Get Help - SIGNPOSTING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

We want to ensure that staff, pupils and parents are aware of what support is available within our school and how to access further support.

Where else can external support be accessed for children or adults?

Paediatricians
Social Workers
Counsellors/ therapists

The Emotional Wellbeing Hub

The Emotional Wellbeing Hub replaces the current NSFT (Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust) Access and Assessment Service for 0-25-year olds, providing a simple process for families and professionals to make a referral or get advice about wellbeing and mental health services.

Call 0345 600 2090, available Monday to Friday, 8am to 7:30pm.

Getting help from the School Nursing - ChatHealth Text Service

Text 07507 333356 for confidential health advice from the school nurse (available Mon-Fri 9.30am to 4.30pm).

Getting help from Wellbeing Suffolk

Wellbeing Suffolk provides free advice and support across Suffolk for people of all ages, on common mental health and emotional issues, such as low mood, depression or stress.

https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/

Charities and organisations that provide information and advice:

YoungMinds

If you are a parent needing help, you can contact the YoungMinds Parent Helpline on 0808 802 5544 (Mon-Fri from 9:30am to 4pm).

The YoungMinds 'Crisis Text Messenger Service' is a free service for young people experiencing a mental health crisis. A young person can contact their messenger service by text to: 5258 (available 24/7).

The Samaritans

Offer a safe place for anyone to talk. You can talk to them about whatever’s getting to you (you don’t have to be suicidal to contact them). They offer 24/7 support and can be reached on: 116 123 (free to call and won't appear on your phone bill), or you can email them at: jo@samaritans.org.

MindEd for Families

MindEd for Families provides practical and evidenced-based advice and guidance to help you support your child. Parents have worked with mental health practitioners and NHS England to develop the information on their website which can be found here - www.minded.org.uk/families

Healthy Suffolk

Healthy Suffolk have a project known as 5 ways to wellbeing and have conducted specific work in Newmarket. More information through videos can be found on their website.

https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/projects/5-ways-to-wellbeing/wellbeing-in-newmarket

Websites:

www.boingboing.org.uk (a range of supportive materials, including the Resilience Framework)

www.anxietyuk.org.uk (helpline – 08444775774)

www.childline.org.uk (help for children – 08001111; help for adults concerned about a child – 08088005000)

www.whole.org.uk (campaigns about stigma related to mental health)

www.mentalhealth.org.uk (research, reports and information)

www.papyrus-uk.org (prevention of young suicide)

https://ymcatrinitygroup.org.uk/jobs-training/support-schools-menu-services/

https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/projects/5-ways-to-wellbeing

https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/

https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/ - mostly useful for teachers

Anxiety UK www.anxietyuk.org.uk

OCD UK www.ocduk.org Depression Alliance www.depressoinalliance.org Eating Disorders www.b-eat.co.uk and www.inourhands.com National Self-Harm Network www.nshn.co.uk www.selfharm.co.uk Suicidal thoughts Prevention of young suicide UK – PAPYRUS: www.papyrus-uk.org For general information and support www.youngminds.org.uk champions young people’s mental health and wellbeing www.mind.org.uk advice and support on mental health problems www.minded.org.uk (e-learning) www.time-to-change.org.uk tackles the stigma of mental health www.rethink.org challenges attitudes towards mental health

AMPARO SUFFOLK: Call 0330 088 9255 or email amparo.service@listening-ear.co.uk
YANA: The YANA Project provides confidential support, mental health awareness and funding for counselling to the farming and rural communities of Norfolk and Suffolk
Suffolk Mind: call 0300 111 6000 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Rethink Mental Illness: call 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Suffolk Wellbeing: call Suffolk on 0300 123 1781 or Norfolk & Waveney on 0300 123 1503
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably): call 0800 585858 (7 days a week, 5pm to midnight)
Men's Health Forum Beatstress.uk: offers a free, confidential web chat and SMS service for men – live chat on Wednesdays 7pm to 10pm or receive a reply within 48 hours.
Mental Health Foundation: a charity focused on preventing mental health problems
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS): call 0300 111 5065 (9am to 9pm) or email sobs.support@hotmail.com
Online support for young people
elsa support
Eating Disorders NHS Wales
Be Real Campaign