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Parent Health & Wellbeing Resources

If you’re worried a child may be struggling with their mental health or has anxiety about coronavirus (COVID-19), the NSPCC has advice to help you support them.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/childrens-mental-health/depression-anxiety-mental-health/

Another great resource is: https://www.camhs-resources.co.uk/ This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being. It is worth a look!

Health Connections Mendip

Living and feeling better can start with a simple step – connecting.

Would you like to:

  • improve your health and well being?
  • Join groups who know what you’re going through?
  • Connect to local community groups, services and organisations?
  • Build your support network?
  • Train as a Community Connector?

Health Connections Mendip can offer one to one support, group support, self-management programmes or signposting.

Give them a call – they are happy to help! 01373 468368 or visit their website: https://healthconnectionsmendip.org/

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Place2be

As parents and carers, we play an important role in teaching children and young people how to understand and manage their feelings as they grow up. Place2be has some great resources and ideas for starting those difficult conversations with your child.

Young Minds

Parenting isn’t always easy. Although it’s often amazing and rewarding to watch your children grow, and to help them learn to be independent, it can also be really hard work.

If you think your child is unhappy or if you are worried about their behaviour, it’s easy to be hard on yourself and think you aren’t doing a good job. Young Minds has a great parents survival guide which is worth a look.

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Action for Children

Helping families with advice and practical support. The section on MASK is really helpful for spotting signs of possible mental heath concerns with your child.

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Other sites include:

childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk       February 2020 CMH Week

childrenssociety.org.uk   – supports vulnerable children, including those experiencing mental health and emotional well-being problems. Online resources are available

twinkl.co.uk/event/childrens-mental-health-week-2021       2021 CMH Week.

PROMISEworks.org.uk      mentoring for disadvantaged children and young people in Somerset

headstogether.org.uk    runs projects to help people struggling with mental health issues

mindinsomerset.org.uk     Yeovil, Taunton and Bridgwater offices- emotional support 24/7, training resources, Speak Up campaign for schools.

mhfaengland.org     mental health first aid.  Workplace resources, training and guidance.

mentalhealthatwork.org.uk    Public Health England resources, toolkits.  

A fairly exhaustive list of numbers if needed:

ACAS Helpline 0300 1231100
Age Uk Wiltshire 0800 169 6565
Aids & Sexual Health line  0300 123 7123
Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 917 7650
Apprenticeship helpline 0800 015 0600
Association of counselling & psychotherapy 01455 883300
Asthma Uk Advice line  0800 121 6244
Asylum aid  020 7354 9631
British pregnancy advisory service – providing abortion services across the UK  0345 730 4030
Benefit enquiries – www.gov.uk/benefits-calculator   
Breast cancer care  0808 800 6000
The Breastfeeding network 0300 100 0212
Child death helpline  0800 282 986
Childline  0844 892 0200
Crime stoppers UK  0800 555 111
Debt free advice 0800 988 4167
Dental Helpline 0845 063 1188
Direct marketing association helpline (removing your details from direct mailing list) 020 7291 3350
Disability living and attendance helpline  0843 504 3710
Domestic violence helpline 0121 507 0707
Dry out now 0845 230 8060
Dyslexia helpline  https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk
0333 405 4567

Somerset link: http://www.somersetdyslexia.co.uk/
Energy helpline  0800 074 0745
Energy saving trust advice Centre  0800 512012
Epilepsy action  0808 800 5050
Families anonymous  0207 498 4680
Families need fathers  0300 030 0363
Families & childcare trust 020 7940 7510
Family lives 0808 800 2222
Flood line 0845 988 1188
FRANK (Drugs helpline) 0300 123 6600
The Freeview advice line  0345 650 5050
Gamblers anonymous – www.gamlesrsanonymous.org.uk   
Gingerbread 0808 802 0925
Home office, London  020 7035 4848
Inland revenue  0300 200 3211
Macmillan Cancer support  0808 808 0000
Mankind (helpline for men suffering domestic violence) 01823 334244
Meningitis research foundation  0808 800 3344
Multiple sclerosis society  0808 800 8000
N.S.P.C.C child protection helpline  0808 800 5000
Narcotics anonymous  0300 123 2323
National blood service  0300 123 2323
National careers service  0800 100 900
National dementia helpline  0300 222 1122
National domestic violence helpline  0808 200 0247
National grid – gas emergency service  0800 111 999
National rail enquires  0345 748 4950
NHS direct (advice & support) 111
NHS stop smoking helpline  0800 169 0169
Offenders family’s helpline  0808 808 2003
Organ donor line  0300 123 2323
Overeaters anonymous  0700 078 4985
Parkinson’s UK  0808 800 0303
Prisoners family’s helpline  0808 808 3444
Prostate cancer helpline  0800 074 8383
Quitline (smokers’ helpline) 0800 002200
R.S.P.C.A  0300 123 4999
Rape crisis 0808 802 9999
Relate 0300 100 1234
The Roy Castle lung cancer foundation  0800 358 7200
Runaway helpline  0808 800 7070
Samaritans  116 123
Scope helpline  0808 800 3333
The sexual Healthline  0300 123 7123
Shelter  0808 800 4444
The silver line (help and friendship service for older people) 0800 470 8090
Spinal injuries association  01908 604191
Stroke helpline  0303 3033100
Student bursary support helpline  0800 121 8989
Supportive parents for special children (parent partnership service for parents of children with special needs) Bristol  01179 989 7725
Tax credit helpline  0345 300 3900
Veterans helpline  0800 169 2277
Working families  020 7253 7243

 

Mental Health support sites:

 

Mental health helplines  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/
“Mind” for better mental health  https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/
Samaritans website & Numbers  https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Gov.uk contact numbers  https://www.gov.uk/contact
Gov.uk HMRC contact details  https://www.gov.uk/contact-hmrc
Gov.uk – Childcare service helpline  https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/childcare-service-helpline
Gov.uk – Benefits  https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits
Citizens advice – tax problems  https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/tax/problems-with-tax/help-with-tax-problems/
Gov.uk – Coronavirus (COVID-19) helpline https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/coronavirus-covid-19-helpline
Citizens advice  https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
NHS Website   A-Z https://www.nhs.uk/
Find a helpline (all topics)  https://helplines.org/helplines/

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