YoungMinds

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. just as people’s bodies can become unwell, people’s minds can become unwell too. Mental health problems are more common than you. Ignite think. Three children in every classroom have a mental health problem. Young Minds offer information to young people and children about mental health and emotional wellbeing. If you need to talk, they can let you know about organisations that listen, plus they offer online support info.

Kooth

Kooth provides free online support for young people. Kooth counsellors are online Monday-Friday, 12 noon - 10pm and weekends, 6pm-10pm. You can speak to counsellors, read articles written by young people, get support from the Kooth community, write in a daily journal. XenZone is a provider of online mental health services for children, young people and adults. Kooth from XenZone, is an online counselling and emotional wellbeing platform for children and young people, accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of use.

ChildLine

ChildLine is the UK’s free helpline for children and young people. It provides a confidential telephone counselling service for any child or young person with a problem. It comforts, advises and protects. So, if you are worried about anything big or small don’t bottle it up. It can really help if you talk to someone. If there is something on your mind, ChildLine is there for you. You can visit the ChildLine explore section for advice and information on a range of topics. Also you can get support on the online message boards. ‘Everyone helps each other out and is going through the same things as me - it’s a really welcoming place’

Free phone 0800 1111 (24 hours and the call won’t show up on your phone bill)

The Mix

The Mix provide free, confidential telephone helpline finding young people the best help whatever the problem. Provides free connections to local or national services and can text information to callers’ mobile phones

Freephone 0808 808 4994 (7 days a week 1pm-11pm)

Samaritans

Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress without judging or telling people what to do.

Call: 116 123 (24 hours a day 7 days a week)

FRANK

FRANK provides confidential information and advice for anyone concerned about their own or someone else's drug or solvent misuse.

Freephone 0300 123 6600 (24 hour service, free if calling from a landline and won’t show up on the phone bill, provides translation for non-English speakers.

B-EAT youth helpline

B-EAT youth helpline provides online community information, help and support for anyone affected by eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia or any other difficulties with food, weight or shape.

Call: 0808 801 0711 (Monday - Friday evenings from 4.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturdays 1.00pm to 4.30pm.

Kidscape

Kidscape are the first charity in the uk established specifically to prevent bullying and sexual abuse. The website offers advice and practical skills on how to deal with bullying. Remember no-one deserves to be bullied. Nearly everyone is bullied at some time in their lives; by brothers and sisters, neighbours, adults or by other children/young people. If you are being bullied you may feel scared, vulnerable and quite alone but you owe it to yourself to try and sort out the situation so that the bullying stops.

It Gets Better Project

It Gets Better Project is an internet based project created to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. A place where young people who are lesbian, gay, bi or trans can see clips of other people’s coming out stories.

Bullying UK part of Family lives

Bullying UK provides support for children and parents who have had to deal with bullying, including bullying in the workplace. There are confidential helplines, parenting advice videos, forums and parenting courses.

Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK help with dealing with different forms of anxiety and what leads to it. A support network offering advice for overcoming anxiety.

OCD-UK

OCD UK’s vision is to guide anyone who is affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Depression Alliance

The Depression Alliance is a charity helping to bring people out of isolation and depression and to brig people together who have experienced depression.

Selfharm UK

Selfharm UK is a national self harm network dedicated to self harm recovery and support.

Diabetics with Eating Disorders

Support information

Papyrus

Suicide UK. Suicide is something that Papyrus takes seriously and wants to reach out and support people who have suicidal feelings.

Autisum Support Healthwatch Greenwich

Where to go for Autism Support in Greenwich

The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service

ADDISS provide information and resources about ADHD to anyone who needs assistance-parents, sufferers, teachers and health professionals.

The Curly Hair Project

The Curly Hair Project is a social enterprise based in the UK which aims to help people with ASD and their loved ones. All work is based on personal and real life examples and experiences.

The National Autistic Society

The National Autistic Society support and advice for autistic people and their families

Family Lives

Previously parentline, Family Lives respond when life becomes complicated and provides support around family breakdown, aggression in the home, bullying, risky behaviour and mental health concerns of both parents and children. Online forums and parent courses.

Single Parents

Single Parents is a website for single parents - online forum, courses and information supporting anyone raising a child alone.

Parent Zone

Parent Zone offering digital tips information for wellbeing of children and parents around schools, healthy lifestyles and money.

PSG Supporting Parents

Parent support group - helpline and advice for when parenting becomes challenging.

Dad Info

Dad Info is a website supporting fathers with articles and podcasts, supporting them through all aspects of family life.

MindEd

MindEd is a module especially for families, parents and carers who are looking for advice and tips about children’s mental health alongside existing modules for professionals.

Big White Wall

Big White Wall is a 16+ online mental health and wellbeing service offering self help programmes, creative outlets and community that cares. For when you are dealing with everyday stressors or major life events.

Listening Ears

Listening Ears are committed to reducing isolation, loneliness and depression by providing emotional and lifestyle support with empowerment to service users to achieve an improved health and enhanced quality of life. They listen with a non-judgemental approach, identify challenges and initiate change to achieve the ultimate goal of total wellbeing.

Mind

MIND helps support people with mental health issues.

Brook Advisory Service

Brook is the UK’s leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. The charity provides free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice, counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, outreach and education work.

Winston’s Wish

The deaths of a parent or sibling is one of the most fundamental losses a child will ever face. At Winston’s Wish they believe that bereaved children need support to make sense of death and rebuild their lives. The Winston’s Wish helpline offers support, information and guidance to all those caring for a bereaved child or young person.

Helpline 08452 03 04 05 (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm and Wednesday evenings 7pm to 9.30pm)

Tramshed

Tramshed are a supportive drama programme for vulnerable young people in Greenwich and Lewisham which aims to improve positive mental health, wellbeing and resilience.

Call: 020 8854 1316
Email: [email protected]