Support for our families during Coronavirus Closure

Contact Numbers for Students and Parents during a period of school closure:

CRISIS - 0337261800 - www.crisis.org.uk
Chid Line - 0800 1111 - www.childline.org.uk
Children’s Society - www.childrenssociety.org.uk
Food Bank - www.trusselltrust.org
KOOTH - www.kooth.com
MIND - www.mind.org.uk
Samaritans - 116 123
Social Care Hub - 0345 603 7627 (Choose option 2)
National Health Advice Line - 111
NHS Website - www.england.nhs.uk
NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk
Police - EMERGENCY - 999
Police - Non Emergency - 101
Young Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk

Resources for Parents and Learners including SEND and EAL

During the Coronavirus pandemic, many of you will have worries and concerns for caring for vulnerable children and young adults. There are lots of online resources and organisations that provide support and information;

Carers UK - https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/coronavirus-covid-19
Wellchild - https://www.wellchild.org.uk/2020/03/11/covid-19-information-for-parents-and-carers/
National Autistic Society - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/nas-schools/vanguard/news/2020/march/coronavirus-(covid-19)-advice.aspx
Mencap - https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/health/coronavirus
Place2Be – https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/
Young Minds - https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/talking-to-your-child-about-coronavirus/
Covibook – https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

Families inFocus

Families InFocus (Essex) will run their helpline email address and telephone helpline as usual for both new and existing service users during the pandemic. Please see below contact information:

Helpline phone: 01245 353 575
Helpline email: helpline@familiesinfocusessex.org.uk
Website: www.familiesinfocusessex.org.uk
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FamiliesInFocusEssex/

A variety of public Coronavirus resources (posters, advice etc) are available in other languages here.