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  • Healthy Family Teams0 - 19 Who is this for? Young people and their families who need support from a range of healthcare professionals including health visitors and school nurses. What do they offer? Children, young people and families will receive care and a variety of support from this service from before birth through to their late teens. How can I access it? ChatHealth – A texting service offering 11-19 year olds confidential advice Text – 0750 732 9952 For more information please visit: website: nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/healthy-family-teams

  • • ChildLine 0800 1111Childline is a counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday.

  • Young MindsOur helpline provides support and advice to parents and carers worried about the emotional wellbeing or behaviour of a young person in their care with confidential expert advice.

  • KoothThis is an online counselling service. Free, safe and anonymous support. 11 - 24yrs Who is this for? Young people who want to talk to a mental health professionals online, anonymously and free. What do they offer? Drop in or bookable online text based counselling sessions along with messaging, discussion forums and self-help. Counselling available 12pm – 10pm weekdays and 6pm-10pm weekends. Young people will also have access to message forums, articles and a range of self-help guidance. How can I access it? Young people can register directly through kooth.com

  • Hope UKHope UK equips young people to make drug-free choices, working with groups and individuals in formal and informal settings to develop the knowledge and skills they need to live healthy lives. Our workers provide interactive, age-appropriate sessions about drugs. Life skills that build confidence, enhance peer resistance and develop transferable skills are woven into sessions designed to enable children and young people to realise their potential.

  • Action for ChildrenAction for Children protects and supports children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. What we do. Support for parents.