Kooth
Kooth is all about young people's mental health and emotional well-being. It is a free, safe and anonymous online counselling and emotional well-being service for children and young people aged 10 to 25, available free at the point of access.
Kooth.com (external link)
Sleep is the Best Medicine
As we all know, sleep is the best medicine. Here is a great guide for how to get into a good sleep routine, produced by The Sleep Charity. Over the next few days and nights try and wind your body clock back gradually to your ideal 8-9 hours ready for getting up earlier, and then try to switch the light out at the same time every night. Remember, our sleep routine is a habit and all habits take time to bed in (pun intended!), so be patient.
Mental Health Awareness Week
It's never been more important to stay connected to the people we care about and find ways to be kind to ourselves and others. Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event hlghlighting ways to look after our own well-being and that of others.
Mental Health Foundation is the only UK charity solely focused on preventing poor mental health and building and protecting good mental health.
Mental Health Foundation (external link)
Advice and Support
Calderdale are now providing a new service for talking to professionals about any physical or emotional well-being issue:-
Healthy Futures Calderdale has introduced a new way for school-aged children and young people and families to access advice and support about any physical health or emotional wellbeing concerns.
ChatHealth is an NHS-approved secure and confidential text messaging service.
To access ChatHealth, TEXT 07480 635297 (young people) or 07507 332157 (parents/carers) to start a conversation.
From 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, we have experienced clinicians waiting to help. Messages outside this time frame will receive an automated response letting you know when you will receive a reply, and who to contact to get immediate help.
Texts will cost the same as a standard text or will come out of your contract message allowance.
Healthy Futures Calderdale specialist teams can support families with things like: sleep, bullying, healthy eating, allergies, continence, safeguarding, sexual health, behavioural problems, emotional wellbeing, relationships, drugs and alcohol, bereavement, puberty and growing up, complex health needs, and body worries, and can signpost or refer on to other services as appropriate.
Our clinicians can also be contacted by calling 0303 330 9974.