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Mental Health Awareness​​​​​​​

Info and resources for use with children and young people:

Newsround: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51896156

Dear Students, Parents and Guardians,

We would like to share some useful resources and guidance that some of you might find helpful. 

Take a look through some of them. if you do choose to share one, or all of these please be aware of staggering the information so as not to overload yourselves or the students.

Kooth.com - online support 

We would like to make you all aware of a service called Kooth. Kooth.com is a confidential support service for all young people in Lambeth. It is a safe means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support.  

Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every single day of the year. Outside counselling hours’ you can message our team and get support by the next day. 

When you register with Kooth you will have support available now and in the future. Join the Kooth community and you can also read and post articles, forums and discussion boards too.

To find out more visit www.Kooth.com . Registration only takes a few minutes. 

Here’s a short video that explains more: https://vimeo.com/318731977

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Mind

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