Helplines
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0800 1111 ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor about anything - no problem is too big or too small. Call free on 0800 1111, have a 1-2-1 chat online or send an email. |
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111 The way you access health care information, advice and services on the telephone is changing. You should call the NHS 111 service if you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency. You will be assessed, given advice and directed straightaway to the local service that can help you best. Calls to NHS 111 are free from landlines and mobile phones. |
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0844 8030 240 www.counselling-directory.org.uk Counselling Directory is a confidential service that encourages those in distress to seek help. The directory contains information on many different types of distress, as well as articles, news, and events. To ensure the professionalism of our website, all counsellors have provided us with qualifications and insurance cover or proof of membership with a professional body. |
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0808 808 1001 www.birmingham.gov.uk/ineed2know www.birmingham.gov.uk/children-services Birmingham Signposting Service is run by The National Youth Advocacy Service. Signposting provides a friendly point of contact for the young people of the City, aged up to 19 (and up to age 25 in some circumstances), who require advice and information. Signposting are ready to help children and young people directly but also work with parents, carers and professionals who have questions about services available for children and young people. |
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0121 675 4782 Connexions continues to provide careers information and advice and guidance to young people about further education, training or employment. They also provide help to those young people who have left school and are not in education, employment or training and provide a Connexions Outreach service at a range of venues around the city. The number above is for our local Bimingham North team. |
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0808 800 2222 Family Lives is a national charity providing advice, help and support in all aspects of family life. We're here for you seven days a week. In addition to the phone number you can live chat with a trained support worker or share your story on our forums. |
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0845 30 30 900 We are the national charity giving free and confidential help to victims of crime, witnesses, their family, friends and anyone else affected across England and Wales. We also speak out as a national voice for victims and witnesses and campaign for change. We are not a government agency or part of the police and you don't have to report a crime to the police to get our help. You can call us any time after the crime has happened, whether it was yesterday, last week or several years ago.
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MindEd offers free, completely open access, online education in over 300 topics. Our e-learning is applicable to a wide range of learners across the health, social care, education, criminal justice and community settings. Our aim is to provide simple, clear guidance on children and young people's mental health, wellbeing and development to any adult working with children, young people and families, to help them support the development of young healthy minds. |
