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Safety in Schools and Colleges
http://www.rospa.com/schoolandcollegesafety/
Samaritans = 08457 909090 (From Ireland = 116 123)
Sane: 020 7375 1002 – www.sane.org.uk
Provides information and advice to anyone (including friends and family) suffering from mental health problems, including details of what support may be available in the caller’s local area. A helpline at 0845 767 8000 operates every day between 6pm and 11pm.
Security (Sub-List)
Security Industry Authority. Extracts from the www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk web site: “We have two main duties. ..SIA licensing covers manned guarding (including security guarding, door supervision, close protection, cash and valuables in transit, and public space surveillance using CCTV), key holding and vehicle immobilising. Licensing ensures that private security operatives are ‘fit and proper’ persons who are properly trained and qualified to do their job. Our Approved Contractor Scheme introduced a set of operational and performance standards for suppliers of private security services. Those organisations that meet these standards are awarded Approved Contractor status. This accreditation provides purchasers of private security services with independent proof of a contractor's commitment to quality.” The SIA’s individuals register can be accessed and checked via this link: http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-rolh.aspx
SSAIB: www.ssaib.org The (Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board) “only certificate companies that can demonstrate technical and managerial competence through an inspection of the processes and procedures they operate.” Membership can be checked by the web site’s “Finad a Registered Firm” facility.
See also National Security
Sight: RNIB at www.rnib.org.uk
The Royal National Institute for the Blind web site offers a wealth of resources for people concerned with their own or others’ full or partial sight loss. There s also a telephone helpline at 0303 123 9999, which is staffed between 8.45am to 5.30 M-F, and will take messages to prompt a later return call at other times.
Silverline: 0800 4 70 80 90
The helpline for older people to discuss ANYTHING, and calls from UK mobiles should be free too.
Structures and buildings that are dangerous - here is a government page to help you report such structures to your local council
Syringes - discarded - here is a government page to help you report these to your local council
Survivors UK: www.survivorsuk.org
Advice ad information for men who have suffered sexual violence or abuse. Helpline 0845 1221201 Mon, Tues & Thurs 7pm-10pm
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
Brilliant personal safety advice at: http://www.suzylamplugh.org/
Also includes an online personal safety shop. Tel 020 7091 0014
These listings are subject to revision according to feedback and periodic research.
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