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Help and Advice

Whether you need advice regarding getting more sleep, strategies to deal with anxiety, support with sexual health or help with bereavement this A-Z ‘Help and Advice’ section of our website signposts you to the sites to visit, places to go and people to speak to.

If you would like to discuss any wellbeing or safeguarding concern, no matter how small, please contact the Student Support team via safeguarding@chippingsodburyschool.com or ask your child to go to the Student Support Hub at break or lunch time.

Area of need Useful website Helpline

General support

 

 

Childline 

Shout 

ChatHealth 

 

0800 1111

 

Text 85258

Addiction

Addiction Helper  

 

Anxiety

Anxiety UK 

Kooth 

No Panic 

 SAM 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0300 606 1174 10am-10pm

Bereavement

Cruse 

Hope Again (youth section of Cruse)The Good Grief 

Marie Curie 

Winston's Wish 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0808 8020 021 Mon-Fri 8am-8pm. 

Text WW to 85258.

Bullying

National Bullying Helpline 

 

0300 323 0169

Debt 

Step Change 

 

Domestic abuse

Refuge 

Next Link 

 

 

NCDV 

Women's Aid 

Respect 

 

0808 2000 247

 

0800 4700 280 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm.  

Sat 9:30am-1pm. 

Text 0740 789 5620.

 

0800 970 2070

 

 

0808 801 0327

Drugs and alcohol 

Frank 

NHS Young People's Drug & Alcohol ServiceSouth Glos Drug & Alcohol Service

 

0300 123 6600

Eating concerns

Beat 

Eating Disorders Community Team

 

0808 801 0677 Mon-Fri

3-8pm

Gambling

Gamcare 

 

0808 8020 133

Health

Health For Teens 

NHS Better Health 

Sirona School Nursing 

 

Homelessness

Centrepoint 

Shelter 

Julian House  

0808 800 0661 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Free School Meals

South Glos Free School Meals

 

LGBTQ+

MindOut 

 

FFLAG 

 

LGBT Foundation 

The Proud Trust  

 0300 772 9855 (leave a message on the 24-hour confidental answerphone)

 

0300 688 0368 Wed & Thu 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm

 

0345 330 3030

Mental health 

Please also go to our dedicated mental health section of our website here.

Kooth 

Off The Record 

Rethink  

SAM 

SilverCloud  

The Mix 

Mind  

Young Minds 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crisis support: Text "THE MIX" to 85258

OCD

OCD UK 

OCD Action 

 

Online safety

Please go to our dedicated section of our website here.

CEOP 

NSPCC 

 

Parenting support 

Coram Family Lives 

Family Action 

Parent Talk 

South Glos Children's Partnership

 

WhatsApp on 07441 444125

Rape and sexual assault

Rape Crisis 

Survivor's Trust 

 

 

 

0800 010 818

Relationships

Relate 

 

Self-harm

Calm Harm 

SIFT 

Harmless 

 

SEND support 

SEND Support 

SEND and You  

 

Sexual health 

Brook 

 

Sleep

The Sleep Charity 

NHS Every Mind Matters 

 

Smoking and vaping

NHS Better Health 

 

Suicide prevention

Papyrus 

Samaritans 

Harmless 

CALM 

0800 068 4141

Text 88247

 

116 123

 

 

 

 

 

0800 585858 (5pm-12am)

Victim support 

Victim support 

 

0808 1689 111

Young carers 

Carers Trust 

Carers Support