We have put together an extensive list of support & advice helplines and links above (please feel free to download by clicking on the button). Also included are Safety Plan Templates for those who are experiencing suicidal thoughts and a Self-Harm Wellbeing Guide to help assist you to safety in difficult moments. Please do seek emergency support if you are at risk of immediate harm via A&E. If you or the person in your care cannot get these safely, please call 999 as emergency services will be able to support you.

Click on the links below to visit helpful websites.

Advice and Support

• Wellbeing Service for 8-18 year olds (Centre for Fun & Families)
• Samaritans
• Kooth online counselling for young people
• Childline – support for children and young people
• Leicestershire County and Rutland Let’s Talk Wellbeing
• LGBTQ+ Support
• Holistic Pharmacist

Anti-bullying

• Anti-bullying Alliance

Bereavement

• The Laura Centre
• Cruse Bereavement
• Bodie Hodges Foundation

Drug advice

• Talk to Frank

Eating Disorders

• beat
• First Steps

Emotional Support Resources

• Emotional Literacy Support Assistant Support
• My Mood Stars

Family Support

• Leicester City Council – Family Information
• Leicestershire County Council – Social Care and Supporting Families
• Centre for Fun and Families

Health

• Health for Kids
• Health for Teens

Mental Health & Wellbeing Support

• Anna Freud National Centre for Children & Families
• Heads Together Mental Health Charity
• Place 2 Be Children’s Mental Health Charity
• Young Minds – supporting young people’s mental health
• Mental Health Foundation
• Mentally Healthy Schools
• Rethink Mental Illness

Online Safety & Support

• Online Safety Support Guides for Parents/Carers

Self Harm

• Harmless
• Coping with Self Harm: A guide for parents/carers
• Self-Injury Support
• NSPCC
• Life Signs – self injury guidance and network support

Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) Support

• National Autistic Society
• Support for siblings of individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
• British Dyslexia Association
• ADHD Solutions
• Dyspraxia Foundation
• Leicester City Council – Special Educational Needs & Disability
• Leicestershire County Council – Special Educational Needs & Disability

Suicidal Thoughts

• Mind: supporting someone who feels suicidal
• SAVE – suicidal awareness
• PAPYRUS: prevention of young suicide
• Grass Roots Suicide Prevention

Yoga & Mindfulness

• Cosmic Kids
• Outdoor Tribe
• Budhist Centre Leicester