Feeling worried or anxious?
For information on the Trust Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy please click here
In the Weldon family it is important that we all work together to help with any problems you may have in or out of school. We want to make sure that our school is a safe, friendly and fun place to be. On this page, you can find information on support services available to you, resources for self-help, and local foodbank information.
At WVA we are one big family and it matters to us that everyone in that family is ok. We know that life can be challenging at times and sometimes we all need some extra support.
You can email worried@weldonva and someone from the safeguarding team will help you.
This is a CONFIDENTIAL way to stop you or a friend suffering. You don’t have to leave your details if you don’t want to.
‘Take care of yourself before you take care of your performance’
Need someone to talk to?
Don’t worry if you usually get help & support in school. During the time we are closed you can pick from the suggested list of services if you need to talk to someone:
Service Name | Information/Support Offered | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
NHS 111 Mental Health Support | Call to speak to a first responder from the NHS. Open 24/7. National. Available to everyone. | Call 111 and press option 2 |
Young Minds | Text message support. Open 24/7. National. Texts are free from EE, O2, Vodafone, 3, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile, GiffGaff, Tesco Mobile and Telecom Plus. | Text YM to 85258 |
Childline | Call, chat online or email. Open 24/7. National. Available to anyone under 19 years old. | 0800 1111 |
Samaritans | Call or email. Open 24/7. National. Available to everyone. | 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org |
Shout | Text message support. Open 24/7. National. Available to everyone. | Text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 |
The Mix | Call, email, live chat, telephone counselling service and crisis text messaging service. Open 24/7. Available to anyone under 25 years old. | 0808 808 4994 |
ChatHealth | Text Messaging Service for 13-19 year olds. Open weekdays, term time only. Local. | Text 07480635443 |
School Nursing | Call to speak to a member of the Northamptonshire school nurse team. Local. Available to young people. | 0800 170 7055 option 4 |
Kooth | Online support. Open daily until 10pm. Also has peer-to-peer support moderated forums, and a range of self-help materials. Available to young people. |
Coping Strategies
Relaxation | Mindfulness Colouring: colouring a picture. |
Thinking about something good | Example: sit and draw a picture about a time when you were on holiday. Think about: What were you doing? What could you see? Who were you with? What were you wearing? What could you smell? |
Leaving a Situation | Leaving the room and coming back later. |
Talking to Someone | Talking to someone, including assertiveness and seeking advice and support. |
Mental Games | Practice mental games to shift your attention (2-3 minutes): Alphabet games (naming someone famous for each pair of initials: AB, BC, CD). |
Apps and Resources for self-help
Below you can find a variety of resources for you to support your mental health and well-being. This list is just a suggestion of some resources and some of these you may have to pay for. There are more resources online, some of the suggested resources may direct you to them.
Resource | Link | Information |
|---|---|---|
Keep Your Head | This website is a central point for information on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This site signposts you to important online information and local services on mental health and wellbeing for young people. It’s for children, young people, parents, carers, teachers and other professionals. | |
Young Minds | One of the UK’s leading charities fighting for children and young people’s mental health. They provide a variety of information for yourself and friends. | |
STEM4 | Stem4 is a charity that promotes positive mental health in teenagers and those who support them including their families and carers, education professionals, as well as school nurses and GPs through the provision of mental health education, resilience strategies and early intervention. They cover topics such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and addiction. | |
Childline | Childline is a service that’s run by the NSPCC. They support every child or young person in the UK. They have a large variety of information, in many formats such a activities, videos and articles. They offer a support line, as well as provide information and advice, a tool box of resources, and real life stories. | |
The Mix | One of the UK’s leading support service for young people. They aim to to help you take on any challenge you’re facing – from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. | |
Mind | Mind is an UK charity providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They provide a vast amount information and advice, available to anyone and all ages. | |
Calm Harm (part of STEM) | Calm Harm is a free app to help teenagers manage or resist the urge to self-harm. | |
Clear fear (part of STEM) | Clear Fear is a free app to help children and young people manage the symptoms of anxiety. | |
Move Mood | Move Mood is a free app to help young people manage the behaviours associated with low mood or depression | |
Combined Minds (part of STEM) | Combined Minds is a free app to help families and friends provide mental health support. | |
What’s Up | Use the positive and negative habit tracker to maintain your good habits |
Local Foodbanks
Food banks provide food for free to people who struggle to afford to buy enough food to eat. Weldon Village Academy’s local foodbanks can be found here:
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