Our pastoral team is here to help families and students with a range of support. From negotiating paperwork, to Social, Emotional and Mental Health focus sessions.

If you need support with anything, please don’t hesitate to contact your link within the pastoral team. Here are some links to additional sources of information and support

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	Free, anonymous, digital mental wellbeing support for young people under 18, for anything, big or small
	Free, anonymous, digital mental wellbeing support for adults
	NSPCC support for children, online, on the phone, any time
	Free 1:1 counselling sessions for young people aged 8 – 21
	Get Self Help provides Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) self help and therapy resources
	Young Minds Parents’ Helpline can be contacted through social media
	Calm Harm is an app that helps you manage or resist the urge to self-harm
	Parents Association for the Prevention of Young Suicide
	Online support with self-harm for young people and families
	Mental health and wellbeing support for people in Northumberland
	Emotional Health and Wellbeing support services for Northumberland. Includes links to a range of additional services.
	Independent confidential services to people affected by eating distress across the North East
	Northumberland Domestic Abuse Services support anyone affected by any type of domestic violence or abuse
	Literacy, Functional Skills, IT and Employability Skills training and support services
	Family support for drug and alcohol abuse
	Northumberland’s substance misuse service for under 18s