Advice Centre
Infographic: Building resilience in children and teens (Family Lives)
The Family Lives charity aims to offer all parents somewhere to turn before they reach crisis point. Crisis support, provided for over 40 years through their helpline, has always been at the heart of what they do.
Family Lives also have an excellent website to help parents with the ups and downs of family life. One useful infographic is this one about building resilience in children and teens. You can download it here: https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/your-family/wellbeing/building-resilience-in-children-and-teens/
The Family Lives parents' helpline is available Monday to Friday, 1.30 - 9pm on 0808 800 2222.
The website can be found here: https://www.familylives.org.uk/
The Internet, Relationships & You
This is a new website aimed at 11-18 year olds about exploitation and relationships. The advice has come from the National Crime Agency. It has some useful information around healthy relationships, online safety, sending nude photos etc.
COVID-19 - Updated 1/4/22
On Tuesday 29th March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out the next steps for living with Covid-19 in England. These changes came into force on Friday 1st April. Please see here for details.
Updated list of symptoms from NHS website: Coronavirus symptoms in children
Youth Wellbeing Directory
This is an excellent resource to help you find the information and advice you may need on a wide range of mental health issues. You can search by key words that give you safe and reliable sources of information. It includes advice for school staff, parents and pupils and it is really worth saving the link for future reference: Directory Website
Supporting Families After the Death of a Child
Be More Ben was founded by Shane and Sarah Pritchard after the death of their 8 year old son, Ben. For more information about the support and counselling they offer, please see the flyer below and https://bemoreben.org/