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When people feel hopeless and can't see any way to make things better, they sometimes want their life to end. But things can get better.
Whether you're feeling suicidal, you want to support a friend or you've lost someone to suicide, this page can help.
If you're feeling suicidal, please call 999 or call Childline on 0800 1111. You can also access urgent mental health support via NHS 111 (option 2).
As part of the Start a Conversation campaign, we have a number of resources and services aimed at children and young people that can help to spread the word and raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention throughout communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Videos of hope
Nip In The Bud have created a series of videos to help people learn about young people's mental health. The following film, 'Emily's Story', explains how pressure to succeed, feelings of guilt and deep and strong emotions that need to be resolved, can lead someone to self harm but that only acts as a momentary release. It highlights how starting a conversation and talking to someone to share worries can be a great help.
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My Self-Referral is a website available to C&YP up to the age of 18yrs in LLR who want advice and support for their mental health. It enables young people to self-care and access a broad range of advice, resources and services.
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Teen Health is a team of caring and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Officers who work across Leicestershire and Rutland to provide health and emotional wellbeing advice and support for young people aged 11-18 at your secondary school or within your local community. Support can be offered around emotional wellbeing, healthy choices and healthy relationships. Please visit our website for further information, and to find out when there is a Health and Wellbeing officer in your school and how you can access support.
Harmless & The Tomorrow Project
Harmless is the national centre of excellence for self harm and suicide prevention. We save lives by providing support, information, training and consultancy about self harm to individuals who self harm, their friends, families and professionals. Our sister service The Tomorrow Project works to support individuals and communities to prevent suicide, and offers support to those bereaved by suicide. Our work is based upon promoting health and recovery, reducing isolation and distress, and increasing awareness and skill in intervention.
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First Steps ED is a registered charity, founded on the lived experiences of individuals who have had, are living with, or are in recovery from eating disorders and mental health conditions.
We offer non-clinical, community-based support that complements NHS and Public Health services, helping individuals and families access the right help at the right time, before things reach crisis point. -
Turning Point is an integrated substance use service, here to meet the needs of the local people and offer support for drug and alcohol use.
Whether you’re looking to address alcohol or drug use , get support for your mental health or a learning disability, or find out how you can support someone you care about, this is a great place to start. -
Tellmi is a digital mental health solution for children and young people aged 11 and older, promoting self-help through peer support. Users can share experiences, build confidence, and enhance resilience in a safe environment, featuring anonymity and pre-moderation. The platform uniquely offers proactive counsellor intervention, with moderators redirecting high-risk posts for immediate counsellor response via private chat. Tellmi also provides text-based, one-on-one Solution-Focused Therapy, helping youth focus on their strengths and achievable goals.
Beyond Bullying Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Council's Anti-Bullying website, where you will find information and advice for young people, parents/carers and professionals.
As well as more local services, there are national services which can offer information and support if you are struggling with your mental health or having thoughts of suicide. You can also find advice about how to support someone else.
Papyrus - Prevention of young suicide
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
The work we do centres around five key pillars; Support, Equip, Influence, Sustain and Enable.-
Childline is free to contact on 0800 1111. Childline counsellors are here to take calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from children and young people under 19.
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For further information and videos on a wide range of mental health issues for young people, the Nip In The Bud website is a great place to visit.
