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Mental Health Support
We have provided a collection of links, contact details and resources to support families with mental health, resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Useful Links
Kooth (Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people aged 10-25)
Samaritans(Liverpool & Knowsley)
BEAT (Beating Disorders)
Papyrus (Prevention of young suicide)
Youth Access (Advice and Counselling Network)
Zumos (Zumos builds your self-confidence and wellbeing. It helps you to practise being a mindful person and builds your inner strength to be a resilient person and it enables you to track your progress.)
Every Child Matters: Selfcare Tips videos for young people
Headspace (Mindfulness/relaxation App)
Helplines
Anxiety UK 03444 775 774
BEAT Eating disorders 0808 801 0677
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) 0800 58 58 58
The Care Advice Line 020 7017 8901
Childline 0800 1111
Macmillan Cancer Support 0808 239 9397
Muslim Youth Helpline 0808 808 2008
National Association for Children of Alcoholics 0800 358 3456
National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 247
National Prisoners’ Families Helpline 0808 808 2003
National Professionals Online Safety Helpline 0344 381 4772
NSPCC 0808 800 5000
Refuge 0808 2000 247
Runaway Helpline 116 000
Samaritans 116 123
Self Injury support (Girls) 0808 800 8088
Sexual Health Helpline 0300 123 7123
Shelter 0808 800 4444
Stonewall 0207 593 1850
Stop It Now 0808 1000 900
Winston’s Wish 08088 020 021
Bereavement Information
Our academy is fully committed to the emotional health and well-being of our pupils and that of our staff. We are dedicated to the continual development of a healthy and thriving school community and strive to work towards this in all aspects of school life. We are passionate about providing an ethos, environment and curriculum that can provide support during difficult times, including a time of death or dying.
Every 22 minutes in the UK a parent of dependent children dies, leaving about 41,000 bereaved children each year. Many more are bereaved of a grandparent, sibling, friend or other significant person, and, sadly, around 12,000 children die in the UK each year.
We recognise that within our academy community there will almost always be some children and adults who are struggling with bereavement. We seek to be proactive, rather than reactive, when responding to these challenging situations.
Empathic understanding in the familiar and secure surroundings of the academy may be all the bereavement support some children – or staff – require, though referral to more specialist support should be a consideration where the impact of grief is more complex. Additional information and resources can be accessed at www.childbereavement.org.uk.
The following websites can offer support to people struggling with bereavement and our pastoral team is on hand to support any pupils struggling with bereavement.