Please find below a range of resources and websites that we have come across that may be helpful in supporting the mental wellbeing of both your child and your whole family.
We also know that talking to someone who is ready to listen can be the best kind of support so please do contact us with any concerns about a child’s, or your own, mental wellbeing. We are always here to listen and to give advice or support.
If you are part of any organisation or you have any experience that you feel may help us to support the wellbeing of the children and staff then do let us know.
General Websites
Place2Be’s ‘Parenting Smart’ website
https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/
This website is full of videos and articles to help with a whole range of issues that children might face, from fussy mealtimes to dealing with grief.
BBC Bitesize Parent’s toolkit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znsmxyc
Mental Health and Parenting
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/mental-health-parenting/
Anna Freud – talking mental health with primary age children
NHS – Every Mind Matters
Every Mind Matters – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Finding a therapist
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
Phone: 0330 320 0851
Website: www.babcp.com
British Association for Councelling and Psychotherapy Register
Phone: 01455 883300
Website: www.itsgoodtotalk.org.uk
British Psychological Society
Phone: 0116 254 9568
Website: www.bps.org.uk
Counselling Directory
Phone: 0333 325 2500
Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk
More Specific Support
Anxiety
Anxiety UK
Phone: 0344 477 5774
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
No Panic
Phone: 0300 772 9844
Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
OCD-UK
Phone: 01332 588112
Website: www.ocduk.org
Bereavement
Bereavement Advice Centre
Phone: 0800 6349494
Website: www.bereavementadvice.org
Child Bereavement UK
Phone: 0800 028 8840
Website: www.childbereavementuk.org
Lullably Trust
Phone: 0808 8026868
Website: www.lullabytrust.org.uk
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar UK
Phone: 0333 3233880
Website: www.bipolaruk.org
Carers
Carers Trust
Phone: 0300 772 9600
Website: www.carers.org
Carers UK
Phone: 0808 808 7777
Wesbite: www.carersuk.org
Debt
Money Advise Service
Phone: 0800 1387777
Website: www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
National Debtline
Phone: 0808 8084000
Website: www.nationaldebtline.org
Stepchange
Depression
Association for Postnatal Illness
Phone: 020 7386 0868
Website: www.apni.org
Depression UK
Website: www.depressionuk.org
PANDAS Foundation
WhatsApp: 07903 508334
Website: www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
Family, Parenting and Relationships
Family Action
Phone 020 7254 6251
Website: www.family-action.org.uk
Family Links
Website: www.familylinks.org.uk
Family Lives
Website: www.familylives.org.uk
Local Advice
Drug and Alcohol Rehab Advice: https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/country-wide/drug-alcohol-rehab-gloucestershire
General Advice, information and support
Citizen’s Advice
Phone: 0344 411 1444
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Health Talk
Website: www.healthtalk.org
NHS Choices
Website: www.nhs.uk
