Emergency services - police, fire and ambulance - (24 hours)

Tel: 999.

Merseyside Police (all departments)

Tel: 709-6010.

Merseyside Fire Brigade, (Western Div Wirral) Exmouth St, Birkenhead,

Tel: 647-9555.

Community Patrol:

Tel: 666-5265.

Gas escape (24 hours)

Tel: 0800-111-999.

Electrical emergency (24 hours)

Tel: 608-9911.

Water (emergency or bursts)

Tel: 228-4888.

Wirral Council: Wallasey Town Hall,

Tel: 638-7070; Housing and Environmental Protection

Tel: 647-2320; Social Services

Tel: 647-7000.

Merseytravel: info on public transport:

Tel: 236-7676.

Hospitals: Arrowe Park

Tel: 678-5111; Clatterbridge

Tel: 334-4000; Hoylake Cottage

Tel: 632-3381; VCH

Tel: 678-5111; BUPA Murrayfield

Tel: 648-7000.

The Samaritans:

Tel: 708-8888. Service for the deaf available.

Wirral Brook Advisory Centre: 14 Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead. Info and condoms only, Monday to Friday, noon to 6.30pm. Clinic times with doctor, nurse and counsellor, Mon, Tues and Thursday, 4.30-6.30pm; Saturday, 1-3pm.

Mersey Aidsline: confidential advice for people concerned about HIV/Aids, Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fridays 7-9pm -

Tel: 709-9000; Merseyside Aids Support Group:

Tel: 708-9080. Mersey Body Positive offers social work, support, welfare fund and alternative therapies:

Tel: 707-0606.

Child Death Helpline: free and confidential support -

Tel: 0800-282986.

Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted:

Tel: 652-8877.

Wirral Talking Newspaper for Blind & Partially Sighted:

Tel: 653-4787.

The Stroke Association: Wirral Information Centre, Rehabilitation Unit, Clatterbridge Hospital. Helpline:

Tel: 604-7362.

Alzheimer's Disease Society: 24-hour answering machine,

Tel: 670-0343.

Guillain Barre Syndrome Support Group - Freefone

Tel: 0800-374803.

Wirral Rape Crisis Counselling Service: PO Box 35, Birkenhead L42 4RX.

Tel: 666-1392. Business Line:

Tel: 650-0155.

Carers' Helpline: Advice and support for Wirral's 30,000 carers -

Tel: 630-0005.

Inland Revenue: Enquiry Counter, Birchen House, I Canning Street, Birkenhead, Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm, or 'phone

Tel: 200-8000, fax 200-9320, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.

Energy Advice Centre: Freefone 0800-512-012.

Chester Diocesan Adoption Service: 46 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.

Tel: 647-4844

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