Family Action

Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales. They’ve been supporting people through change, challenge and crisis for over 150 years. You can find more information here.

Kooth

Whatever you're feeling, Kooth is here to help. Click here to get free, safe and anonymous support.

PACT

PACT offer non-clinical peer-led support and resources for parents and carers.  Our vision is to reach all parents and carers across Suffolk as we can who are in the caring for a child or young person with mental health issues. We offer support (face to face meetups, online, and our outreach 1:1 service), training (including Youth Mental Health First Aid and parent guided CBT) and tools/resources to help both with a parent/carers wellbeing and via them, their child/young person too. 

We are continuously researching new ideas and projects to both input experience from our parents and to share good ideas and therapeutic tools with our parents/carers. We believe in sharing knowledge and tools with our parents/carers to empower each other and their families. 

Relate

Relate has local centres across the UK. The services each centre provides vary because each centre tailors their services - such as couples counselling, sex therapy and counselling for children and young people - to the needs of their local community. You can find more information here.

Samaritans

Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. They're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can view their website by clicking here.

SHOUT

Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope.

We have taken more than two million conversations with people who are sad, worried, lonely or suicidal and who need urgent, in-the-moment support.

As a digital service, Shout became vital during Covid-19, as one of the few mental health services able to operate as normal at this time. We have seen the need for our support remain high through the UK's cost of living crisis.

You can view there website here or simply text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

Turning Point 

Turning Point have been supporting people for almost sixty years, and are continually inspired by the stories, experiences, and possibilities created by those that they meet.  They believe that everyone has the potential to grow, learn, and make choices. You can visit their website here.

NHS Talking Therapies - Wellbeing

Whether you're stressed, anxious, low or depressed, the Wellbeing service can help. You can find out more information here.

YoungMinds

YoungMinds are the UK’s leading charity fighting for a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health. You can find out more information here.

As always, if you find that you would like any additional information on the details highlighted above, or if you think that you would benefit from being signposted to a different service, please do not hesitate to contact one of your school's DSLs (Designated Safeguarding Leads). Alternatively, you may wish you to contact one of your school's DSLs (Designated Safeguarding Leads) or your school's FLO (Family Liason Officer). You can find your school's FLO here.