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Emotional health and wellbeing support – coronavirus

If you are a young person, parent/carer or adult struggling with your own mental health and looking for information, support and advice about coronavirus please click here

Children and Young People

Here you will find information, help and advice to support your emotional health and wellbeing through coronavirus

Parents, Carers and Family Members

Here you will find information, help and advice to support your child’s emotional health and wellbeing through coronavirus

Schools and Colleges

Here you will find information, help and advice to support your students and your own emotional health and wellbeing through coronavirus

Professionals

Here you will find information, help and advice to support children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing through coronavirus

Adult Mental Health Support

Here you will find information, help and advice to support your own emotional health and wellbeing through coronavirus.

Coronavirus is having an impact on everyone, including individuals and families facing bereavement and professionals who work with families. This page lists further information to help support you at this difficult time.

Kooth (XenZone)

Kooth is a free, safe anonymous online counselling and support service for children and young people aged 10 to 25. It’s open Monday-Friday 12pm-10pm and Saturday-Sunday 6pm-10pm, 365 days a year. Young people can access Kooth’s counselling service and self help resources here.

Crisis Messenger (YoungMinds)

The YoungMinds Crisis Messenger text service provides free, 24/7 crisis support to young people under 25 across the UK. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text YM to 85258. It is free and confidential to text our service. Click here for further details.

Parents Helpline (YoungMinds)

Our Parents Helpline is available to offer advice to parents and carers worried about a child or young person under 25; open Mon-Fri from 9.30am to 4pm. Our trained advisers are here to give you help and advice, whatever the question.

Chat (C&K Careers)

Support and advice for young people in Calderdale and Kirklees, open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm and Thursday, 9am-8pm. You can chat to us about: college or sixth form; exams; future options; apprenticeships; applications, CVs and interviews; employment skills; work and volunteering; health; money, housing, family worries and more.

CBBC Newsround

CBBC Newsround is full of articles, galleries and videos to provide you with information and advice about what you can do to stay safe during the coronavirus outbreak. There are also loads of tips about how to look after your mental health while staying at home.

The coronavirus explained & what you should do

A helpful YouTube video explaining coronavirus and what you should do to stay safe and practice social distancing from Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.

Covibook

This short book has been created by Manuela Molina from a company called Mindheart. The book has been designed to support and reassure children while talking about the coronavirus. Please see Mindheart’s website for more information www.mindheart.co/descargables

Active Calderdale

During the response to COVID-19 we’re going to be working hard to make sure that everyone in Calderdale can keep active. We believe that it’s more important than ever for everyone to keep well physically, as well as mentally.

Children’s guide to coronavirus

It is understandable for children and young people to want to ask questions about what is happening right now. England’s Children’s Commissioner has put together a short and easy guide to help explain some of the issues around coronavirus.
Click on this link to go to the page and download the guide.

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This website was produced by Northpoint Wellbeing Limited, supported by Calderdale CCG and Calderdale Council. Northpoint Wellbeing would like to thank all the young people in Calderdale who contributed to the development of this site and NHS Leeds CCGs for the advice and support provided.

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