Support Services

Emotional Wellbeing

• Refresh
• Young person’s wellbeing Drop In sessions
• Child’s Mental Health and Wellbeing – 10 Top Tips for Parents
• Parents’ Mental Health & Wellbeing – 10 Top Tips for Parents

Support Services for Families

• Family Hub BwD

Bereavement

• Winston’s Wish
• Cruse – 0808 808 1677
• Grief Encounter – 0808 802 0111 (Mon-Fri 9am-9pm)

Safeguarding Support Services

• Where’s the Harm?
• Childline – 0800 11 11 (free phone, 24 hours)
• Barnardos
• Local Offer
• The Shuttle

Relationships

• Brook – 01254 268700 
• Sexwise

Domestic Violence

• The Wish Centre – 01254 260465 
  
• National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247 (free phone, 24 hours)
• Runaway Helpline – Call/Text 116 000 (free phone, 24 hours)

Substance Support

• Go2
• Frank – Text 82111, 0300 123 6600
• Stop Smoking Service – 0800 328 6297 (free phone)

Mental Health

• Kooth
• Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust – Mental Health and Wellbeing Helpline  0800 9154640 or TEXT HELLO to 07860 022846 
• Anna Freud
• Young Minds – For Crisis Helpline Text YM to 85258 for 24/7 support. Young Minds telephone helpline for parents and carers: 0808 8025544
• Papyrus – Hope line UK 0800 068 4141  
• Samaritans – 116 123 (free phone, 24 hours)
• Beat – Youthline 0808 801 0711 (Mon-Fri 12-8pm; Sat-Sun 4–8pm)
• Nest – 0300 111 0323
•  MHST   -NHS Mental Health Support Teams

Online Safety

• Online Radicalisation
• Let’s Talk About It
• Lancashire Safeguarding
• Childnet
• Think U Know
• Internet Matters
• London Grid for Learning
• Net Aware
• Parent Info
• CEOP Internet Safety Centre

LGBTQ+

• Rainbow Youth Centre
• Rainbow Cafe – Weekly drop in (Wednesday afternoon 1pm – 3pm)  at the Boulevard Centre, 45 Railway Road, Blackburn BB1 1EZ, for members of  the LGBTQ+ community with disabilities. Somewhere to have a brew and a chat, make new friends, and learn new skills. For information please email donna.talbot@communitycvs.org.uk or telephone 01254 583957.
• Blackburn Work It Out LGBT Youth Group – C/o Brook Advisory Centre, 54-56 Darwen St, Blackburn, BB2 2BL. Age range 15-25 – divided into two age groups. For details of meeting days and times, please email jessica.knapman@brook.org.uk
• Blackburn Youth Zone – Please enquire direct to the Youth Zone to find out details of their current LGBT provision. Tel. 01254 292000.