Additional Support – Mental Health Support Team
Anxiety
Anxiety UK – Support and help for those diagnosed with, or who suspect they may have, an anxiety condition.
Text Service: 07537 416 905
Infoline: 03444 775 774 (Mon – Fri, 9.30am – 5.30pm)
Website: Anxiety uk
No Panic – Information for sufferers and carers of people with panic, anxiety, phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD).
Helpline: 0300 772 9844 (Every day, 10am – 10pm)
Youthline: 0330 606 1174 (For under 18s, Mon,
Tue, Wed, Fri, 3pm – 6pm / Thurs, 3pm – 8pm /
Sat, 6pm – 8pm)
Website: No panic
General Mental Health & Wellbeing
CAMHS/MHST – Parents and young people are able to make a referral without the need for it to be done through school.
BeUNotts – Be U Notts is a free, accessible, and convenient mental health and emotional wellbeing support service for people between 0-25 years of age and their parents and carers.
Childline – Childline is a counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the United Kingdom provided by the NSPCC. Childline deals with any issues which cause distress or concern.
Kooth – Kooth is an anonymous site which helps children and young people to feel safe and confident in exploring their concerns and seeking professional support.
Nottalone – NottaAlone is a dedicated website providing information and support for young people’s mental health across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County.
Shout – Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope. To start a conversation, text the word ‘SHOUT’ to 85258.
YoungMinds – YoungMinds is a national charity which works to promote the mental health of children. Through our confidential Parents Information Service, we offer help over the telephone to parents who are worried about the emotional well-being of a child.
Self-harm support
Calmharm – Calm Harm is intended to help adolescents regulate their emotions and work through overwhelming feelings without harming themselves.
Alumina – Alumina is a free, online 7 week course for young people struggling with self-harm.
Harmless – Harmless provides a range of services about self harm including support, information, training and consultancy to people who self harm, their friends and families, and professionals.
Eating disorder support
Beat – Beat provides Helplines for people of all ages, offering support and information about eating disorders no matter where you are in your journey. These Helplines are free to call from all phones.
Bereavement support
The Children’s Bereavement Centre – The Children’s Bereavement Centre is run by a committed team of friendly, supportive and professional people who are passionate about helping children and young people to cope with the grieving process brought on by the death or terminal illness diagnosis of someone close.
The Children’s Bereavement Centre
OCD
OCD Action – Support and information for anybody affected by OCD.
Helpline: 0300 636 5478 (Mon – Fri, 9.30am – 8pm)
Website: OCD Action
Drugs & Alcohol
Change Grow Live – a support service for young people and families affected by drugs or alcohol. We support young people up to the age of 18.
https://www.changegrowlive.org/nottinghamshire/children-young-people
Please see below information on refugee support which was discussed as being needed / helpful information for schools following on from the MHST primary school event on 4th May.
Barnardo’s:
Barnardo’s BOLOH (Hong Kong): We offer support to Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Barnardo BOLOH
Barnardo’s (Ukrainian Support): Following discussion with the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, we have set up the Ukrainian Support to provide a holistic support service. The Helpline is available to anyone fleeing the war in Ukraine. Barnardo’s – Ukrainian support helpline
Refugee Action:
“Refugee Action does not exist to work for people, but to work with them and to empower them to take control of their own lives and to influence the issues that matter to them. We want to do far more to shift power to refugees and people seeking asylum.
At Refugee Action, we help people who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes. We get them the basic support they need to live again with dignity. Then we help them build safe, happy and productive lives in the UK.
Our vision is that refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome in the UK. They will get justice, live free of poverty and be able to successfully rebuild their lives.”
Refugee Council:
“The Refugee Council is a leading charity working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. Founded in 1951, following the creation of the UN Refugee Convention, we exist to support and empower people who have fled conflict, violence, and persecution to rebuild their lives here in the UK.
We work with over 13,000 women, men, and children each year who are desperately seeking safety. From the moment refugees arrive in the UK – we are here:
- We provide crisis advice, mental health counselling and practical support to help people settle and integrate into their new community
- We are specialists in working with refugee children who arrive in the UK alone
- We work with refugees and our partners to fight for improvements to the asylum protection system
- We inspire change in attitudes towards refugees and people seeking asylum – speaking out for compassion fairness and kindness.”
Clothes Bank:
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum:
Everyone deserves a chance to live again – Nottingham Refugee Forum
Hong Kong Well.
Resources in Chinese and Cantonese – resources available in Chinese and Cantonese.
Offering free mental health assessments for children and young people. Liaising with schools to provide support. Lots of information and guidance for parents. Soon to offer counselling for children and young people.