Helplines & Online Support
Please see below for some useful links and other resources that I hope you'll find helpful!
Childline:
Young Minds: mental health advice and info for young people www.youngminds.org.uk • YoungMinds CRISIS MESSENGER: Text YM to 85258 www.youngminds.org.uk/find-help/get-urgent-help/youngminds-crisis-messenger/
Self-Harm Helpline Rethink Gloucestershire
Phone: 0808 8010606 Text: 075374 10022
PAPYRUS: www.papyrus-uk.org confidential help and advice to prevent suicide. · Helpline: 0800 0684141 Text: 07786 209 697 Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
ChatHealth: NHS School Nursing confidential text chat service 9am-4.30pm Mon-Fri · Text: 07507 333351
Anxiety UK: information, support and advice www.anxietyuk.org.uk · Monday – Friday 9.30am-5.30pm - Infoline: 03444 775 774 Text: 07537 416 905
Self-help apps: Free to download from your app store
Calm Harm - managing self-harm
MindShift - to help manage anxiety and urges to self-harm
Cove - express your mood with music
Stress & Anxiety Companion – helps you handle stress and anxiety
Parent Support:
TIC+ Parent Support Advice Line: Mon & Wed 5-9pm Tues & Sat 9.30am-1pm · Online-chat: www.ticplus.org.uk Freephone: 0800 652 5675
Autism
The Autism Helpline enquiry service provides impartial, confidential information along with advice for autistic people, their families, friends and carers.
Contact us by: Telephone: 0808 800 4104
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus, our Helpline telephone opening hours have been amended to:
10am – 3pm, Monday to Friday.
The Education Rights Helpline can provide general information about educational rights and entitlements, as well as advice on specific topics such as getting extra help in school, assessments, education plans, reviews or school transport.
Contact us by filling out our online enquiry form.
Telephone: 0808 800 4102 (free from landlines and most mobiles).
Parent to Parent is a confidential telephone service providing emotional support to parents and carers of autistic adults or children. The service is provided by trained parent volunteers who are all parents of an autistic adult or child.
Contact us by filling out our online enquiry form.
Telephone: 0808 800 4106
The Transition Support Helpline provides advice and support to young autistic people and their families on making the transition from school, further or higher education to adult life.
Contact us by filling out our online enquiry form below.
Telephone: 0808 800 0027
In an emergency call 999 and ask for help or • Go to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at your local hospital or • Talk to your GP (between 9am-5pm Monday – Friday) or • Phone NHS Direct by ringing 111 (after 5pm or weekends) or • Mental health emergency only (age 11+): Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust (GHC) Crisis Team: 0800 1690398 (available 24/7).