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Is it that time of the year again? So soon! Well before you go back to celebrating with your loved ones, Helen and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and the very best for the new year.
Thank you so much for supporting Just Nice Things – without you we couldn’t keep the blog going and guess what? We are entering the fifth year with Just Nice Things! How did THAT happen?
We would also like to thank all the brands and PR companies who have worked their socks off and been so gracious towards us.
2012 has been a momentous year – Helen got a new job (and she loves it!) and she looks amazing from those gruelling zumba classes, and I’ve overcome a massive obstacle with my health and wellbeing, which I have learned matters more than anything else.
But let’s not forget those less fortunate than ourselves whether it is illness or loneliness. If Christmas is a difficult time for you and you believe you’ve hit rock bottom, there is light at the end of the tunnel with others here to help. Please don’t keep it to yourself.
As someone who was ill last year, talking to others is half the burden lifted off your shoulders and I know I could not have made it through without speaking to friends, family, colleagues and professionals. We are fortunate to have such help around us – in some countries it is shunned or a taboo to address difficult issues.
The lovely Kellie of Big Fashionista has compiled a list of useful numbers and website addresses should you feel ready or if you know someone who may need to know:
MIND
www.mind.org.uk
0300 123 3393
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
08457 90 90 90
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/newcomers
0845 769 7555
Stonewall
www.stonewall.org.uk
Info line 08000 50 20 20
London Lesbian and Gay switchboard
020 7837 7324
SANELine
www.sane.org.uk
0845 767 8000
Preventing young suicide
www.papyrus-uk.org
For people in Northern Ireland
www.lifeline.info
0808 808 8000
Childline
www.childline.org.uk
0800 11 11
Depressionalliance
www.depressionalliance.org
Refuge
http://refuge.org.uk/
0808 200 0247
Eating Disorders Association
www.edauk.com
0845 634 1414
Shelter
www.shelter.org.uk
0808 800 4444
NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
0845 4647
No Panic
www.nopanic.org.uk
0808 808 0545
Cruse Bereavement Care
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
If you need someone, please call one of these numbers. You are NOT alone over Christmas, there are people out there that care.
