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Apps
Available for free download in smartphone app stores:
Calm Harm – support with self-harm
MindShift– CBT-based app for coping strategies
Clear Fear – support with anxiety
Headspace – Stress, anxiety, sleep and relaxation (payment required to access all features)
For Me – Childline app
Websites and numbers for general support
Childline
Tel: 0800 1111
Advice and support for young people around topics including bullying, abuse, safety, feelings, relationships & sex, puberty, you & your body, home & family, school, alcohol, drugs, smoking.
Family Lives
Advice & support on a range of topics including sleep, behaviour, bullying, health & wellbeing, family & relationship issues
Samaritans
Tel: 116 123
Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Health for teens
Information for young people on topics including feelings, growing up, health, lifestyle, relationships, sexual health
The Mix
www.themix.org.uk (apps available)
Advice & support for young people including, sex & relationships, your body, mental health, drugs/alcohol/smoking, housing/money/work& study, crime & safety, travel & lifestyle
Report abuse at school
The dedicated NSPCC Helpline – Report Abuse in Education – launched Thursday 1 April can be contacted by phone on 0800 136 663, or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk.
Emotional health
cwrise.com/ – local emotional health wellbeing support.
www.youngminds.org.uk – Bullying, anger, abuse, eating problems, self-harm, problems at school, sleep problems
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/parentsandyouthinfo.aspx – drugs & alcohol, depression, anxiety, ADHD, stress, mental health, sleep and more.
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/sorted Self-help books on lots of topics available from libraries
www.stem4.org.uk (app available) – teenage mental health – depression & anxiety, self harm, eating disorders, addiction
www.b-eat.co.uk – Eating disorders
www.rosasupport.org – Rape, sexual abuse, sexual violence
www.papyrus-uk.org – Suicide prevention 0800 068 4141
karmanirvana.org.uk – Honour based abuse and forced marriage
www.kooth.com – Online mental wellbeing support, free, safe, anonymous
www.rethink.org – Mental illness including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic specific support
www.princes-trust.org.uk – Supporting young people into employment
Drinking, drugs and smoking
All drugs
Solvents
Alcohol
Smoking
Sexual health & relationships
Health conditions
Severe Allergies/Anaphylaxis
www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/young-people
Asthma
Bladder, bowel and bedwetting
www.eric.org.uk/Pages/Category/kids
Juvenile Arthritis
Diabetes
www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/kids
www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/teens
Epilepsy
www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/kids
www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/children-young-adults/young-people
Eczema
Cancer
LBGTQ+ support
Staying safe online
Peer support
www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk
www.behealthy-peersupport.org.uk
www.kidscape.org.uk – bullying, cyber bulling, friendships, moving up to Secondary school
Young Carers
Puberty
Text your school nurse
You can text a school nurse at Connect for Health from your mobile phone. ChatHealth, the school nurse messaging service, is confidential and available Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. You can message for advice on all kinds of health issues, like sexual health, emotional health, bullying, healthy eating and any general health concerns. Look out for more information around school. You can still get in touch with the school nurse in the same way as you might have done before, if you prefer.