Students have a long summer holiday this year. We hope everyone will have a relaxing time but we would also like to make you aware of the following sources of support should you need them.<\/p>\n
Kooth.com<\/strong> is an online service for young people which has many self-help resources and counselling is available. This is an anonymous service but can signpost users to other services which may be suitable for their needs.<\/p>\n Shout<\/strong> is a text-based service that offers 24\/7 support. Their website is also a very useful resource that offers self-help strategies. Their “Little Book of Coping Skills”<\/a>\u00a0 is particularly helpful and based on feedback from their users about what worked for them.<\/p>\n Text: 85258<\/p>\n Website: https:\/\/giveusashout.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n Childline<\/strong> is another comprehensive resource that young people up to the age of 19\u00a0 can turn to for support for a range of issues:<\/p>\n Website: https:\/\/www.childline.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n Call:\u00a0 0800 1111<\/p>\n Primary Mental Health<\/strong> is a service which you can refer to if you have concerns that your child may need more focussed, face to face support: https:\/\/www.northumbria.nhs.uk\/our-services\/childrens-services\/primary-mental-health-work\/#46183ba1<\/a><\/p>\n CYPS<\/strong> is the Children & Young People\u2019s Service and you can make a referral directly to them if you have serious concerns about your child\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.cntw.nhs.uk\/services\/children-young-peoples-service-northumberland\/<\/a><\/p>\n If your child expresses suicidal thoughts, the Crisis Team<\/strong> is available 24\/7.<\/p>\n Call: 0303 1231146<\/p>\n The Samaritans<\/strong> continues to be a very valuable service for those people suffering from suicidal thoughts and can be contacted 24\/7:<\/p>\n Call: 116123<\/p>\n Website: https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan\/<\/a><\/p>\n If you have urgent concerns about your child, please either dial 999 or take them to NSECH (Cramlington Hospital) for immediate assistance. This service should only be used in an emergency.<\/strong><\/p>\n We hope you have an enjoyable and safe summer break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students have a long summer holiday this year. We hope everyone will have a relaxing time but we would also like to make you aware of the following sources of support should you need them. Kooth.com<\/strong> is an online service for young people which has many self-help resources and counselling is available. This is an… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[301],"class_list":["post-6596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-parents","tag-mental-health"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 07:42:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6597,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions\/6597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cramlingtonlv.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}