Mental Health and Wellbeing
Here at Horizons Specialist Academy Trust, we are committed to promoting and protecting positive mental health and wellbeing of, our children/young people, families, communities and the whole staff team. We are part of the national ambition and principles set out in Future in Mind – Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Helpful resources – General organisations:
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families - https://www.annafreud.org/
Action for Happiness - https://www.actionforhappiness.org/
Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/
Young Minds - https://youngminds.org.uk
Mental health and behaviour in schools - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2
Childline - https://www.childline.org.uk/
MindEd - https://www.minded.org.uk/
Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/
NSPCC - https://www.nspcc.org.uk/
Barnardo’s - https://www.barnardos.org.uk/
Citizens Advice - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Education Support Partnership - https://www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk/
Change 4 Life - https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
NHS - https://www.nhs.uk/
Crisis - https://www.crisis.org.uk/
Refuge - https://www.refuge.org.uk/
Prevent Strategy - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-strategy-2011
Kooth - https://www.kooth.com/
Brook - https://www.brook.org.uk/
STEM4 - https://stem4.org.uk/
National Statistics online - https://www.ons.gov.uk/
Early Intervention Foundation - https://www.eif.org.uk/
Depart of Health - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Rethink mental illness - https://www.rethink.org/
Stockton Trans Inclusion Guidance for schools and colleges -
Hart Gables LGBT - http://www.hartgables.org.uk/
TRANSAWARE - https://www.transaware.org.uk/
A toolkit for preventing and tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in secondary schools - www.stonewall.org.uk/
Mental Health First Aid England - https://mhfaengland.org/
Dr Pooky Knightsmith Mental Health Educator, Speaker, Author & Advisor - https://www.pookyknightsmith.com/
PSHE Association - https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/
Guidance on preparing to teach about mental health and emotional wellbeing – PSHE Association - https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources/resources/guidance-preparing-teach-about-mental-health-and
The Royal college of psychiatrists - https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
Time to Change - https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/
Self Help Leaflets - Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation - https://web.ntw.nhs.uk/selfhelp/
Mental Health Foundation - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
Anti-Bullying Alliance - https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1Kvxsv_54AIVirTtCh1DbAYEEAAYASAAEgId5fD_BwE
Place 2 Be - https://www.place2be.org.uk/
Heads Together - https://www.headstogether.org.uk
Charlie Walker Memorial Trust - https://www.cwmt.org.uk/
PAPYRUS - https://papyrus-uk.org/
Grass Roots Suicide Prevention - ASIST – (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)- https://www.prevent-suicide.org.uk/asist_suicide_intervention_skills_training_course.html
The Mix - https://www.themix.org.uk/
Students against Depression - https://www.studentsagainstdepression.org/
Stamp out suicide - http://www.stampoutsuicide.co.uk/
CALM - https://www.thecalmzone.net/
Staying Safe. Net - https://www.stayingsafe.net/
SANE - http://www.sane.org.uk/
Sex Education Forum https://www.sexeducationforum.org.uk/
Mentor-ADEPIS http://mentor-adepis.org/ - The Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) was developed by the prevention charity Mentor UK as a platform for sharing information and resources aimed at schools and practitioners working in drug and alcohol prevention.
Kooth Mental Health Service - Kooth Mental Health Service