Teenagers

Wokingham Borough Council has launched a new emotional wellbeing hub for children and young people living in the borough aged 0 – 19 years. It provides free support and advice and acts as a central point of contact for young people, families, and professionals to access mental health services.

Website
www.wokingham.gov.uk/emotional-wellbeing-hub

Providing free, safe and anonymous support, Kooth can provide online counselling and emotional well-being support for young people aged 11-18 years (up to 19th birthday).

Website
www.kooth.com

Brighter futures For Children is a local non-profit organisation aimed at helping children and young people have a happy, healthy and successful life. They help families with a whole range of issues including social care, early help & prevention and education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.

Phone
0118 937 3641

Website
www.brighterfuturesforchildren.org

Email
info@BrighterFuturesforChildren.org

ARC Information and Counselling Service is a free and confidential counselling service supporting children, young people and adults when they are struggling to cope with a life changing situation or emotional problem.
For an ARC-funded set of counselling sessions located at Brookside Group Practice, please contact the ARC office on office@arcweb.org.

Website
www.arcweb.org.uk

Time To Talk is a free confidential counselling service available to all young people in West Berkshire aged 13-19, up to 25 years for young people with additional needs.

Phone
01635 760331

Website
www.t2twb.org

Teenagers and “fresher” students going to university for the first time are advised to have a vaccination to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, which can be deadly.

Website
NHS UK: MbenACWY vaccine

This site is full of helpful resources for young people, carers and professionals to help them manage mental health and well-being issues.

Website
www.camhs-resources.co.uk

Useful tips and advice for parents to help their teens overcome body image issues, academic anxiety, peer pressure and cyberbullying, including links to other important teen mental health resources – all of which can be helpful in these uncertain times.

Website
MyTutor: A guide for teen mental health

A guide to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme.

Leaflet
HPV Leaflet (PDF)

Website
NHS UK: HPV Information

Here4Youth Wokingham is a young person’s alcohol and drug service for anyone up to the age of 18 living in Wokingham.

Website
www.cranstoun.org/h4y-wokingham

What is chlamydia? How do you get it? W40hy is it a big deal? What are the symptoms? What if I’m pregnant? What is the Chlamydia screen?

Website
NHS UK: Chlamydia

If you feel you want confidential advice locally visit Sexual Health Service

Children and young people with special needs and disabilities are now able to access a range of help and support available locally.
The following links provide more information and support.

Websites
Wokingham Gov: Local Offer
Reading Gov: Local Offer

A guide has been developed from talking to parents and carers of young people and is aimed at helping them 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 and what help is available.

Leaflet
Self-harm: Advice from the West Berkshire Emotional Health Academy

Drugs advice
www.talktofrank.com

Bullying
www.bullying.co.uk

Contraception
www.tht.org.uk

Website
www.no5.org.uk

Website
www.research.reading.ac.uk/andy

Website
www.stillthehunger.co.uk