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Information and Advice for Young People
Are you 13-19?
If so, Connexions Direct can offer you information and advice to make the decisions and choices in your life. Whether you are looking for help with careers, learning, health, housing, work, money, relationships, your rights, travel or simply ways to make use of your free time then follow the link below and discover where to find your local Connexions.
Yheart has been created by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) specifically for young people. It offers information and advice, details of events, and interaction pages such as message boards and games.
What is BHF?
BHF is a national charity which researches heart disease and supports families who suffer with the condition.
As you will see on the Meet@TeenHeart section of the website (which is specifically for young people with a heart condition) BHF are promoting their Weekend Conference that will be happening in October this year, in the Lake District. This is the second year the event is taking place!
Check out the YHeart website at www.yheart.net
www.dipex.org (Youth Health Talk’s sister site) is a patient health website that shows a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness. The website address will become www.healthtalkonline.org in September.
www.youthhealthtalk.org displays a collection of interviews with young people about their experiences of health or illness - young people tell you what it’s really like! Youth Health Talk aims to identify the issues, questions and problems that matter to young people.The Children’s Heart Federation
The Children’s Heart Federation is a national charity and the umbrella body for voluntary organisations working to meet the needs of children and young people with congenital and acquired heart conditions and their families.
The charity runs a free infoline to support families (0808 808 5000) and sends out lots of information and guidance. They organise short breaks for families and for young people and make grants to families who are struggling to cope financially.
Medical equipment such as INR machines can make a huge difference to the lives of many children and young people with heart conditions, so the Children’s Heart Federation raises money to provide these machines to those most in need free of charge. The charity also works hard to raise awareness and campaign to improve the care and treatment of everyone affected by congenital and acquired heart disease.
To find out more about any of the services offered by the Children’s Heart Federation telephone the free infoline on 0808 808 5000 or e-mail info@chfed.org.uk
GUCH is an organisation who supports young people and adults with Congenital Heart Disease.. For further information, advice and for support, please visit http://www.guch.org.uk/4teens/
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ECHO office: 07943 625031
(office hours 9am - 3pm Monday, Tuesday & Thursday).
ECHO - registered charity no 287475 is a support group for parents and families of children with Congenital Heart Disease who are treated at the Evelina Children's Hospital or Local District Hospitals visited by the Cardiologists from the Evelina. For more information, click here.
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