HEROS - For All Your Local Information Needs

HEROS (Hull & East Riding Options) www.heros.org.uk is a one-stop shop for anyone seeking information on health, community or social care information within the East Riding of Yorkshire. The website comprises over a thousand pages of information and has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors during the past three years.

On average the site attracts 25,000 visitors per month. The site is aimed at everyone and anyone living locally and is here to help people make informed decisions about their health and well-being. The types of Information that can be found on Heros include: HELP: This offers information on self-help and care organisations, doctors, dentists and opticians. Self Help, Care and Advice - this subsection lists voluntary and statutory sources of help for health and social care problems, ranging from mental health to cancer. Click here for HELP Web Link Check Local Health Services for information on hospitals, doctors, health screening, chemists etc. Other general types of help such as NHS Direct, telephone help lines, advocacy and counselling services include: CRISIS: This offers information about hospitals, police, late chemists and other organisations you may need in times of crisis. Most people at some point in their lives come up against some sort of emergency or crisis situation. If you have an emergency and don't know who to contact, but know that something has to be done now, use these pages for information, contacts and out of hours services. Click here for CRISIS Web link LOCAL LIVING: This offers information on issues affecting your health and well being such as finding work, benefits, education, community groups, careers, colleges, transport and leisure. Health and well-being is not just about avoiding the flu and having regular checks up at the dentist. Feeling good or feeling down can be affected by a whole range of things that have nothing to do with illness and doctors. Finding yourself out of work; feeling you haven't reached your potential in education; worrying about money; living in substandard housing; feeling isolated in your community or finding it hard to get around - these are just some of the things that can make us feel pretty miserable at times. Put a few of these together and our health can really start to suffer. Click here for LOCAL LIVING Web link HEALTH: This provides links to a wide range of information on health conditions and treatments, healthy living and local services. Rather than giving you lots of details about local services, Health Explained will guide you to useful background information about health and social care. You'll find health news, information about the NHS and healthy living features. We have also listed a number of useful internet portals that open up a wealth of information about every aspect of health. Click here for HEALTH Web link YOUNG HEROS: This has information for children, young people and families. Young Heros shows you where to get help or information, whether you are a parent, child or a young person. Click here for YOUNG HEROS Web link LEGAL ADVICE: Information from the Community Legal Service on legal issues, benefits, welfare, & housing etc. Heros provides a database of local services offering advice and information and also there are a range of downloadable information leaflets covering a range of issues ranging from housing to disability Click here for LEGAL ADVICE Web link FREE WEB PAGES: These are available for health care and community organisations to publicise themselves using our online template. These pages are incorporated within the site to include even further information about local services that are available. Click here for FREE WEB PAGES Web link Whatever your problem or the problems of your friends or family Heros is here to help you. If you are having difficulty finding what you want, using the Heros Search facility may help. Just enter a name or subject within the search box at the top of the page and this bring up all relevant page references for this subject. For more details on Heros contact Chris Warkup / Alison Lovelock / Steve Howard on 01482 472458 or heros@nbforum.org.uk

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