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This term we are going for our first pledge in the Attachment Informed and Trauma Sensitive Accreditation. The first pledge is called 'Act to Make a Difference'. This is where we audit where we are and identify our next steps. Through this process we have appointed Nurture Ambassadors.

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If you or somebody else is needing a bit of emotional support, it can be a little scary knowing what to Google, who to turn to and what you can do to manage your emotions in a healthy way. It's important to talk to someone about how you are feeling. This could be a family member or friend, your GP or by calling a helpline.

Remember if you or someone else is in immediate danger call 999.

There are a range of organisations that can offer immediate support for your mental health:

NHS 24: 111 (open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day)

Childline: 0800 1111 (open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day)

Samaritans: 116 123 (open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day)

Papyrus: 0800 068 4141 (open 365 days a year, 9am - midnight)

Below is a list of organisations offering a variety of forms of support.

Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK offers support, advice and information on a range of anxiety, stress and anxiety-based depression conditions.

Call: 03444 775 774

Text: 07537 416905

Helplines are open 9.30AM - 5.30PM, Monday - Friday (except bank holidays).

Visit their website to use Anxia - a chatbot that can help provide support.

BEAT

Eating disorder charity who offer different support services depending on your age.

Call Youthline (Under 18s): 0808 801 0711

Call the Helpline (18+): 0808 801 0432

Helplines are open 365 days a year from 9am-midnight during the week and 4pm-midnight on weekends and bank holidays.

Email support: scotlandhelp@beateatingdisorders.org.uk

Online chat room.

Breathing Space

Free, confidential, phone service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.

Open Monday - Thursday 6pm - 2am and from 6pm on Friday to 6am on Monday.

Call: 0800 83 85 87

Barnardo's

Barnardo's, a children's charity, has set up a dedicated Ukrainian Support Helpline with access to interpreters in Ukrainian and Russian. Their helpline hours are Monday - Friday 10.00am - 8.00pm and Saturday 10.00am - 3.00pm. You are encouraged to contact them either by phone on 0800 148 8586, by email ukrainiansupport@barnardos.org.uk or by completing their online form.

Calm Harm

An app to help teenagers manage or resist the urge to self-harm by providing a wide range of distraction techniques.

Childline

Support for anyone under 19 years old.

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Call: 0800 1111

Visit the Childline website for a digital chat.

Cruse Bereavement Care

Operates a free helpline for those dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Open Monday and Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Tuesday - Thursday 9.30am-8pm.

Call: 0808 802 6161

Email: info@crusescotland.org.uk

Cruse Webchat.

LGBT Youth Scotland

Live chat on their website four times a week where you can chat directly with trained youth workers in real-time about whatever is on your mind.

Their session hours run from:

Monday: 4pm to 8pm

Tuesday: 6pm to 8pm

Wednesday: 4pm to 8pm

Thursday: 6pm to 8pm

You can also email info@lgbtyouth.org.uk outwith these hours if you need support.

LGBT Foundation

Operates a helpline offering non-judgemental support and advice on a range of topics.

Open weekdays 9am-9pm (excluding bank holidays and religious festivals).

Call: 0345 3 30 30 30

Email: info@lgbt.foundation (it can take up to 10 working days for a reply)

NHS Inform

Self-help guide on anxiety.

NSPCC

Parental and child mental health support.

Open Monday to Friday 8am - 10pm or 9am - 6pm at the weekends.

Call: 0808 800 5000

Email: help@nspcc.org.uk

You can also report online.

PAPYRUS HOPELine

Young suicide prevention society.

9am - midnight every day of the year (weekends and Bank Holidays included).

Call: 0800 068 4141

Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org

Text: 07860039967

Samaritans

Emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or at risk of suicide.

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Call: 116 123

Email: jo@samaritans.org

SAMH Information Service

Seeking Support, information or for a chat about mental health.

Open 9am - 6pm, Monday - Friday (closed Bank Holidays).

Shout

Text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. A place to go if you are struggling to cope and need immediate help.

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Text: SHOUT to 85258

Sleep Scotland

If you're struggling with your sleep, Sleep Scotland can provide support. Email them initially to arrange a phone call.

Open Monday - Thursday 10am - 4pm.

Email: sleepsupport@sleepscotland.org

The British Red Cross

The British Red Cross has information about a range of support services. They have a helpline on 0808 196 3651, which is open daily between 10am - 6pm, and you can ask for an interpreter if you need one.

The Mix

Support for anyone up to 25 years old.

Their phone line is open 3pm - 12am every day of the year.

Call: 0808 808 4994

Their crisis text support service, is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Text: Text THEMIX to 85258

You can speak to the team at The Mix via their website.

Young Minds Crisis Messenger

Text message service for young people looking for help and support with mental health.

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Text: YM to 85258

CAMHS

If things are getting too much and you are struggling to cope, you can get help from Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). You can find details of what your local NHS can do to help you here.

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Who to Contact for Mental Health Support

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Tips and advice you can trust to help with the ups and downs of parenting. Through pregnancy to toddler tantrums and starting school, all the way up to those tricky teenage years, Parent Club is here to help.

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Improve your mental health and wellbeing | SAMH

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There are lots of things we can do every day to support our wellbeing. The New Economic Foundation suggests the following five ways to better wellbeing. Staying in touch with loved ones can make us feel happier and more secure; and often just having a chat can help to lift our mood.

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It can be easy to rush through life without stopping to notice the details around you - like sights, sounds and how you're feeling.

Mindfulness can help you to become more aware of the world around you, as well as your thoughts and feelings. This can have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing.

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a technique where you bring your attention to what's happening in the present moment. You might try to become more aware of things that you can:

Another part of mindfulness is being aware of your thoughts and feelings as they happen.

Benefits of mindfulness

To practice mindfulness, you should isolate your senses and focus on the present. For example, focus on things that you can see in your current position, or what you hear. This can calm your thoughts and make you more relaxed. If you're feeling stressed or anxious, focusing on the present can put things in perspective and make it easier to deal with problems.

Mindfulness also brings your attention to your thoughts and feelings. By becoming more aware of them, you can start to notice when they take over. This can help you to spot feelings of stress and anxiety earlier which can make them easier to deal with.

Mindfulness is also a good way to take time out for yourself. It can help you relax, recharge and refocus. Mindfulness techniques can also help you sleep better.

How to practice mindfulness

If you'd like to practice mindfulness, you could:

follow a guided meditation through a podcast or online video

put on relaxing music and light a candle, then focus on the sounds and scents they create

go for a walk or sit outdoors and think about the sights and sounds there

think about 5 things you can see, wherever you are

think about 4 things you can see, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can hear and 1 thing you can smell, wherever you are

do activities like yoga or tai-chi to help develop an awareness of your breathing

use a mindfulness app like Calm or Headspace

try the Feeling Good app - ask your GP if they can refer you for a free account, or access a free account yourself with the option to pay for some features

Mindfulness is easy to practice. You don't need any training or special equipment, and it doesn't cost money. You can do it anywhere, at any time.

You can practice mindfulness for just a few minutes, or longer depending on how much time you have. You could try to do it at a regular time so that it becomes routine. For example, at lunchtime or on your commute to work.

There are many ways to practice mindfulness in your day-to-day life. You can try different options until you find what works for you.

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11 July 2024

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Find out how mindfulness can have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing and learn how to practice it in your day-to-day-life.

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1. Definition of a child

A child is any person under the age of 18.

2. No discrimination

All children have all these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what language they speak, what their religion is, what they think, what they look like, if they are a boy or girl, if they have a disability, if they are rich or poor, and no matter who their parents or families are or what their parents or families believe or do. No child should be treated unfairly for any reason.

3. Best interests of the child

When adults make decisions, they should think about how their decisions will affect children. All adults should do what is best for children. Governments should make sure children are protected and looked after by their parents, or by other people when this is needed. Governments should make sure that people and places responsible for looking after children are doing a good job.

4. Making rights real

Governments must do all they can to make sure that every child in their countries can enjoy all the rights in this Convention.

5. Family guidance as children develop

Governments should let families and communities guide their children so that, as they grow up, they learn to use their rights in the best way. The more children grow, the less guidance they will need.

6. Life survival and development

Every child has the right to be alive. Governments must make sure that children survive and develop in the best possible way.

7. Name and nationality

Children must be registered when they are born and given a name which is officially recognized by the government. Children must have a nationality (belong to a country). Whenever possible, children should know their parents and be looked after by them.

8. Identity

Children have the right to their own identity - an official record of who they are which includes their name, nationality and family relations. No one should take this away from them, but if this happens, governments must help children to quickly get their identity back.

9. Keeping families together

Children should not be separated from their parents unless they are not being properly looked after - for example, if a parent hurts or does not take care of a child. Children whose parents don't live together should stay in contact with both parents unless this might harm the child.

10. Contact with parents across countries

If a child lives in a different country than their parents, governments must let the child and parents travel so that they can stay in contact and be together.

11. Protection from kidnapping

Governments must stop children being taken out of the country when this is against the law - for example, being kidnapped by someone or held abroad by a parent when the other parent does not agree.

12. Respect for children's views

Children have the right to give their opinions freely on issues that affect them. Adults should listen and take children seriously.

13. Sharing thoughts freely

Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think and feel, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms other people.

14. Freedom of thought and religion

Children can choose their own thoughts, opinions and religion, but this should not stop other people from enjoying their rights. Parents can guide children so that as they grow up, they learn to properly use this right.

15. Setting up or joining groups

Children can join or set up groups or organisations, and they can meet with others, as long as this does not harm other people.

16. Protection of privacy

Every child has the right to privacy. The law must protect children's privacy, family, home, communications and reputation (or good name) from any attack.

17. Access to information

Children have the right to get information from the Internet, radio, television, newspapers, books and other sources. Adults should make sure the information they are getting is not harmful. Governments should encourage the media to share information from lots of different sources, in languages that all children can understand.

18. Responsibility of parents

Parents are the main people responsible for bringing up a child. When the child does not have any parents, another adult will have this responsibility and they are called a "guardian". Parents and guardians should always consider what is best for that child. Governments should help them. Where a child has both parents, both of them should be responsible for bringing up the child.

19. Protection from violence

Governments must protect children from violence, abuse and being neglected by anyone who looks after them.

20. Children without families

Every child who cannot be looked after by their own family has the right to be looked after properly by people who respect the child's religion, culture, language and other aspects of their life.

21. Children who are adopted

When children are adopted, the most important thing is to do what is best for them. If a child cannot be properly looked after in their own country - for example by living with another family - then they might be adopted in another country.

22. Refugee children

Children who move from their home country to another country as refugees (because it was not safe for them to stay there) should get help and protection and have the same rights as children born in that country.

23. Children with disabilities

Every child with a disability should enjoy the best possible life in society. Governments should remove all obstacles for children with disabilities to become independent and to participate actively in the community.

24. Health, water, food, environment

Children have the right to the best health care possible, clean water to drink, healthy food and a clean and safe environment to live in. All adults and children should have information about how to stay safe and healthy.

25. Review of a child's placement

Every child who has been placed somewhere away from home - for their care, protection or health - should have their situation checked regularly to see if everything is going well and if this is still the best place for the child to be.

26. Social and economic help

Governments should provide money or other support to help children from poor families.

27. Food, clothing, a safe home

Children have the right to food, clothing and a safe place to live so they can develop in the best possible way. The government should help families and children who cannot afford this.

28. Access to education

Every child has the right to an education. Primary education should be free. Secondary and higher education should be available to every child. Children should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level possible. Discipline in schools should respect children's rights and never use violence.

29. Aims of education

Children's education should help them fully develop their personalities, talents and abilities. It should teach them to understand their own rights, and to respect other people's rights, cultures and differences. It should help them to live peacefully and protect the environment.

30. Minority culture, language and religion

Children have the right to use their own language, culture and religion - even if these are not shared by most people in the country where they live.

31. Rest, play, culture, arts

Every child has the right to rest, relax, play and to take part in cultural and creative activities.

32. Protection from harmful work

Children have the right to be protected from doing work that is dangerous or bad for their education, health or development. If children work, they have the right to be safe and paid fairly.

33. Protection from harmful drugs

Governments must protect children from taking, making, carrying or selling harmful drugs.

34. Protection from sexual abuse

The government should protect children from sexual exploitation (being taken advantage of) and sexual abuse, including by people forcing children to have sex for money, or making sexual pictures or films of them.

35. Prevention of sale and trafficking

Governments must make sure that children are not kidnapped or sold, or taken to other countries or places to be exploited (taken advantage of).

36. Protection from exploitation

Children have the right to be protected from all other kinds of exploitation (being taken advantage of), even if these are not specifically mentioned in this Convention.

37. Children in detention

Children who are accused of breaking the law should not be killed, tortured, treated cruelly, put in prison forever, or put in prison with adults. Prison should always be the last choice and only for the shortest possible time. Children in prison should have legal help and be able to stay in contact with their family.

38. Protection in war

Children have the right to be protected during war. No child under 15 can join the army or take part in war.

39. Recovery and reintegration

Children have the right to get help if they have been hurt, neglected, treated badly or affected by war, so they can get back their health and dignity.

40. Children who break the law

Children accused of breaking the law have the right to legal help and fair treatment. There should be lots of solutions to help these children become good members of their communities. Prison should only be the last choice.

41. Best law for children applies

If the laws of a country protect children's rights better than this Convention, then those laws should be used.

42. Everyone must know children's rights

Governments should actively tell children and adults about this Convention so that everyone knows about children's rights.

43 to 54. How the Convention works

These articles explain how governments, the United Nations - including the Committee on the Rights of Child and UNICEF - and other organisations work to make sure all children enjoy all their rights.

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The child-friendly version

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The child-friendly version

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Nutrition for children - British Nutrition Foundation

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It is important for children to have a balanced diet to get all the nutrients and energy their bodies need to grow, maintain a healthy weight, and feel good.

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Top 10 healthy meals for kids | Good Food

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Discover healthy meal ideas for kids with registered dietitian Tai Ibitoye’s favourite kid-friendly dishes. She explains exactly why these recipes are so healthy and nourishing for your little ones

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An amazing free app with access to mediations for everyone.

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Insight Timer - #1 Free Meditation App for Sleep, Relax & More

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The best meditation app with the world's largest FREE library of more than 190k guided meditations, 17k teachers & the world's most loved meditation Timer.

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In our school we have some Health and Well-being ambassadors.

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Getting Started with Mindfulness You have questions about mindfulness and meditation.Mindful has the answers. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the

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Unlock hundreds of mood-boosting meditations, relaxing sleep exercises, focus music, and more with our biggest offer of the year.

It's the healthiest, happiest deal you'll find this Black Friday, and it won't last long.

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Meditation and Sleep Made Simple - Headspace

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Live a healthier, happier, more well-rested life in just a few minutes a day with the Headspace app.

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This is the HWB framework used in school.

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Healthy Schools is a framework to guide the teaching and planning, tracking & monitoring and evaluation of Health and Wellbeing education throughout the school year. It supports co-ordination across the school and progression throughout the learner journey from Nursery though to Primary 7. It doesn't tell teachers what to teach but gives them options from suggested activities, external resources, web links to additional information and links to relevant physical resources & materials from NHS Lanarkshire resource Library. It is not about getting teachers to do anything extra. So they can use any combination of these materials alongside or instead of their own existing teaching resources.

It brings together all of the Health & Wellbeing Experiences and Outcomes into groups and aligns them with the wellbeing indicators. The year planners are the key to understanding how the resource works. A child's journey can be followed over a school year through the Health and wellbeing topics of Food and Health, Physical education, Physical Activity and Sport (PEPAS) and Healthy Lifestyles containing:

Mental, social, emotional and physical wellbeing

Planning for choices and changes

Relationships, sexual health and parenthood

Substance misuse

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Healthy Schools is a framework to guide the teaching and planning, tracking & monitoring and evaluation of Health and Wellbeing education throughout the school year. It supports co-ordination across the school and progression throughout the learner journey from Nursery though to Primary 7.

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This is the website used for our RSHP lessons.

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Go Safe with Ziggy sets young children up with skills they'll use for life. 'The activities, ideas and games are all fun, easy and engaging. They have been designed to help form positive attitudes and good habits from a young age.

Both the online and the offline materials make light work of road safety learning, bringing the main themes to life and ticking off learning outcomes across subjects in Curriculum for Excellence.

Skills that last a lifetime

Road safety lessons might start with a story or a game but the real learning will come from the experiences children have. We suggest using the stories to start the learning journey, then exploring the key themes through the active experiences and play.

This resource has been developed alongside:

Scottish Government's policy on early intervention and Curriculum for Excellence framework which encourages hands-on, multimedia experiences as well as tasks at home, nursery and school

The ambition to target three key age groups: 0-3, pre-school, and the transition into primary 1

Home learning as part of the early learning curriculum through Early Learning and Childcare centres and primary 1 classes

The aspiration to encourage and inspire young children (and the adults around them) to go on their own road safety journey through real experiences alongside Ziggy and playing, talking, and reading together

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Go Safe with Ziggy - Road Safety Scotland

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Go Safe with Ziggy sets young children up with skills they'll use for life. 'The activities, ideas and games are all fun, easy and engaging. They have been designed to help form positive attitudes and good habits from a young age.

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Improving the oral health of children in Scotland

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There is a facebook group called the Neurodevelopmental Service CYP NHSL which provides information for parents and caregivers around neurodiversity such as ADHD and Autism.

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Children and Young People Speech and Language Therapy Service | NHS Lanarkshire

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We are a team of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs), Assistant Practitioners (APs), Senior Health Care Support Workers (SHCSW) and Administration Staff. We work with families and other professionals to support children and young people across Lanarkshire. We work in various different places:

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Working with people of all ages, and Occupational Therapist can help with many aspect of daily life, ranging from early years, school, work, and environments. This could be because they have a:

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More information around SLC attachment strategy.