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Home Or Out Alone

Please click on the link below to find out more information about whether or not your child is ready to go out alone or stay home alone:

Home Or Out Alone Guide

Coping With Self-Harm A Guide for Parents and Carers

Coping with Self Harm Guide

This guide was developed from talking to parents and carers of young people and is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a young person is self-harming. It includes information on the nature and causes of self-harm, how to support a young person when facing this problem and what help is available.

What To Do If Your Child Goes Missing

Runaways parents guide

What parents need to know about Sadfishing

Sadfishing guide

Parenting Smart (Place2Be)

The children’s mental health charity, Place2Be, has launched a new website aimed at helping parents with typical situations they can find themselves in with their children.

Advice can be found on over forty topics including:

Understanding sibling rivalry 

My child is lying, what does it mean, what should I do?

My child has trouble going to sleep

My child says ‘I hate you!’

Cultural identity: who am I?

The Parenting Smart website can found here:

https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/

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Useful Contacts

Please see below for contact information for different organisations:

Organisation	Website	Contact	Notes
Anorexia & Bulimia	https://www.anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk/	03000 11 12 13	Eating disorders
Anxiety	https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/	Helpline: 03444 775 774 Text support: 07537 416 905	Anxiety
Beating Eating Disorders (BEAT)	https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/	Youthline: 0808 801 0711 Email: fyp@beateatingdisorders.org.uk	Eating disorders
Black Women’s Health and Family Support	https://www.bwhafs.com/	0208 980 3503	FGM and equipping women with the practical skills and knowledge needed to overcome cultural, social, economic and language barriers
Childline	https://www.childline.org.uk/	0800 1111	Help for under 18
Cruse Bereavement Care	https://www.cruse.org.uk/	0808 808 1677	Bereavement all ages
Drugwise	https://www.drugwise.org.uk/	Children to call FRANK on 0330 123 6600	Evidence-based information on drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
LGBTQ+ Helpline	https://switchboard.lgbt/about-us/	0300 330 0630	Support and information for LGBTQ+ community
Muslim Youth Helpline	https://myh.org.uk/	0808 808 2008	Help and support for British young Muslims
Samaritans	https://www.samaritans.org/	116123 jo@samaritans.org	Those struggling to cope
Alumina	https://www.selfharm.co.uk/	sign up online	Free online support for 14-19’s who are self harming

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Over the summer there was some media reporting about ‘sweets’ laced with cannabis, amongst other things. Here are some resources that you might find useful:

https://cdn.catch-22.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SYPSMS-Edibles-Information-for-Parents.pdf

https://safeguardpro.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Edibles-Info-Sheet-SORTED.pdf