+ Websites & Helplines
Internet Safety Websites For Parents
Net Aware:
A Guide and research for apps, games and social media.
Common Sense Media:
Reviews for what your kids want to watch (before they watch it).
Internet Matters:
Helping parents keep their children safe online
Internet Matters - Parental Controls:
Our step by step guides will help you to set up the right controls and privacy settings on the networks, gadgets, apps, and sites
Digital Friendly Wifi:
The Friendly WiFi symbol tells you where the service meets minimum filtering standards – particularly in areas where children are present.
Child Net:
Online safety activities you can do from home.
NSPCC Guide to Online Grooming
BBC Own It:
We are here to help you be the boss of your online life. Whatever you need – help and advice, skills, inspiration - we've got it covered.
Stop It Now:
Our confidential helpline, live chat and secure messaging service are open as usual for anyone with concerns about child sexual abuse prevention.
UK Safer Internet Centre:
Advice for parents and carers about phones, including starting conversation with your child about using a phone safely.
40+ tips and tricks for students to embrace the power of sleep for wellbeing and learning
Other Website Resources
Letters to Strangers
A global youth lead organisation that aims to destigmatize mental health and make proper treatment affordable for kids age 13-24. They also raise awareness that it is a personal experience and that everyone's experience is different. They do this by providing letter writing, letting everyone have a voice and share their own experience, they also do this by training youth leaders, fundraising. They also have a really good section on Immediate help and Education with a list of phone numbers to call in a crisis.
Teen central online platform
This website is really good because teens can anonymously send in their concern/worry about anything and someone will respond with advice/info/ the right people to contact. They also have a really good lay out and put key words in bold which i think is helpful.
A Mental Health Tool Kit
Incredible Welsh resources page for young people age 11-25 that we could sign post young people to for help with mental health/support lines
Young Person Mental Health Kit
(11-25 year olds) with Six Playlists: Crisis, Anxiety, Keeping Healthy, Low Mood, Loss
Young Somerset
Largest youth charity in Somerset. Working to achieve social and economic outcomes with young people.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Resources for parents and carers (Resilience Project) - videos and mental health top tips.
CAMHS Resources
Collection of Websites to provide information and support for young people and families.
The Education Hub
Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers, school staff.
Young Minds
Fighting for young people’s mental health.
Reading Well
Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing.
The Reading Agency
Tackling life's big challenges through the proven power of reading
For children and young people.
Scotland's Mental Health
Children’s Books on Mental Health
Voices in the Middle
Family Initiative
[Preventing Self-harm in Teens: A Guide for Appropriate Intervention] [27]
[27]: https://www.zocdoc.com/blog/preventing-self-harm-in-teens-a-guide-for-appropriate-intervention/
Helplines
Samaritans
116 123 anytime
Calm
0800 585 858 anytime
Shout
Text Shout to 85258, completely free, anytime
Mind
0300 123 3393 anytime
MindLine Trans+
A confidential emotional, mental health support helpline for people who identify as transgender, agender, gender fluid and non-binary.
0300 330 5468
Anxiety UK
0344 477 5774 anytime
Young Minds
Parents helpline Mon Fri 9.30-4pm
0800 802 5544
No Panic
0844 967 4848
SANE
0300 304 7000
Get Connected
0808 808 4994
The Crisis Text
85258
Over the past eight months Talia, the Volunteer Manager of the Youth Action Academy (YAA) has been coproducing a ‘Reverse Mentoring’ session. This involves the young people of the Academy talking to the staff working on the Mental Health Manifesto (MHM) project about their experience of certain topics. All of the Youth Action Academy members are from single parent households and so have a unique perspective to share with us.