Wellbeing Guidance
We all need help at times to understand how we can help ourselves feel better, or, to learn how we can support someone else who is having difficult feelings.
Scroll further down to find out about apps, websites, helplines and information that can help you or someone you know.
Websites and Helplines
Childline
You can phone, chat on-line or email for support at any time.
Tel: 08001111
Website: www.childline.org.uk
NSPCC
or email help@nspcc.org.uk
Disrespect Nobody
Advice and support on consent, relationship abuse, sexting and other issues
Kooth
Chat to a friendly online counsellor.
(Open Monday – Friday 12pm – 10pm and Saturday – Sunday 6pm – 10pm)
Website: www.kooth.com
The Mix
Support and information on mental health for those aged 13 – 25 years.
Website: www.themix.org.uk
Young Minds
Young Minds is the national charity for young people’s mental health.
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Papyrus
If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned for a young person who might be thinking of suicide you can contact HOPELINEUK for confidential support and practical advice.
Call: 08000684141
Text: 07786209697
(Open Mon – Fri from 10am – 10pm, Weekends and Bank Holidays from 2pm – 10pm)
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
Samaritans
24 Hour emotional support line – 116 123 and support via email jo@samaritans.org
Website – www.samaritans.org
Child Bereavement UK

Cruse Bereavement Care

Mental Health
What is mental health?

These can range from happiness, excitement and curiosity through to less comfortable feelings such as anger, fear or sadness.
Good mental health allows us to cope with life’s ups and downs, to feel in control of our lives and to ask for help from others when we need support.
When do we cover mental health in our curriculum at Lister?
At Lister, we cover mental health through our curriculum with students in a range of ways:
- PSHE lessons
- Weekly Thought for the Week
- Extended Tutor Time Sessions
- Talk to someone instead of sending an email or a social media message.
- Speak to someone new.
- Ask how someone’s weekend was and really listen when they tell you.
- Put five minutes aside to find out how someone really is.
- Share the journey home with someone else.
- Take the stairs not the lift
- Go for a walk at lunchtime
- Walk into work – perhaps with a friend – so you can ‘connect’ as well
- Get off the bus one stop earlier than usual and walk the final part of your journey to work
- Organise a sporting activity
- Have a kick-about in a local park
- Do some ‘easy exercise’, like stretching, before you leave for work in the morning
- Get a plant for your home or workspace
- Have a ‘clear the clutter’ day
- Take notice of how your peers or colleagues are feeling or acting
- Take a different route on your journey to or from work or school
- Visit a new place for lunch
- Find out something about your peers or colleagues
- Sign up for a class
- Read the news or a book
- Set up a book club
- Do a crossword or Sudoku
- Research something you’ve always wondered about
- Learn a new word.
Mobile Apps
Apart of Me: App for young people who have experienced bereavement (cost: free)
Calm: Meditation app (cost: some exercises free)
Calm Harm: App for self-harm aimed at those aged 12 years old and over (cost: free)
Combined Minds: aimed for teenagers with a diagnosed mental health condition including anxiety and depression. (cost: free)
Headspace: Mindfulness Exercises (some exercises free)
In Hand: A tool to ‘bring back the balance’ in a moment of stress or low mood (cost: free)
Mindshift: App designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety (cost: free)
SafeSpot: Promotes positive wellbeing in children and young adults (cost: free)
Smiling Mind: Mindfulness programmes for 7-18 year olds, adults and the classroom (cost: free)
Stop, Breathe and Think: App to help you tune into and process your emotions. There is also a version for 5-10 year olds available on IOS only (cost: some exercises free)