Mental Health

Kooth is available to all young people aged between 11-18 years and up to 25 years for care leavers across Sunderland and is accessible from any internet device. Once registered the young person will have access to support and advice on their emotional wellbeing and mental health. This is provided through self help resources, peer to peer and professional support.

Please see hyperlinks below for more information:

• Kooth (www.kooth.com/)
• Kooth – Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people from Kooth Digital Health on Vimeo
• An introduction to Kooth: Kooth – The UK’s leading mental health & wellbeing platform for children and young people (vimeo.com)
• How to access counselling: Kooth – Chat on Vimeo

Think Ninja is a mental health app designed for 10 to 18 year olds. Using a variety of content and tools, it allows young people to learn about mental health and emotional wellbeing, and develop skills they can use to build resilience and stay well. Please click on the link below for further information:

Apps Library Retired (www.nhs.uk

If you need any help with your mental health and are in crisis you can contact the following numbers for further help:

• Adults
  Tel: 0800 652 2867
• Children & Young People
  Tel: 0800 652 2868
• Samaritans
  Tel:0330 094 5717
• Deaf or hard of hearing
  Tel: 0788 903 6280