Mental Health and Wellbeing

General

• Every Mind Matters provides simple tips and advice to start taking better care of your mental health.
• You can access free easy ten minute work outs from Public Health England or try other exercise videos at home on the NHS Fitness Studio.
• The Every Mind Matters sleep page provides practical advice on how to improve your sleep
• Visit the NHS mental health and wellbeing advice website for self-assessment, audio guides and practical tools, if you are experiencing stress, feelings of anxiety or low mood

Children and Young People

• Young Minds provides advice and moderated blogs for young people and their parents.
• Rise Above is a Health and Well-being web-site by Public Health England that covers emotional well-being, friendships and self-care
• Kooth is a web-based confidential support service available to young people aged 11 to 18 years, providing a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people.  It offers the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon until 10pm on weekdays and 6pm until 10pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours young people can message the team and get support by the next day. Support can be gained through counselling and also articles, forums and discussion boards.