racial abuse and harassment and advice to other services in how to deal with these issues. (...more)

96. Wiltshire Safer Schools Website
This website has information for school students, their parents and carers and school staff on many issues that may be of concern.

If you think that you or someone you know are at risk of abuse, please go straight to the Child Protection section.

O (...more)

97. Wiltshire Young Carers
The Wiltshire Young Carers was set up in 1996 as a three-year development project. This was as the result of young carers organising a County conference to raise awareness of their needs. As the three years came to an end Youth Action Wiltshire took over (...more)

98. Young Peoples substance misuse service - North & West Wilts
The service provides a number of core treatment options, including: 1) supporting young people under the age of 18 who feel they have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol, 2) advice & information, 3) services for pregnant young women who are using substanc (...more)

99. Young People's Substance Misuse Targeted Support and Treatment
This service provides Consultation, support and advice to all ‘generic’ youth; orientated services; Range of treatment interventions to young people with complex substance misuse needs; Substitute prescribing (contact service for further details) and Acce (...more)

100. Young People's Support Service - Trowbridge | Targeted Service
The Young People's Support Service:
• provides individual tuition for young people unable to access full-time education
• works with young people at risk of exclusion individually or in a group.
• provides day support covering both education and so (...more)

101. Youth Development Centre - Warminster (Diversions)
The Youth Development Service ensures that young people in Wiltshire have available to them:
·a safe, warm, well equipped meeting place within reasonable distance of home, accessible to young people at times defined by young people, giving an opportunity (...more)

102. Youth Development Centre - Westbury (The Youthie)
The Youth Development Service ensures that young people in Wiltshire have available to them:
·a safe, warm, well equipped meeting place within reasonable distance of home, accessible to young people at times defined by young people, giving an opportunity (...more)

103. Youth Offending Team - North West Wilts
Our aim is to prevent re-offending by children and young people. The Youth Offending Team offers interventions, advice and guidance to young people and their parents; direct work, mentoring and group work with young people, in relation to the causative f (...more)