Useful Links
If you are worried about a child please contact :
- Central Bedfordshire Access and Referral Hub on 0300 300 8585 (during office hours). The HUB Email: AccessReferral@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
- If you urgently need help outside office hours you can contact Social Care Emergency Duty Team on 0300 300 8123.
- Bedfordshire Police on 101 or in an emergency 999.
- NSPCC 0808 800 5000.
If you are a parent or carer, we hope you will find the many web links below useful.
Mental Health Awareness Tips, Information and Resources for Parents
Action for Children Action for Children supports and speaks for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people.
Well-Being
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Chums Mental and emotional wellbeing service for children and young people as well as helpful information and resources for both parents and children.
Young Minds Advice and mental health support with links to many other services for parents and children
Kooth Online mental wellbeing community working to provide a welcoming space for digital mental health care, available to all
NHSLots of helpful information to help with stress, anxiety and depression
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Advice and guidance for parents and carers to help them support a child or young person experiencing poor mental health or wellbeing.
Heads Together work to ensure that people feel comfortable with their own and their friends and family everyday mental health and well being
SEND
Parent and Child Information Child ADHD
Training - Children's Speech and Language Therapy for Luton and Bedford
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Position Statement - Central Bedfordshire SEND Local Offer
Training Courses and Workshops for Parents and Carers - Central Bedfordshire SEND - Local Offer
Advice for Parents Dyslexia Research Trust
NHS Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
Sensory Processing Awareness training - NHS
Autism Bedfordshire - Autism Bedfordshire
Young Minds - Supporting your child with ADHD
RNIB Information about vision impairment guide for parents - Supporting people with sight loss
National Deaf Children's Society - Information and support
Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking
Healthy Relationships
brook.org.uk Your free & confidential sexual health & wellbeing experts.
Healthy Eating/Physical Activity
Healthier Families Easy ways to eat well and move more
Beat Eating Disorders No one should battle an eating disorder alone.
NHS- Live Well NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol.
