Wellbeing At Haslam Park
Wellbeing Award for Schools
At Haslam Park we feel very passionate about the mental well-being of all our staff, children and our school community. We can't wait to show you our excellent pastoral care offered to our children and team.
December 2021
Haslam Park has been awarded the Wellbeing Award for Schools, highlighting the "exemplary" pastoral care offered to pupils and staff at Haslam Park.
Provided by Optimus Education, the Wellbeing Award for Schools recognises the work that we do in supporting the wellbeing of the school community and in promoting the understanding about mental health issues to reduce the stigma surrounding them in wider society.
The award, developed in partnership with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), focuses on ensuring that effective practices and provisions are in place to support and promote emotional wellbeing and mental health. The aim is to change the long-term culture of schools, embedding an ethos where mental health is regarded as the responsibility of all.
The report noted that the school is committed to promoting a positive, supportive culture amongst the Haslam Park Community.
You can find the report here
Support available to parents and carers here in Bolton.
Online help
https://www.bekindtomymind.co.uk/
https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/mental-health-services/cypmhs-information-for-parents-and-carers/
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/support-hub/emotional-wellbeing?gclid=CjwKCAiAxp-ABhALEiwAXm6IyWU1t-TaJ37NTDePIHmyfSWkHRAQ0ri9cOmGFxxyP0TQj_TLzzYakRoCcToQAvD_BwE
Shout: www.giveusashout.org - 24-hour text support, start your text with CONNECT
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org - 24-hour telephone support
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/get-involved/get-involved-schools/school-resources
These apps can help you support your mental health and wellbeing. All the apps listed can be found on the NHS Apps Library, an online directory of trusted health and wellbeing
apps that have been assessed to be clinically safe and secure to use. The apps listed have also been reviewed by health app evaluation and advisor organisation ORCHA.
Help with anxiety
My Possible Self: The Mental Health App
Link Take control of your thoughts, feelings and behaviour with the My Possible self mental health app. Use the simple learning modules to manage fear, anxiety and stress and tackle unhelpful thinking. Record your experiences and track symptoms to better understand your mental health. (Free, with in-app purchases)
Self Help Websites
At Haslam Park all staff are available to talk to if you have any worries or concerns. You can talk to your class teacher, teaching assistants, Ms Barnes, Mrs Roughley or any other member of the team. We will try our very best to support you.
Wellbeing Award for Schools (WAS) KPI 6.2 Self-help websites for young people
Kooth
Free online support for young people. Kooth counsellors are online Monday-Friday,
12 noon till 10pm and weekends, 6pm till 10pm.
www.kooth.com
Young Minds
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing
and mental health of children and young people. Just as people’s bodies can become
unwell, people’s minds can become unwell too. Mental health problems are more
common than you might think – three children in every classroom have a mental health
problem. Young Minds offer information to young people and children about mental
health and emotional wellbeing. If you need to talk, they can let you know about
organisations that listen, plus they offer online support and info.
www.youngminds.org.uk
ChildLine
Childline is the UK’s free helpline for children and young people. It provides a confidential
telephone counselling service for any child or young person with a problem. It comforts,
advises and protects. So, if you are worried about anything, big or small – don’t bottle it
up. It can really help if you talk to someone. If there is something on your mind, ChildLine
is there for you. You can visit the Childline Explore section for advice and information on a
range of topics. Also, you can get support on the online message boards.
‘Everyone helps each other out and is going through the same things as me – it’s a really
welcoming place’
Freephone 0800 1111 (24 hours and the call won’t show on your phone bill)
www.childline.org.uk
The Mix
Free, confidential telephone helpline finding young people the best help whatever the
problem. Provides free connections to local or national services, and can text information
to callers’ mobile phones.
Freephone 0808 808 4994 (7 days a week 1pm-11pm)
www.themix.org.uk/
Samaritans
Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress,
without judging or telling people what to do.
Call 0116 123 (24 hours, 7 days a week)
www.samaritans.org.uk
FRANK
Confidential information and advice for anyone concerned about their own or someone
else’s drug or solvent misuse.
Freephone 0800 77 66 00 (24-hour service, free if calling from a landline and won’t show up
on the phone bill, provides translation for non-English speakers)
www.talktofrank.com
B-EAT youth helpline
Online community information, help and support for anyone affected by eating disorders.
Call 0845 634 7650 (Monday to Friday evenings, from 4.30pm to 8.30pm,
and Saturdays, 1.00pm – 4.30pm)
www.b-eat.co.uk/
Kidscape
Kidscape are the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and
sexual abuse. The website offers advice and practical skills on how to deal with bullying.
Remember, no-one deserves to be bullied. Nearly everyone is bullied at some time in their
lives: by brothers and sisters, by neighbours, by adults or by other children/young people.
If you are being bullied, you may feel scared, vulnerable and quite alone but you owe it to
yourself to try and sort out the situation so that the bullying stops.
www.kidscape.org.uk
It Gets Better Project
Project created to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. A place where
young people who are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans can see clips of other people’s coming
out stories.
www.talktofrank.com
Brook Advisory Service
Brook is the UK’s leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young
people under 25. The charity provides free and confidential sexual health information,
contraception, pregnancy testing, advice and counselling, testing and treatment
for sexually transmitted infections and outreach and education work.
www.brook.org.uk
Winston’s Wish
The death of a parent, brother or sister is one of the most fundamental losses a child
will ever face. At Winston’s Wish, they believe that bereaved children need support to
make sense of death and rebuild their lives. The Winston’s Wish Helpline offers support,
information and guidance to all those caring for a bereaved child or young person.
Helpline 08452 03 04 05 (Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm,
and Wednesday evenings, 7pm to 9.30 pm)
www.winstonswish.org.uk