Wellbeing and pastoral

Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

Below are some useful links

Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.uk UK charity dedicated to finding and addressing the sources of mental health issues. Includes information, research, resources and an invaluable A–Z of mental health terms.

Heads Together www.headstogether.org.uk A campaign to end stigma around mental health spearheaded by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Heads Together aims to change the national conversation on mental health and wellbeing.

Place2Be www.place2be.org.uk Telephone: 0207 923 5500 Email: enquiries@place2be.org.uk Offers a range of counselling support for young people in schools helping them to cope with wide-ranging and often complex social issues including bullying, bereavement, domestic violence, family breakdown, neglect and trauma.

YoungMinds www.youngminds.org.uk Telephone: 0808 802 5544 (weekdays 9:30am – 4pm) The UK’s leading charity committed to improving emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people and empowering their parents and carers.

MindEd www.minded.org.uk Free educational resource on children and young people's mental health for all adults. MindEd for Families has online advice and information from trusted sources and will help you to understand and identify early issues and best support your child. Also includes e-learning resources for professionals and volunteers.

ChildLine www.childLine.org.uk Telephone: 0800 1111 Counselling service for parents, children and young people. It also offers multilingual services to South Asian communities living in the UK. Languages include Bengali/Sylheti, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English. Help and advice is free and confidential

Emotional Health and Wellbeing Support

Provided through the NHS, parents can access the Inourplace online learning environment developed by psychologists and health practitioners providing accessible learning about emotional health and wellbeing, proven to positively impact mental health, behaviour and relationships.

As part of Worcestershire's sponsorship of inourplace, all the courses and content are free to local parents via this website: https://inourplace.heiapply.com/online-learning/courses

Additionally, you can view this month's newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/07bca5050810/ wellbeing-for-school-parents-new-online-resources-12731143?e=88ce747116