Support
Kooth - Online counselling - www.kooth.com
Childline - Under 19s - 0800 1111
YoungMinds - Support for young people - www.youngminds.org.uk - 0207 089 5050
YoungMinds Crisis Messenger - Text service providing free 24/7 crisis support - text YM to 85258
Link Youth Counselling Service (13-25 year olds) - Uxbridge - 01895 277222
Samaritans - www.samaritans.org.uk - 116 123
Youth Access - Find a service - www.youthaccess.org.uk - 0208 772 9900
The Mix - Essential support for under 25s - www.themix.org.uk - 0808 808 4994 or text THEMIX to 85258
Signpost - Hertfordshire area - signpostcounselling.co.uk - 01923 239495 or 07444 768078
Bereavement Support:
Harlington Hospice - www.harlingtonhospice.org - 020 8759 0453
Bereavement Care - Harrow & Hillingdon - www.bereavementcareandsupport.co.uk - 020 8427 5720
Winston’s Wish - Support for bereaved children and young people - www.winstonswish.org - 08088 020 021
Anna Freud - Support and advice for young people - www.annafreud.org - 020 7794 2313
Who else can you turn to?
GP
NHS 111
A&E - in an emergency
Online safety
Snapchat Poster from National Online Safety
NSPCC A Parents 'guide to being Share aware - helping you to keep your child safe on line
DFE - advice for parents on cyber bullying
Child Sexual Exploitation
Keeping it together - A parents'' guide to coping with child sexual exploitation
Anxiety in children
Some very young children through to older secondary school aged children can become over anxious and this can become a real concern for parents. The teenage years can be a fraught time for adolescents and parents alike. It is time of rapid physical development and emotional change and this can be very uncomfortable. You might find these resources useful in helping children in their anxiety
Anxious Child (Mental Health Foundation)