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If your child is experiencing a mental health crisis and requires urgent support, please contact the Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) on 0191 566 5500.

For more intensive support, the Children and Young People’s Intensive Community Treatment Service (ICTS) can be contacted on 0191 520 5560.

If there is an immediate risk of serious harm, please call 999.

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If you live in Gateshead:

The Newcastle & Gateshead Crisis Team is a team of experienced mental health staff offering assessment and home treatment for people aged 18 and over experiencing a mental health crisis. The team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

**The crisis team does not provide an 'emergency' service such as a 999 response**

The Crisis Team - Call: 0191 814 8899, free phone on 0800 652 2863

Text line for deaf and other communication difficulties 0191 +447919228548

or visit NTW - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Please be aware if you have a Durham postcode and need to access Crisis's services, you should call the Durham and Darlington Immediate Response Team on 08000 516 171.

If you live in South Tyneside:

The Initial Response Service (IRS) is a team of experienced mental health staff offering assessment and home treatment for people aged 18 and over experiencing a mental health crisis. The team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

**The crisis team does not provide an 'emergency' service such as a 999 response**

The Crisis Team - Call: free phone 0800 652 2867 or visit: www.cntw.nhs.uk

If you live in Sunderland:

Children and Young People's Service (CYPS) 0191 566 5500

Children and Young people's Intensive Community Treatment Service (ICTS) 0191 520 5560

Childline - 0800 1111

NHS Helpline 111

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The Crisis Team :: South Tyneside and Sunderland Mental Health Services

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The Newcastle & Gateshead Crisis Team is a team of experienced mental health staff offering assessment and home treatment for people aged 18 and over experiencing a mental health crisis. The team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Food banks provide practical support for individuals and families who may be struggling to afford food or essential household items. They can offer emergency food parcels, advice and signposting to other local services that may be able to help.

South Tyneside Council provides information about local food banks and support available for residents experiencing financial difficulties. If you or your family need support, please speak to school or another local support service who can help you access the right support.

🌐 Website: https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/1471/Food-banks

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Key Community – Support for Young People and Families

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Key Community – Support for Young People and Families

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Key Community is a South Tyneside charity that supports young people, families and local people experiencing hardship. Their services include support for young people at risk of homelessness, wellbeing support, family support, and help for people experiencing financial difficulties. (keycommunity.org.uk) (keycommunity.org.uk)

Key Community also provides practical support through services such as the Key to Life Foodbank and community initiatives that help local people access advice, support and resources. (keycommunity.org.uk)

📞 Telephone: 0191 496 9710
📧 Email: hello@keycommunity.org.uk
🌐 Website: https://keycommunity.org.uk/

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YP Matrix – Support for Young People and Families

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YP Matrix provides confidential support, advice and information for young people under the age of 18 in South Tyneside who are affected by drug or alcohol use, or who may be at risk of developing problems.

The service supports young people, families and carers with understanding substance use, making positive changes and accessing further support. (ypmatrix.org)

YP Matrix can also support parents, carers and professionals with advice, information and guidance to help them support a young person.

📞 Telephone: 0191 497 5637
📧 Email: matrixenquiries@southtyneside.gov.uk
🌐 Website: https://www.ypmatrix.org/

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We support young people under 25 in South Tyneside, as well as their families and carers. If you have questions about drugs or alcohol, or just want someone to talk to, we’re here to listen. We’ll support you in a way that works for you and help you explore your options at your own pace. […]

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Childline – Report Remove (Online Safety Support)

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Childline’s Report Remove tool helps young people report and remove nude images or videos shared online without their consent. It provides advice and support to help young people stay safe online and understand what steps they can take if something has been shared or posted about them.

Young people can access free and confidential support from Childline for worries about online safety, bullying, abuse or anything that is making them feel uncomfortable.

🌐 Website: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/report-remove/

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Content warning: This section includes graphic sexual descriptions.

A nude image must include one of the following to be removed:

nude or semi-nude sexual posing

someone nude or semi-nude touching themselves in a sexual way

any sexual activity involving a child

someone hurting someone else sexually

sexual activity that includes animals.

Where possible, it is better if you can upload the original image or video, or a copy of it, rather than a photograph of it on another screen. This helps IWF find the image more accurately.

If you want to report something that isn't a nude image or video to see if it can be taken down, you can see more information from Childline about deleting things shared online here. You can make a report to CEOP, the part of the police who are there to support children and young people online. You can always speak to a Childline counsellor.

Confirming your age with ID gives us more legal powers to remove images from as many places as possible. If you don't have ID or feel comfortable using it, we can still take down images, but from fewer places.

You can use the following ID to confirm your identity using Yoti:

passport or biometric residence permit

driving licence and provisional licence

Young Scot Card (Yoti app only)

CitizenCard (Yoti app only).

If you don't have any of these, you can get a young person's ID card. You'll be able to get this for £5 with the promo code NSPCC5. Make sure you choose 'Yoti CitizenCard' on the first page.

Whatever ID you use, please make sure that it is valid and in-date.

IWF will read all reports within one working day, from Monday to Friday. The time it takes to get your image removed from the internet can be different depending on where the image is hosted.

If the image is on a UK-based website it can often be removed within 2-3 hours. Unfortunately, in some countries it can take longer - sometimes days or weeks. But IWF analysts will always try to make sure it happens as soon as possible.

We'll do our best to let you know once your image has been removed by sending a message to your  Childline locker.

We recommend you check your locker every few days after you make a report. This is so you can see if your image has been removed, and so Childline can let you know if IWF need more information to be able to remove it. Remember, IWF can't contact you directly.

If you need support to help you cope while you're waiting, you can also speak to a Childline counsellor any time.

When you use Report Remove, your image or video is shared with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). They'll work to get your image removed from the internet. See 'Who are the IWF?' to learn about how that happens.

Most of the time, nobody will know that you've made a report and your report won't be shared with anyone else.

If the police already have the image or video you report, then they might investigate what's happened. Only the police can decide if they'll need to tell someone else.

The police might already have your image or video if:

someone has reported it on another website and that website passed it to the police

they're investigating someone who had or has the image or video already (if someone is found to have your image and is breaking the law - regardless of how, it may be included as evidence in a criminal case against that person

someone else reported the image to them directly.

Remember that the police are there to protect you, not to get you into trouble. If the image has been reported somewhere else and you're worried, you can always  speak to a Childline counsellor.

If you have parental controls on your phone your parent or carer might see when you want to download a new app, so they might get a notification if you try to download Yoti and want to know why. To avoid this, use the second option to prove your age (called 'ID verification').

The IWF can remove images that are public or available to anyone on the internet. However, they won't be able to remove images or videos on encrypted networks like WhatsApp, or which are saved on a person's phone or computer.

If you're over 13 and you've made a report without using ID, then there may be some sites the IWF can't take images down from.

If you don't use ID the IWF can help by removing your image or video from most sites. If you do use ID, the IWF can remove from all sites

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK charity, are there to help remove illegal nude images of under 18s posted online.

Once the IWF has confirmed your nude image is against the law and can be removed from the internet they give it a digital fingerprint called a 'hash'. The hash can be used to find your image online even if it has been cropped or slightly changed.

Sharing just the hash with certain trusted companies and organisations, means that technology can be used to find online matches of the image - this is key to trying to stop it appearing in different places on the internet. Even though the hashes and images are shared with UK police, this is so that if they came across the image some other way, they'd know that you also reported it yourself. Report Remove was developed with the full support of the police and no one involved wants to get you into trouble for sharing the image so it can be removed.

Different companies use the hash in different ways. For example, if an illegal image match is found to have been shared by an online account holder, a company may decide to close that person's account as posting illegal images will be against the company's terms and conditions. If your image(s) are found on or are linked to your online user account(s) it may be possible for the company to associate your profile with the images.

The companies that take the hashes trust the Report Remove process, however if they have significant concerns that the person in the image may not be the person who was age verified, they may get in touch with the IWF to raise their concerns.

There are 3 organisations that help you report your image using Report Remove. These are Childline, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and also Yoti if you are 13 or older and choose to prove your age using ID. All of them have a responsibility to keep all of your personal information safe.

1. We'll ask you to choose your age range (under 13, 13-15, 16-17, 18 and over). If you're under 13, you'll go straight to step 3. If you're aged 13 or older, us at Childline will ask you if you have access to ID to prove your age. If you do, you'll be asked to visit Yoti. The only information we will share with Yoti is that you are wanting to prove your age to use Report Remove.

2. Once you prove your age using Yoti, you will come back to Report Remove on Childline. The only information Yoti will share with Childline is confirmation that you're younger or older than 18.

3. We'll then ask you to create or sign in to a Childline account. Then you'll go to the IWF website to share the content you want removed. Childline will only share the information below with IWF:

that you're younger than 18 (either confirmed by Yoti, or that you told us you are younger than 18),

the age range you selected at the start,

a unique number that is created when you use Report Remove.

4. After your report has been passed to the IWF, they will tell Childline if they were able to work to take the images or video down from the internet, and why. This is so Childline can let you know what happened. IWF may also tell Childline some information about what you reported, to help them know how best to support you and keep you safe. IWF will never share an image or video that you report with Childline.

Information you give to Childline
Any information you give Childline will always be treated carefully and in line with our  Privacy Policy. This means that any information you give us as part of Report Remove will only be used to help the IWF review your report and to keep you safe. This will include the age range that you select and a unique number that's created when you go onto the IWF website. We will not share any of your information with Yoti.
Information you give to IWF
The only information you will give to the IWF are the images, videos or URLs you report. There is space to add information such as where the image or video is on a webpage.

They will process this in line with their privacy policy.

Nude images and videos that IWF decide are illegal may be kept by the IWF for up to 2 years. This is because there is an agreement with the Police and CPS (Crime Prosecution Service), called a 'Memorandum of Understanding' (MOU). Illegal images are given a hash (a string of numbers that are like a digital fingerprint). The hash is shared with organisations such as technology companies who host online content, so that they can look for the image and take it down. The actual image is not shared with these companies. The image and the hash are shared with the police who store it on their Child Abuse Image Database. Any images or videos that they decide are not illegal may be kept for a maximum of 6 months for quality checking and any follow up questions. They will then be deleted. Sometimes, even if it's decided that the content isn't illegal, IWF can share the content URL with some industry members to see if they can take the content down.

If you report a URL (link to a webpage), and choose not to prove your age using ID, IWF will still check to see if the content is something they can take action on. If so IWF may share the URL with South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL), who are a charity who help people who have had intimate images of them shared online. SWGfL will never view the content on a URL that is shared with them. SWGfL send a notice to internet companies that host the webpage you reported, to tell them to take it down. This is because IWF can only send a notice to companies to take a specific webpage down when it is confirmed it is of a child. SWGfL can also send notice to take down content, but they do not need to prove it is of a child. This helps get your images or videos from even more places.

Childline will never see what pictures, videos or URLs you share with the IWF. The only information the IWF shares with Childline apart from your case number is whether or not they could take down your images or videos, and why, so we can let you know, as well as information about the image or video that you reported that will help Childline to support you and keep you safe.

Information you give to Yoti
You can choose to use Yoti to confirm your age if you're over 13. This may involve taking a selfie, so Yoti know it is you who are proving your age, and uploading a picture of some ID. Any personal data you send Yoti - like your photo, date of birth or address - is scrambled with a high level of encryption so that even if it was stolen, no one could use it to identify you. The only information Yoti shares with Childline is confirmation that you're under or over 18.

You can see Yoti's privacy policy here, and more information about their age portal here, which is what is used in Report Remove to prove your age.

If you're using the Yoti app, Yoti may use the selfie, month and year of birth you add to the Yoti app to improve its age estimation technology. You can opt out from this in the More> My Data> Biometric consent menu of the app.

There are lots of ways to get help with your report:

if you're having problems with Yoti, you can contact them directly in the app.

if you need any support with making your report send a message to Childline with the title 'Report Remove'.

Childline counsellors are always here for you and want to help. And you can  talk to them  about anything you're going through.
I have a technical issue, what should I do?

Try using your default browser and close private browsing if you're using the Yoti app.

See if you can log in to your locker and send an email to Childline explaining your problem and the team will be able to help.

Make sure the ID you're using is valid and in-date (not expired).

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CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) helps children and young people stay safe online. Their website provides advice and support about online issues, including online abuse, inappropriate contact, exploitation and how to report concerns.

Young people, parents and carers can access information, guidance and reporting tools to help stay safe when using the internet.

🌐 Website: https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

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Are you being bullied?

If you are being bullied, or you are not ready to make a report to CEOP, you can talk to Childline anonymously online or on the phone - No worry is too big or too small.

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Message: 07480 635 607.

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Lifecycle – South Tyneside Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service

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Lifecycle provides mental health support for children and young people in South Tyneside who may be experiencing difficulties with their emotional wellbeing, including anxiety, low mood, stress and other mental health concerns. The service offers advice, assessment and support for young people and their families.

Parents/carers and young people aged 16 or under can self-refer to the service by completing a referral form. For advice, support with referrals or any queries, please contact Lifecycle on 0191 524 3535.

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The Healthy Minds Team is a school-based NHS mental health service supporting children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, self-esteem and resilience. Support is available through your child's school.

If you feel your child would benefit from support, please speak to a member of staff or your school's Mental Health Lead to discuss a referral.

Telephone: 0191 524 3553

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If you've witnessed or been the victim of crime, please report it. It will help us bring the offender to justice and make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.

Is it an emergency?

Does it feel like the situation could get heated or violent very soon? Is someone in immediate danger? Do you need support right away? If so, please call 999 now.

If you need a non-emergency police response

If you are the victim of crime or have witnessed any non-emergency incident occurring within the Northumbria Police area use our online reporting form below.

For general enquiries text us on: 07786 200814. Remember to report a crime or incident please use our report an incident form.

For people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired: 07786 200815

If you are calling from outside of England & Wales, please call: (+ 44) 1661 872 555

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Get help and support on a wide range of issues.

Helpline: 0800 1111 (free confidential service)

🌐 Website: www.childline.org.uk

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If you're in danger or it's an emergency, you should always call 999

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Get help and advice about a wide range of issues, call us on 0800 1111, talk to a counsellor online, send Childline an email or post on the message boards.

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Karma Nirvana – Support for Honour Based Abuse and Forced Marriage

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Karma Nirvana – Support for Honour Based Abuse and Forced Marriage

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Karma Nirvana provides free and confidential support for people affected by Honour Based Abuse (HBA) and forced marriage. They offer advice, guidance and practical support for anyone experiencing abuse, feeling at risk, or concerned about someone else. (karmanirvana.org.uk)

Their specialist helpline is available for victims, families and professionals seeking support or advice.

📞 Helpline: 0800 5999 247 (Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm)
🌐 Website: https://karmanirvana.org.uk/

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Our goal is to end Honour Based Abuse in the UK. We run a national helpline, offer training to professionals, gather data to inform policies and services, and campaign for change.

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Beat provides support to young people with eating disorders.
Call: 0808 801 0711
Online chat:
www.support.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
EMail: fyp@beateatingdisorders.org.uk

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If you call our Helpline you will speak to a trained support worker experienced in listening and talking to people in a similar situation to you. We know it can be difficult to reach out for help and talk about what you are feeling and going through, but we aim to provide a supportive, non-judgemental space.

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Support and advice to anyone concerned about drugs, including alcohol and legal highs.
Call: 0808 16 89 111
Text: 82111
Web: www.talktofrank.com/contact

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The cost of sending a text to FRANK is the same as a standard text message - which will depend on your network tariff. There is no charge for receiving text messages from FRANK. Please don't send picture messages as FRANK can't view them.

Remember you can always call or email FRANK anytime if you need more information and advice about drugs.

The information you give to FRANK will only be used for internal training and improving the service. It will not be passed to other organisations or third parties that are not directly connected with FRANK and you will not receive more communication from FRANK unless you have asked for it.

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Kooth – Online Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

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Kooth – Online Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

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Kooth provides free, safe and confidential online mental health support for young people. It offers access to wellbeing advice, self-help resources, community support and the opportunity to chat online with trained professionals about worries, stress, anxiety, low mood and other challenges.

Young people can access Kooth without a referral by creating an anonymous account online.

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Free UK 24/7 text service for anyone in a crisis anytime, anywhere.

Text 'SHOUT' to 85258

🌐 Website: https://giveusashout.org/

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Shout - UK's 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support

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Shout 85258 is the UK's first 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis. Get free, confidential mental health support anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

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Support for young people with their mental health.

Urgent Help: Text YM to 8525
🌐 Website: www.youngminds.org.uk

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YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People

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Offer a safe place you to talk anytime you like, about whatever is getting to you.

Call: 116 123

EMail: jo@samaritans.org

🌐 Website: www.samaritans.org

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Resources, self care information and a youth well-being directory.

🌐 Website: www.annafreud.org

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Self help resources for issues commonly faced by teens.

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CEOP Education – Online Safety Support for Young People

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CEOP Education – Online Safety Support for Young People

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CEOP Education provides online safety advice and support for young people aged 11–18. The website helps young people understand how to stay safe online, including information about relationships, socialising online, online privacy, sexual content, online harassment and where to get help if something goes wrong.

Young people can access advice, guidance and support to help them make safer choices online. If they are worried about something that has happened online, they can also find information about reporting concerns through CEOP.

🌐 Website: https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/11_18/

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LGBT+ North East – Support for Young People and Families

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LGBT+ North East – Support for Young People and Families

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LGBT+ North East provides friendly and practical support for LGBT+ young people aged 11–25 and their families across South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham.

The service offers support around gender identity and sexual orientation, including one-to-one support, opportunities to meet other LGBT+ young people, family support, sexual health guidance and help accessing further services.

Young people, families and professionals can access support through self-referral or by contacting the service directly.

📞 Telephone: 01325 731160
📧 Email: lgbt@waythrough.org.uk
🌐 Website: https://www.waythrough.org.uk/find-support-near-me/lgbt-north-east/

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Mermaids – Support for Trans, Non-Binary and Gender-Diverse Young People

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Mermaids – Support for Trans, Non-Binary and Gender-Diverse Young People

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Mermaids is a charity that supports trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and young people, as well as their families and professionals supporting them. They provide information, guidance, emotional support and opportunities to connect with others through online communities and support services.

Young people and families can access advice and support around gender identity, questions they may have, and how to access further help.

🌐 Website: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
📞 Support Line: 0808 801 0400 (Monday–Friday, 1pm–8:30pm)

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Switchboard LGBT+ – LGBTQIA+ Support Line

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Switchboard LGBT+ – LGBTQIA+ Support Line

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Switchboard is a free and confidential LGBTQIA+ support service for anyone who wants to talk about sexuality, gender identity, relationships, sexual health or simply how they are feeling.

The service provides a safe, non-judgemental space where people can speak with trained volunteers who understand LGBTQIA+ experiences.

Support is available by phone, email or online chat for anyone in the UK, including young people, families and anyone looking for information or someone to talk to.

📞 Phone: 0800 0119 100
🌐 Website: https://switchboard.lgbt/

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Switchboard provides a one-stop listening service for LGBT+ people on the phone,
by email and through Instant Messaging.
Find out more here.

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National College – Online Safety Support for Parents

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National College – Online Safety Support for Parents

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The National College provides online safety guides and resources to help parents and carers support their children in the digital world. Their resources cover topics such as social media, gaming, apps, online risks and how to have conversations with children about staying safe online.

Parents can access practical advice and guidance to help understand the challenges children may face online and learn how to promote safer, healthier use of technology.

🌐 Website: https://nationalcollege.com/parents

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Meet your statutory requirements in online safety

All of our training and resources have been designed in line with the latest DfE, Ofsted and wider government guidance around online safety

Keeping children safe in education

Statutory safeguarding guidance which states all staff should have online safety training and schools should implement a whole-school approach

Teaching online safety in schools

Guidance which support schools to teach pupils how to stay safe online within existing subjects across the curriculum

Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education

Statutory curriculum guidance which states that children should be taught about the rules and principles for staying safe online

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Online Safety Training For Schools | National Online Safety

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Our online safety training courses, webinars and resources enable schools to keep children safe online and meet statutory online safety requirements.

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Mind – Mental Health Information and Support

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Mind – Mental Health Information and Support

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Mind provides information, advice and support to help people understand and manage their mental health. Their website offers guidance on a wide range of mental health topics, wellbeing advice and information about accessing further support.

🌐 Website: https://www.mind.org.uk/

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Resources to help children and young people with sleep routine.

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Not getting enough sleep can be bad for our health - and not just because we feel tired during the day.

If your brain hasn't had time to rest and recover, you might find it difficult to concentrate, you might forget things or make mistakes; not great when you have a busy day at school!

Lack of sleep can also affect how you feel, making you stressed, anxious or grumpy - which can in turn make it more difficult to get to sleep.

Your body can also feel negative effects if you don't get enough sleep.
Without enough time to naturally 'fix' itself, you might be more likely to get unwell - and you might even crave unhealthy, sugary food to give you energy and help keep you awake.

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Not getting enough sleep can be bad for our health - and not just because we feel tired during the day. If your brain hasn't had time to rest and recover, you might find it difficult to concentrate, you might forget things or make mistakes; not great when you have a busy day at school!

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Get help with grief after bereavement or loss

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Read practical tips and advice on what to do if you’re struggling with bereavement, grief and loss.

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Short video with helpful advice to establish routines and sleep hygiene.

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Concerned about a child?
If you are worried that a child is at risk of harm or neglect, contact South Tyneside Children's Social Care for advice or to report your concerns. If a child is in immediate danger, always call 999.

Contact Details

South Tyneside Children's Social Care
Telephone: 0191 424 5010 (Office Hours)

Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team: 0191 456 2093

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How to report a concern - South Tyneside Council

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Report a concern about a child (safeguarding and abuse)

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Looking for advice, information or support for a child or family? South Tyneside Children's Services provide a range of services to help children, young people and families. Click the image to find out more about the support available in your local area. If you are concerned that a child is at immediate risk of harm, call 999 or contact Children's Social Care.

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Helpful information and resources on a number of issues.
Helpline: 0808 808 4994
Web: www.themix.org.uk/get-support

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Essential support for under 25s

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Welcome to The Mix's Get Support section. Here you can visit our discussion boards, use our Group Chat Service and speak to our advisors.