Click on each topic below for a range of companies and charities who can provide you, your child, and your family, with guidance and support.
abuse
Domestic Violence
- Brook (inc LGBTQ+)
https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/abuse-and-violence/ - Child’s Vision
https://childsvision.co.uk/ - Clarion
https://www.myclarionhousing.com/help-and-guidance/personal-wellbeing/domestic-abuse-or-violence - Domestic Abuse Services (Kent)
https://www.domesticabuseservices.org.uk/ - FLOWS (Women Only)
https://www.flows.org.uk/ - Galop (LGBTQ+ Only)
https://galop.org.uk/ - Kent Police Domestic Abuse (Kent)
https://www.kent.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/daa/domestic-abuse/support-organisations/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/supporting-your-child/resources/ - Love is Respect
https://www.loveisrespect.org/everyone-deserves-a-healthy-relationship/ - Man Kind (Men Only)
https://mankind.org.uk/ - National Domestic Violence Hotline
https://www.thehotline.org/ - NAPAC
https://napac.org.uk/ - NCDV
https://www.ncdv.org.uk/ - Oasis (Kent)
https://www.oasisdaservice.org/ - Operation Encompass
https://www.operationencompass.org/ - Refuge
https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ - Respect (Men Only)
https://mensadviceline.org.uk/ - Respect Phoneline
https://respectphoneline.org.uk/ - Safe Lives
https://safelives.org.uk/ - Salus (Kent)
https://salusgroup.org.uk/support-services/ - Sateda (Kent)
https://sateda.org/ - Stalking Helpline
https://www.suzylamplugh.org/Pages/Category/national-stalking-helpline - Stop It Now
https://contactus.stopitnow.org.uk/ - The Freedom Project
https://www.freedomprogramme.co.uk/ - Women’s Aid
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse & Assault
- Beech House (Kent)
https://beechhousesarc.org/ - Brook (inc LGBTQ+)
https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/abuse-and-violence/ - CEOP
https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre - Family Matters (Kent & Bexley)
https://www.familymattersuk.org/ - Galop (LGBTQ+ Only)
https://galop.org.uk/ - It’s Not Okay
https://www.itsnotokay.co.uk/ - Love is Respect
https://www.loveisrespect.org/everyone-deserves-a-healthy-relationship/ - Lucy Faithfull
https://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/ - NHS Sexual Assault Services
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-services/Sexual-assault/LocationSearch/1842 - Oasis (Kent)
https://www.oasisdaservice.org/ - Rape Crisis
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ - Respond (SEND Only)
https://respond.org.uk/ - Safe Lives
https://safelives.org.uk/ - Stop Abuse Together
https://stopabusetogether.campaign.gov.uk/ - Stop It Now
https://contactus.stopitnow.org.uk/ - Survivor’s UK (Men Only)
https://www.survivorsuk.org/ - The Children’s Society
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/sex-and-relationships/sexual-abuse
Honour Based Abuse, Forced Marriage & FGM
- Brook
https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/abuse-and-violence/ - Forced Marriage
https://www.gov.uk/stop-forced-marriage - Galop (LGBTQ+ Only)
https://galop.org.uk/ - Karma Nirvana
https://karmanirvana.org.uk/ - The Halo Project
https://www.haloproject.org.uk/
accessibility
- AccessAble
Accessibility information for a range of businesses and services
https://www.accessable.co.uk/ - Changing Places
Locating Changing Places toilets for people with reduced mobility
https://www.changing-places.org/ - Euan’s Guide
Accessibility information for a range of businesses and services
https://www.euansguide.com/reviews/results/?sortby=NumberOfReviews - Home Fire Safety Visit (Kent)
Home visit to ensure your house is safe
https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/hfsv - The Advocacy People
Help with advocating for your health, needs and accessibility requirements
https://www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/ - Wheelmap
Locating wheelchair accessible places
https://wheelmap.org/
Addiction
Alcohol
Try Dry App
Alcohol Tracker
download on android download on apple / iphone
- Adfam
https://adfam.org.uk/ - Al-Anon UK
https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ - Alcohol Change
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/ - Alcohol Toolkit
https://alcohol-toolkit.wearewithyou.org.uk/start - Alcoholics Anonymous
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/AA-Meetings/Find-a-Meeting - Bottled Up
https://bottled-up.com/ - Change Grow Live
https://www.changegrowlive.org/advice-info/alcohol-drugs - Drink Aware
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ - Every Mind Matters
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview#alcohol - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/your-family/parenting/parenting-with-an-addiction - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/alcohol/ - Kenward Trust (Kent)
https://kenwardtrust.org.uk/ - Nacoa UK
https://nacoa.org.uk/ - NHS Drink Less
https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/drink-less/ - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/alcohol-drugs-parenting/ - Ok Rehab
https://www.okrehab.org/alcohol-addiction/ - The Children’s Society
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/substance-misuse - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/drink-and-drugs - Turning Point
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/
Drugs
- Adfam
https://adfam.org.uk/ - Change Grow Live
https://www.changegrowlive.org/advice-info/alcohol-drugs - DrugFAM
https://www.drugfam.co.uk/ - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/drugs/ - Kenward Trust (Kent)
https://kenwardtrust.org.uk/ - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/alcohol-drugs-parenting/ - Ok Rehab
https://www.okrehab.org/ - The Children’s Society
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/substance-misuse - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/drink-and-drugs - Turning Point
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/
Smoking & Vaping
- Every Mind Matters – Vaping
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview#vaping - Health for Teens – Vaping & Smoking
Vaping – https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/e-cigarettes/
Smoking – https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/tobacco/ - Home Fire Safety Visit (Kent)
Home visit to ensure your house is safe
https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/hfsv - NHS Quit Smoking – Smoking
https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/
Gambling & Gaming
- Big Deal
https://bigdeal.org.uk/ - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/your-family/parenting/parenting-with-a-gambling-addiction - GamCare
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/gambling/ - NHS Inform
https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/addictions/problem-gambling/ - YGAM
https://parents.ygam.org/
bereavement
- Child Bereavement Network
For young people and adults
https://childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/ - Child Bereavement UK
For young people
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ - ChildLine
For young people
https://www.childline.org.uk/ - Cruse
For adults
https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/ - Grief Encounter
For young people
https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
For young people
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/ - Holding On Letting Go (Kent)
For young people
https://holg.org.uk/ - Hope Again
For young people
https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/ - Kent Bereavement Service (Kent)
For young people and adults
https://chums.uk.com/kent-bereavement-service/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
For young people and adults
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/ - Slide Away
For young people
https://www.slideaway.org/ - Winston’s Wish
For young people
https://www.winstonswish.org/
bullying
- Anti-Bullying Alliance
https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/what-bullying - ChildLine
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/ - Every Mind Matters
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview#bullying - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk - Galop (LGBTQ+ Only)
https://galop.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/feelings/bullying/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/supporting-your-child/resources/ - Kidscape
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/
carers
- Barnardo’s
For adult carers
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/support-for-parents-and-carers - Carers First
For adult carers
https://www.carersfirst.org.uk/ - Carers Trust
For adult carers and young carers
https://carers.org/ - Carers UK
For adult carers
https://www.carersuk.org/ - Health for Teens
For young carers
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/lifestyle/young-carers/what-is-a-young-carer/ - Kent Young Carers (Kent)
For young carers
https://www.imago.community/Children-and-Young-People/Kent-Young-Carers - Kinship
For adult carers
https://kinship.org.uk/ - Spurgeons
For young carers
https://spurgeons.org/how-we-help/young-carers/
crime victims
- Rubicon Cares (Kent)
https://www.rubiconcares.org/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/crime-and-safety/victims-of-crime - Victim Support
https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/
employment
- Access to Work
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply - Citizens Advice
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/ - Clarion
https://www.myclarionhousing.com/help-and-guidance/Jobs-skills-and-training - Jobcentre Plus
https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus - Kent Adult Education (Kent)
https://www.kentadulteducation.co.uk/ - Live Well (Kent)
https://livewellkent.org.uk/how-to-get-help/ - Men’s Sheds
https://menssheds.org.uk/ - Mencap (for carers or people with learning disabilities)
https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/employment - Metro
https://metrocharity.org.uk/services/ - Oasis One Stop Shop (Kent)
https://www.oasisdaservice.org/services/drop-in-centres/ - Open Learn
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/work-skills - Runway Training
https://runwaytraining.co.uk/ - Smart Works
https://smartworks.org.uk/ - The Education People (Kent)
https://www.theeducationpeople.org/our-expertise/specialist-employment/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/work-and-study - Together Matters
https://www.togethermatters.org.uk/resources-and-information/
health & send
General Health & Disabilities
- Afasic
Speech and language difficulties
https://www.afasic.org.uk/ - Beams
Disabled children
https://wearebeams.org.uk/ - Beat
Eating disorders
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ - Bladder & Bowel UK
Bladder and bowel issues
https://www.bbuk.org.uk/children-young-people/resources-for-children/ - British Deaf Association
Deafness
https://bda.org.uk/ - Contact
Disabled children
https://contact.org.uk/ - Down’s Syndrome Association
Down’s Syndrome
https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/ - Dyspraxia Foundation
Dyspraxia
https://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/ - Ellenor (Kent & Bexley)
Hospice care
https://ellenor.org/ - Epilepsy Action
Epilepsy
https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/ - Every Turn
Dementia
https://www.everyturn.org/dementia-care/ - Everyday Active (Kent)
General health and fitness
https://www.everydayactivekent.org.uk/ - For Us Too
Disabled children
https://www.forustoo.org/ - Headway
Brain injuries
https://www.headway.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
General health
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/health/ - Kent Association for the Blind (Kent)
Blindness
https://www.kab.org.uk/ - Leonard Cheshire
General disabilities
https://www.leonardcheshire.org/ - Macmillan
Cancer
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ - Mental Health Matters
Mental illness
https://www.mhm.org.uk/ - Metro
General health
https://metrocharity.org.uk/services/ - NHS Community Health (Kent)
General health
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/ - RNIB
Blindness
https://www.rnib.org.uk/ - RNID
Deafness
https://rnid.org.uk/ - Scope
General disabilities
https://www.scope.org.uk/ - Sense
Deafblindness and complex disabilities
https://www.sense.org.uk/ - Shine
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
https://www.shinecharity.org.uk/ - Sibs
Siblings of disabled people
https://www.sibs.org.uk/ - SignHealth
Deafness
https://signhealth.org.uk/ - Space 2 Be Me
Disabled children
https://space2beme.org.uk/ - Speech and Language UK
Speech and language difficulties
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/ - The Advocacy People
Help with advocating for your health and needs
https://www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/ - Unique
Rare chromosome and gene disorders
https://rarechromo.org/ - Walk and Talk (Kent)
General health and fitness
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/one-you-kent/one-you-walkandtalk/ - Wellmind
Arthritis and chronic pain
https://www.wellmindhealth.com/
SEN & Autism
- Afasic
Speech and language difficulties
https://www.afasic.org.uk/ - Beams
Disabled children
https://wearebeams.org.uk/ - ChildLine
Dyslexia and learning difficulties
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/you-your-body/disability-learning-differences/dyslexia-learning-difficulties/ - Contact
Disabled children
https://contact.org.uk/ - Dandelion Time (Kent)
Vulnerable children’s activities and support
https://dandeliontime.org.uk/ - Dyspraxia Foundation
Dyspraxia
https://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/ - Family Lives
SEND
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - For Us Too
Disabled children
https://www.forustoo.org/ - Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Learning disabilities
https://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
SEND
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/health/ - KCC Children’s Centres (Kent)
SEND
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/childcare-and-pre-school/childrens-centres - KCC SEND Support (Kent)
SEND
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/special-educational-needs/support-for-young-people - Kent Autistic Trust (Kent)
Autism
https://www.kentautistictrust.org/ - Kent Family (Kent)
SEND
https://family.kentcht.nhs.uk/ - Kent School Health (Kent)
SEND
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/school-health/ - Kids
SEND
https://www.kids.org.uk/ - Learning Disability Team (Kent)
Learning disabilities
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/community-learning-disability-team/ - Leonard Cheshire
General disabilities
https://www.leonardcheshire.org/ - Mencap
Learning disabilities
https://www.mencap.org.uk/ - Metro
SEND
https://metrocharity.org.uk/services/ - National Autistic Society
Autism
https://www.autism.org.uk/ - National Children’s Bureau
SEND
https://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/all-resources/filter/inclusion-send - Natspec
SEND specialist education
https://natspec.org.uk/ - NHS SEND
SEND
https://family.kentcht.nhs.uk/support/your-family/special-education-needs-and-disability-send/ - Over the Wall
SEND activities and support
https://www.otw.org.uk/ - Respond
SEND
https://respond.org.uk/ - Salus (Kent)
Autism
https://salusgroup.org.uk/support-service/autism-spectrum-condition/ - Scope
General disabilities
https://www.scope.org.uk/ - Sense
Complex disabilities
https://www.sense.org.uk/ - Sibs
Siblings of disabled people
https://www.sibs.org.uk/ - Space 2 Be Me
Disabled children
https://space2beme.org.uk/ - Speech and Language UK
Speech and language difficulties
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/ - The Advocacy People
Help with advocating for your health and needs
https://www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/ - Turning Point
Learning disabilities
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/
housing & food
- Every Turn
Housing and homelessness
https://www.everyturn.org/supported-housing/ - Home Fire Safety Visit (Kent)
Home visit to ensure your house is safe
https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/hfsv - Live Well (Kent)
Housing and homelessness
https://livewellkent.org.uk/how-to-get-help/ - Mencap (for people with learning disabilities)
Housing and homelessness
https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/housing - Nacro
Housing and homelessness
https://www.nacro.org.uk/nacro-services/our-work-in-housing/ - Oasis One Stop Shop (Kent)
Housing and homelessness
https://www.oasisdaservice.org/services/drop-in-centres/ - Porchlight (Kent)
Housing and homelessness
https://www.porchlight.org.uk/information-support/housing - Salvation Army
Housing and homelessness
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/ - Sanctuary
Housing and homelessness
https://www.sanctuary.co.uk/ - Shelter
Housing and homelessness
https://england.shelter.org.uk/ - The Mix
Housing and homelessness
https://www.themix.org.uk/housing - The Trussell Trust
Food
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/
lgbtqia+
- Barnardo’s
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/support-for-young-people/lgbt - Brook
Sexuality: https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/sexuality/
Gender: https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/gender/ - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Galop
https://galop.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/relationships/lgbtq/ - Love is Respect
https://www.loveisrespect.org/everyone-deserves-a-healthy-relationship/ - Mencap
https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/relationships-and-sex - Mental Health Matters
https://www.mhm.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/helpful-resources - Mermaids
https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ - Metro
https://metrocharity.org.uk/ - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/sex-relationships/sexuality-sexual-orientation/ - Stonewall
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ - The Be You Project (Kent)
https://thebeyouproject.co.uk/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/sex-and-relationships
mental health
Wellbeing & Mental Health Support
- Anna Freud
Self-care resources for parents and young people
https://www.annafreud.org/resources/ - Barnardo’s
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://mymentalhealth.barnardos.org.uk/ - Beat
Eating disorders support
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ - Brook
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/health-and-wellbeing/ - CALM
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.thecalmzone.net/ - Charlie Waller
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.charliewaller.org/resource-library - ChatHealth
Mental health messaging service
https://chathealth.nhs.uk/ - ChildLine
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.childline.org.uk/ - Dandelion Time (Kent)
Support for children who have suffered traumatic experiences
https://dandeliontime.org.uk/ - Emerge
Support for young people who are in hospital from self-harm or suicide attempts
https://emergeadvocacy.com/our-projects/ - Every Mind Matters
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview - Every Turn
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.everyturn.org/ - Family Lives
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Heads Together
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.headstogether.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/ - Help for Heroes
Support for veterans and their families
https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/ - Hub of Hope
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://hubofhope.co.uk/ - IESO
Mental health therapy messaging service
https://www.iesohealth.com/ - Kent Family (Kent)
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://family.kentcht.nhs.uk/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/ - Kent School Health (Kent)
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/school-health/ - Kooth
General mental health support and messaging service
https://www.kooth.com/ - Live Well (Kent)
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://livewellkent.org.uk/ - Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Mental health support before, during and after pregnancy
https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/
https://megancic.org.uk/ - Mencap
Mental health support for people with learning disabilities
https://www.mencap.org.uk/ - Mental Health Foundation
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/children-and-young-people - Mental Health Matters
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.mhm.org.uk/ - Men’s Sheds (Men Only)
Group meet-ups for support and fun projects for men
https://menssheds.org.uk/ - Metro
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://metrocharity.org.uk/ - Mind
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mood Spark
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://moodspark.org.uk/ - Nacro
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.nacro.org.uk/ - NHS Inform
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-health - NHS Mental Health
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/ - NHS Mental Health Conditions
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/ - NHS Online Mental Health Triage
Online mental health symptom checker
https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-your-mental-health-symptoms - NHS Single Point of Access (Kent)
Form to request mental health support
https://apps.nelft.nhs.uk/SPA-KentMedway-Support - NHS Talking Therapies
Find an NHS Talking therapies service
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-NHS-talking-therapies-service/ - NSPCC
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/ - Papyrus
Suicide prevention and safety plans
https://www.papyrus-uk.org/ - Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (Kent)
Mental health support before, during and after pregnancy
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/our-services/perinatal-mental-health-community-service-pmhcs-east-kent/ - Place2Be
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.place2be.org.uk/ - Reach Out
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://reachoutfmh.co.uk/ - Release the Pressure (Kent)
General mental health support and messaging service
https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/release-the-pressure - Rethink Mental Illness
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.rethink.org/ - Samaritans
General mental health support and contact line
https://www.samaritans.org/ - Sane
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.sane.org.uk/understanding-mental-illness - Scope
Mental health support for disabled people
https://www.scope.org.uk/ - Self-Harm UK
Self-harm support
https://www.selfharm.co.uk/ - Shout Crisis Text Line
Crisis messaging service
https://www.giveusashout.org/ - Staying Safe
Suicide prevention and safety plans
https://stayingsafe.net/home - SupportLine
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.supportline.org.uk/ - The Advocacy People
General advocacy for getting mental health support
https://www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/ - The Children’s Society
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/ - The Mix
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.themix.org.uk/ - Together Matters
Tools for improving wellbeing and mental health
https://www.togethermatters.org.uk/ - Togetherall
Community mental health support
https://togetherall.com/en-gb/ - Turning Point
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/resources-and-advice - Walk and Talk (Kent)
Local walks to exercise and make friends
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/one-you-kent/one-you-walkandtalk/ - Wellmind
Online programs to help with wellbeing and mental health
https://www.wellmindhealth.com/ - Young Minds
General wellbeing and mental health support
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/ - Youth Access
General mental health support and counselling
https://www.youthaccess.org.uk/ - Zero Suicide Alliance
Suicide prevention and safety plans
https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/
Useful Apps
download on apple / iphone
download on apple / iphone
download on apple / iphone
BlueIce
Strategies to manage self-harm
Calm Harm
Strategies to manage self-harm
Catch It
Mood diary
Chill Panda
Calming game
Clarity
CBT thought diary
Clear Fear
Strategies to manage anxiety
Headspace
Meditation and sleep improvement
MindShift
CBT for anxiety
Sanvello (was Pacifica)
Anxiety and depression toolkit
Self-Help for the Mind (SAM)
Self-help techniques
Silver Cloud
Tools to target mental health issues
Sleepio
Sleep improvement programme
Thrive
Prevent and manage anxiety and stress
What’s Up?
CBT and ACT support
Not available on Android
Worry Box
Anxiety and stress relief
Not available on Android
Worry Watch
Anxiety and mood tracker
Not available on Android
Wysa
Anxiety therapy chatbot
money
- Citizens Advice
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/ - Clarion
https://www.myclarionhousing.com/help-and-guidance/money-guidance - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Gov Benefits
https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits - Home Start
https://www.home-start.org.uk/money-issues - Live Well (Kent)
https://livewellkent.org.uk/ - Money and Pensions Service
https://maps.org.uk/en - Salvation Army
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/budget-and-debt-advice - Step Change
https://www.stepchange.org/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/money - Together Matters
https://www.togethermatters.org.uk/5-making-financial-plans-pdf-2/
online safety
- CEOP
https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre - Childnet
https://www.childnet.com/ - Every Mind Matters
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/ - It’s Not Okay
https://www.itsnotokay.co.uk/ - KCC Online Safety (Kent)
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/young-people/personal-safety - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/ - National Online Safety
https://nationalcollege.com/categories/online-safety - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
parenting
- Anna Freud
https://www.annafreud.org/resources/ - Barnardo’s
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/support-for-parents-and-carers - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/ - Home Fire Safety Visit (Kent)
https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/hfsv - KCC Childcare Advice (Kent)
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/childcare-and-pre-school/advice-about-childcare - KCC Children’s Centres (Kent)
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/childcare-and-pre-school/childrens-centres - KCC Young Parents (Kent)
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/young-people/young-parents - Kent Family (Kent)
https://family.kentcht.nhs.uk/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/supporting-your-child/resources/ - Kent School Health (Kent)
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/school-health/ - Kidscape
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/advice/advice-for-parents-and-carers/ - Maternal Mental Health Alliance
https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/ - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/ - Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (Kent)
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/information-and-advice/perinatal-mental-health-community-service-pmhcs/ - Spurgeons
https://spurgeons.org/how-we-help/family-life/ - The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
https://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/ - The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity – Bedwetting
https://eric.org.uk/childrens-bladders/bedwetting/ - The Incredible Years
https://www.incredibleyears.com/ - Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
pregnancy
relationships
- Brook
https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/relationships/ - ChildLine
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/friends-relationships-sex/sex-relationships/relationships/ - Every Mind Matters
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview#one-to-one-relationships - Family Lives
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/relationships/ - Kent Resilience Hub (Kent)
https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/supporting-your-child/resources/ - Love is Respect
https://www.loveisrespect.org/everyone-deserves-a-healthy-relationship/ - Mencap
https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/relationships-and-sex - Metro
https://metrocharity.org.uk/ - NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/sex-relationships/healthy-relationships/ - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/sex-and-relationships
sexual health & pregnancy
- Brook
https://www.brook.org.uk/ - ChildLine
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/friends-relationships-sex/sex-relationships/ - Health for Teens
https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/sexual-health/ - Metro
https://metrocharity.org.uk/services/?domains=27644fbba601451f9e77bcff77f22f39 - NHS Community Health (Kent)
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/sexual-health/ - NHS Sexual Health Clinics
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health/find-a-sexual-health-clinic - The Mix
https://www.themix.org.uk/sex-and-relationships