Mental Health & Wellbeing 

A range of different and connected factors influence our health and wellbeing.

Please follow the links below for current information regarding different mental health and wellbeing services and for guidance on mental health and wellbeing. This includes updated information regarding Covid-19.

• Calming Techniques, pleae click HERE for a short video with some useful calming techniques
• WIASS - Wolverhamptpon Information and Advice for parents and carers of children with SEN/D
• Wolverhampton Food Banks- click HERE for info 
• Click HERE for info around infection control and Childhood ilnesses
• Headstart Wolverhampton - resources to support mental wellbeing in young people
• Kooth - free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
• Mental Health Duty Team - referrals for assessments and signposting
• One You Mental Health - expert advice, practical tips to take care of your mental health
• Stress Less – advice and resources about mental health and wellbeing
• Drugs and Alcohol – help and support to make positive choices to improve your own wellbeing
• Base 25 and Believe 2 Achieve – providing emotional health and well-being services for children and young people across Wolverhampton
• Wolverhampton Social Hub - community-based mental health preventative service for the City of Wolverhampton being delivered by ‘Starfish Health and Wellbeing’
• Suicide Awareness and Support - help with identifying the issue, how to spot signs that someone needs support, what support is available locally and what we can all do to make a difference
• 5 Ways to Well Being- click here 
• Shout - for support in a crisis 
• Young Minds - Coronavirus & Mental Health
• Young Minds - Support for Parents 
• NHS- Minded-  https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/
• NHS - Every Mind Matters  https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
• Crisis - where to get advice for urgent mental health advice- https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/
• Government Guidance for supporting Children in the Coronavirus Pandemic - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing/guidance-for-parents-and-carers-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak