Mental Health
Kooth
Kooth is a service to support young people’s emotional and mental health in Birmingham. You can speak to other young people or a trained counsellor. The new service was successfully launched on 16.4.20 for young people aged 11 up to 25. Kooth is linked into the wider mental health support from Forward Thinking Birmingham - www.kooth.com
For The Kooth Activities Brochure please Click Here
Young Minds
Talking to your child about Coronavirus and 10 tips from their Parents Helpline to support family wellbeing - https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/talking-to-your-child-about-coronavirus/
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB)
Birmingham’s mental health partnership for 0-25 year olds – There are resources to help with mental health concerns and a referral page for if you feel you would like further help - https://www.forwardthinkingbirmingham.org.uk/
Pause (FTB)
open Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10am – 6pm, Wednesday: 12-8pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm. As a precaution and in line with national COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance Pause, our drop-in centre in Digbeth has closed until further notice. To ensure that children, young people and young adults are able to access support trained practitioners will be available by emailing askbeam@childrenssociety.org.uk or calling 0207 841 4470. The operating hours are between 10am-6pm 7 days a week (please note local call charges do apply) https://www.forwardthinkingbirmingham.org.uk/services/13-pause
NHS Mental Heath (Adults)
Mental Health for adults - https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19
The Mix. An online support service for Young People. Webchat one to one support via themix.org – everyday 11am-11pm
Group chats – nightly support chats via themix.org.uk Sunday – Thursday 8pm-9:30pm
NHS Mental Health (Young People)
Young people’s mental health - https://youngminds.org.uk/
Information for parents and children on a variety of Mental health topics - https://www.cwmt.org.uk/
Beating Eating Disorders
Youth Helpline - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/support-services/helplines
Prevention of Young suicide
You can email, speak to or text someone if you are having thoughts about suicide or are worried about someone who is.
Open 9am until 12am - https://papyrus-uk.org/
Domestic Abuse
Advice for women and children experiencing domestic abuse at home - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Birmingham LGBT
Support for the LGBTQ+ community via telephone or email - https://blgbt.org/
Samaritans
The Samaritans offer a free ‘talk and listen’ service for people struggling with anything - call free 116 123 or visit their website - https://www.samaritans.org/
Childline
Chat on the phone, online or via email to a counsellor. The website also contains lots of information -
Mood Juice
Worksheets on mental health issues - https://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/mildmoderate/entry.asp
Aquarius
Supporting people of all ages affected by alcohol, drugs and gambling - https://aquarius.org.uk/
Al-Anon
Providing support to the family and friends of problem drinkers: 0800 008 6811 (10am-10pm) https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/
Place2Be
Guide to helping parents answer questions from their children and to support family wellbeing:
https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/