Skip to content ↓

Advice, Help, Wellbeing

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have added six recorded wellbeing sessions from the charity Mind https://www.mind.org.uk/​. These six sessions are about supporting mental health and wellbeing during this difficult time and available for you to watch whenever you like. You just need to click on the links below.

03:28 Why should we talk about mental health

13:50 What is mental health

18:23 Stress

27:20 Stigma

35:05 How can I tell that someone is struggling

39:30 Further support

02:50 Five ways to wellbeing

07:30 Fundamentals of our wellbeing

20:05 Mindfulness

34:50 Further support

02:00 Anxiety statistics

03:30 What is anxiety?

07:17 When does anxiety become a problem?

12:10 What causes anxiety?

14:58 What can help?

16:10 How can I help my child with anxiety?

33:18 Further support

03:20 Common worries when transitioning back to school

07:00 What is anxiety and fight, flight and freeze response

10:10 Thought cycle

12:05 Coping on a firsts day at school

17:25 What can we do to help?

36:35 The Q&A ZOOM session is an old session therefore for any questions please contact our Infoline on 07435 929882, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm

01:25 Statistics around low mood and depression

04:48 What’s the difference between low mood and depression

14:56 Causes of low mood

23:17 How can I help my child who experiences low mood?

37:20 Where to get further support

01:24 What causes behavioural difficulties

05:48 Providing attention to the desired behaviour

22:43 Decreasing attention to the misbehaviour

26:13 Structure and communication

44:09 Further support with difficult behaviour

Advice, help and wellbeing

We understand that this can be a difficult time for families and we are all experiencing pressures that we may not normally have to face. Below are some organisations that are available to provide help and advice on a variety of areas:

  • Westminster City Council (Westminster Connects programme) have a help line for anyone struggling: A dedicated phone number for Westminster Connects is for individuals who may need help or for people who know of anyone in need of help as a result of COVID-19. Westminster Connects phone number: 020 7641 1222, available from 8am to 10pm seven days a week.

Mental Health and General Wellbeing

The following are links to support parents and children’s overall wellbeing:

Free online counselling support for Children and Adults

Exercise links:

Mindfulness

Cookie Policy