Christmas and Holiday online resources
- Spend Christmas with ME. A festive online community event to bring together people with lived experience of ME/CFS and researchers in the field this Christmas. The event will take place from to the 20th – 25th of December, and use the social media hashtag “#SpendChristmasWithME”
https://www.meresearch.org.uk/spend-christmas-with-me/
- The Royal Voluntary Service’s Virtual Village Hall has a range of live and recorded classes on a range of activities from craft, gardening and baking to music and technology sessions.
https://virtualvillagehall.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
- Nordoff Robins offers online musical resources, choirs and activities aimed at people of all ages and abilities including an online community choir open to all.
https://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/community-choir/
ME support
- The ME Connect Telephone Helpline is run by the ME Association and provides information and support.
FREEPHONE number: 0800 538 5200
Monday – Friday: 10am-6pm. Thursday: late night until 9pm Saturday – Sunday: 10am-12noon & 7-9pm
https://meassociation.org.uk/telephone-helpline
Religious Services Online & Faith Based Resources
- Catholic Mass
https://mass-online.org/daily-holy-mass-live-online/ - Vatican Christmas Midnight Mass
https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews/videos - Find your local Church of England church service
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?tags=Live_stream - Streamed services at Westminster Abbey.
Service of Lessons and Carols, Monday 23rd December, 6.00pm
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/services-times/streamed-services/?_gl=1*4le7hd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUzNzMxMzM5Ny4xNzMzMTQ4OTU2*_ga_DHMS4WRT6Q*MTczMzE0ODk1NS4xLjEuMTczMzE0OTAwOC4wLjAuMA.. - Church of England online services
https://www.youtube.com/thechurchofengland
- Synagogue Service Streaming
https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/covid-19-information/synagogue-service-streaming/ - The Liberal Jewish Synagogue
https://www.ljs.org/services-online.html
- Glasgow Reform Synagogue
https://www.grs.org.uk
- Secular Buddhist Tradition offers free meditation classes, courses, retreats and resources online.
https://sbtonline.org/
- The Buddhist Centre Online offers free online events (donations welcome) and free online resources via the Dharma Toolkit.
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/stories/toolkit/
- The India Centre offers free online events.
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-india-center-10750498376
- The Sikh Helpline is a free telephone counselling and email inquiry service, available 24/7.
You do not need to be Sikh to access their services. Telephone 0845 644 0704/07999 00 4363.
https://www.sikhhelpline.com
- Sikh Your Mind is a mental health helpline, operating in English and Punjabi.
https://sikhyourmind.com
Mental health and wellbeing resources
- Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. Call 116 123 or visit
https://www.samaritans.org/
- Shout has an anonymous 24/7 text service to help you through any difficulties you may experience this holiday period. Text Shout 85258
https://giveusashout.org/get-help/
- Frazzled Cafe meetings provide a place where people who are feeling frazzled can meet to talk and share their stories. They have virtual meetings, typically lasting 45 – 60 minutes, every day in December.
https://www.frazzledcafe.org/
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). 125 lives are lost every week to suicide. And 75% of all UK suicides are male. CALM exist to change this by provoking conversation, running life-saving services, and bringing people together so they reject living miserably, get help when they need it and don’t die by suicide. Telephone 0800 58 58 58 or contact
https://www.thecalmzone.net
- BEAT Eating Disorders offers a helpline that is open all year and helps those with eating disorders and friends and family. It offers telephone helplines and email support. Call England: 0808 801 0677, Scotland 0808 801 0432, Wales 0808 801 0433, Northern Ireland 0808 801 0434 or contact
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
- PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. Telephone 0800 068 4141, Text 078600 39967, email [email protected] open 9am – midnight every day of the year (Weekends and Bank Holidays included)
https://www.papyrus-uk.org