SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Support for Parents/Carers:
We know it can be really challenging to be a parent/carer and equally challenging to be a teenager too. We have outlined below a list of support services as well as suggested ways that you can support your young person:
Families Under Pressure:
Narrated videos with simple tips and tricks, formulated by researchers and NHS mental health experts, which are backed by science and proven to work with families.
Supporting my young person with Home Learning:
Support for Parents/Carers in the Local Area:
Parentsactive - for children with disabilities
National Services:
Mental health:
NHS Advice for Parents
Young Minds mental health charity, has a confidential parents' helpline. Call them on 0808 802 5544 (9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday)
Papyrus offers support to parents and children in relation to suicide and suicide prevention. Visit their website or or contact their helpline (HopelineUK) 0800 068 4141
Safety and wellbeing
NSPCC - help@nspcc.org.uk, 0808 800 5000
Kidscape - Information and advice for parents, carers and young people with concerns about school bullying and abuse. 0207 823 5430 parentsupport@kidscape.org.uk
Bereavement / Terminal Illness Support: Cruse - 0808 808 1677
24hr medical advice - NHS 111
Hope Support Services - support for young people aged five to twenty five when a loved one has a serious illness.
Domestic Abuse:
Drugs and Addiction:
Healthy Bodies/Eating Disorders:
Beezee Bodies - Healthy habits for families
LGBTQIA+/ Gender Identity:
Sexual Health:
Brook - free and confidential sexual health and well-being advice for young people
Self-Harm:
Harmless - A centre of excellence for self-harm and suicide prevention