Set up by the charity Educational Action Challenging Homophobia, this daytime helpline aims to help young people who are being bullied at school because of their actual or perceived sexuality.
Teachers trained in giving support on how to cope with homophobic bullying staff the helpline. Calls are free from land lines or from the Orange, 3 or Virgin mobile networks.
Price: Free (from designated networks) Contact: 0808 1000 143 (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-12pm)
Students' money matters
The stereotype of students lazing around in bars is long gone, claims NUS president Mandy Telford in her foreword to this guide. Nowadays some 90 per cent of degree course students will work at some point during their studies, but will still emerge with an average debt of 12,000.
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