Recommended Apps for help with anxiety, stress and low mood
My Possible Self: The Mental Health App
Free, with in-app purchases
Take control of your thoughts, feelings and behaviour with the My Possible Self mental health app. Use the simple learning modules to manage fear, anxiety and stress and tackle unhelpful thinking. Record your experiences and track symptoms to better understand your mental health.
Stress & Anxiety Companion
Free, with in-app purchases
Stress & Anxiety Companion helps you handle stress and anxiety on-the-go. Using breathing exercises, relaxing music and games designed to calm the mind, the app helps you change negative thoughts to help you better cope with life’s ups and downs.
Catch it
Free
Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and low mood with Catch It. The app will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.
SafeSpot
Free
A brand new app for iPhone and Android that promotes positive mental wellbeing in children and adults.
Recommended Apps for Help with sleep relaxation and general wellbeing
Feeling Good: Mental Fitness
Free, with in-app purchases
Relax your body and mind with a series of audio tracks designed to help you build confidence, energy and a positive mindset.
eQuoo: Emotional Fitness Game
Free, with in-app purchases
The eQuoo app uses adventure games designed by psychologists to help you increase your emotional fitness and teach you new psychological skills. You’ll also find tips on how to communicate more effectively and maintain your mental wellbeing.
Downloadable Guides
The following are a variety of guides for various subjects that can help with navigating topics of mental health and wellbeing.
Guides
Useful Links for Advice and Support
If you have any worries or concerns about your safety and well-being and you are unable to speak to a member of staff in school, you should speak to a trusted adult.
If you feel you have no one around you that you can speak to, you should contact one of these support lines or organisations:
General Support for Children and Young People
Childline
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.
You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.
Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us:
Call: 0800 1111
NSPCC
The UK’s leading children’s charity. Looking out for children for over 130 years.
Call: 0808 800 5000
Email: help@nspcc.org.uk
Mental Health Support for Children and Young People
With Me In Mind – Local Support Network
Lots of excellent resources for students and parents.
KOOTH – Counselling Support for Young People
Free Online Counselling Service for 11 – 18-year-olds.
NHS – Every Mind Matters – Wellbeing advice and support
NHS accredited well-being advice and support
Young Minds
National Mental Health service for Young people/adults.
Young Minds also offer a Parents Helpline: 0808 802 5544 (Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm, free for mobiles and landlines).
Place2Be – Children and Young People’s mental health charity
Place2Be is a children and young people’s mental health charity with almost 30 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.
Samaritans – 24 hours a day helpline for those struggling to cope
Samaritans is a 24/7 helpline to listen to and help those who are going through a hard time.
Call: 116 123
Rotherham CAMHS Crisis Team
Rotherham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides advice and support to children / young people, their families / carers and professionals working with them. Where need is identified we also offer mental health assessments, therapy and interventions for children and young people.
Mind – Mental Health Charity
Supporting those struggling with mental health issues and committed to tackling the shame around mental health issues.
PAPYRUS – Prevention of Young Suicide
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
Winston Wish – Bereavement Support for Young People
Winston’s Wish is a charity that helps children, teenagers and young adults (up to the age of 25) find their feet when their worlds are turned upside down by grief.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Coronavirus, bereavement and grief online information
Golddigger Trust – Local Support Organisation
Sheffield based support service for males and females aged 11-18yrs
Mood Juice – Shyness and Social Anxiety Self Help Guide
This site is a document that is used as a self-help guide to look at specifically Shyness and Social Anxiety.
Minded – Mental Heath Resources
Free educational resource on children, young people, adults and older people’s mental health.
Mental Health Foundation – Coronavirus Advice and Support
Resources to help you and others navigate the impact of the Coronavirus
CAMHS Support – Useful Guides and Resources
A collection of guides covering many different mental health and wellbeing topics as well as other things.
Beat Eating Disorders
The UK’s eating disorder charity. Founded in 1989 their mission is to end the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders.
Online Safety
CEOP – Child Exploitation and Online Protection
CEOP is here to help keep you and other children and young people safe online. If you are being sexually abused or groomed online we will do everything we can to make you safe.
Thinkuknow
Resources, guides and general information to help young people stay safe online.
Dove – Standing up for #KidsOnlineSafety
8 in 10 youth mental health specialists say social media is fueling a mental health crisis. Join us on our mission to make social media a more positive place by taking a stand against its harmful design, so that platforms can be safer for kids.
Worried About Your Safety and Wellbeing or That of Another Child?
For any non emergency safeguarding issue regarding a child or young person contact the relevant safeguarding hub to report the issue.
Rotherham Safeguarding Hub: 01709 336 080
Sheffield Safeguarding Hub: 0114 273 4855
If the issue is an emergency, if a child is in active danger, always contact 999
