Good afternoon everyone,

 

Please see below for  information of services you may or may not be aware of in terms of  families support:

 

Action for Children are offering a range of online supports. If you go to https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/support-for-parents/ there’s  a range of 0-19 resources, e.g. recipes for playdough, den building, emotional support for isolated young people and relationship advice for parents.  There’s a webchat facility also.

 

Link to Young Minds for mental health support for young people when self isolating.

https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/looking-after-your-mental-health-while-self-isolating/

 

Online emotional wellbeing app for young people https://www.kooth.com/

 

The full link to the InformationNOW page on food banks and free emergency food in Newcastle is https://www.informationnow.org.uk/article/food-banks-in-newcastle/

Foodbanks are also providing parcels to Action for Children for distribution across the West.